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June 1, 2017 My Life in NYC

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#Dominica

May 16, 2017 General, My Life

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52km because 20 miles is just a weird distance

January 25, 2017 General

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Falling in love and making the commitment to run

January 13, 2017 General

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  • Drank some water in the Hudson River
    July 27, 2016January 13, 2017Challenge, General

    This is long because I wanted to write everything that happened but, I’ve emphasized where I thought might be useful...

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  • My Open Water "tri"-matic experience
    June 30, 2016January 13, 2017Challenge, General

    I akin this experience to skydiving where my body was reacting to my nervousness all the way to the ranch...

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  • Enjoying the Long Journey with Jerlyn Thomas
    April 4, 2016January 13, 2017Fitness, General

    I’m on a podcast! I’ll like to thank Octane Athletic Performance for the opportunity to be on the podcast this...

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  • I vent therefore I am
    February 10, 2016January 15, 2017General

    I forgot when I stopped writing frequently. I think I lost interest the day a peer mentioned that I didn’t...

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  • #ABalletSeries
    January 26, 2016January 15, 2017General, Illustrations

    I still don’t know what I will be doing with these but I started drawing these during the later part...

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  • I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring
    January 25, 2016January 15, 2017General

    RIP David Bowie. This post is about relationships you guysssssss… and it’s mostly random babbling but it’s about epiphanies. This...

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  • What’s up 2016! Peace out 2015!
    December 31, 2015January 15, 2017General

    Here we go again, another yearly round-up (I’ve been doing these since 2008 you can see the previous ones: 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,...

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  • My life is headed in any direction—TCS NYC Marathon Take 2
    November 6, 2015January 15, 2017General, Running

    I ran the New York City Marathon last year (if you ran, or read my recap, you remembered how miserable...

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  • Race recap: Semper fidelis—Running the People’s Marathon
    October 26, 2015January 15, 2017Running

    As of two days ago, NYC Marathon was arguably my most challenging marathon course. Waking up this morning, in retrospect,...

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  • I placed 1st in a race! I’m retiring now…
    October 21, 2015January 15, 2017Challenge, My Life in NYC

    Wait, it’s not April 1st. This past week I placed first at our OctoBeerFast mile. It certainly wasn’t predicted but I...

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  • I decided to become a stripper… I mean a freelancer
    October 13, 2015January 15, 2017General

    I’ve always wanted to write about the full-time jobs that I have had but I’ve been lucky that I let...

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About Me

My name is Jerlyn Thomas. I'm a Caribbean-born American who writes about anything from food-porn to nerdy stuff. I'm a Senior Art Director, As3 coder, 6x ultramarathoner (furthest: 50 miles-North Face Endurance Challenge Bear Mountain), 9x marathoner (Brooklyn, Miami, Space Coast, San Francisco, Disney, NYC, Colorado) 2x Tough Mudder (PA and VT) finisher, 2x Ragnar (Key West and San Diego) finisher, RIT Alum, Social Media Commentator, Artist and an Adobe Cookbooks Moderator for more info TXT 'Jerlyn' to 50500 or read more.

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  • 8 miles in 86 degrees right? Bleh. Not looking forward to it. Sunscreen, hydration and audiobook. At least I'm looking forward to testing out these @newbalance #vazee
  • #throwback There's so much that I wish I could have told the 19 year old me here. #basketball
  • I craved icecream tonight so I'm making some after I saw some folks eating on my run. I had one of these good days when I made my bed and I completed all the other tasks that I intended to 👐. . I even got to send completed work back to a client today. I cleaned up, ran 3 miles to the gym, did weights, rowed, did the stairmaster, swam for 20 minutes and ran back for 3 miles. It was hot getting there so running back in wet clothes felt amazing. Anyway, that's the highlight reel today. I'll be much more candid for upcoming posts and can't wait to share but great news is that I'm back to training fully.
  • Ma grand-mère. She's accounted for ❤ from the Carib Reserve. #HurricaneMaria has caused so much destruction in the Caribbean. It has certainly put much of my life into perspective. Still waiting on some other family members but heard my village is very damaged. #Dominica #waitikubuli
  • We are still waiting for more updates. However here's my village after #hurricaneMaria. All the trees are gone. We were there earlier this year and saw the aftermath of unexpected flooding that occurred not too long ago. 😣 Photo by Wavemaker Photos.
  • Sometimes you just need the run to clear your mind. Have been abit overwhelmed lately and going through a lot so my social network hasn't quite been up-to-date per say. Haven't heard from some friends yet but family in St. Croix are fine. Still unsure about Dominica. Even through those extremes I need to check in once in awhile to make sure that I'm ok. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. It's really curious how factors affect them. There is no health without mental health.

My GoodReads

Jerlyn's bookshelf: read

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson

Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
it was amazing
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
by Adam Alter
I’m actually going to re-read this one because this gave me a great deal to think about including me thoroughly evaluating myself. Many things I already knew but I learned a great deal.




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My training

  • 8 miles in 86 degrees right? Bleh. Not looking forward to it. Sunscreen, hydration and audiobook. At least I'm looking forward to testing out these @newbalance #vazee
  • #throwback There's so much that I wish I could have told the 19 year old me here. #basketball
  • I craved icecream tonight so I'm making some after I saw some folks eating on my run. I had one of these good days when I made my bed and I completed all the other tasks that I intended to 👐. . I even got to send completed work back to a client today. I cleaned up, ran 3 miles to the gym, did weights, rowed, did the stairmaster, swam for 20 minutes and ran back for 3 miles. It was hot getting there so running back in wet clothes felt amazing. Anyway, that's the highlight reel today. I'll be much more candid for upcoming posts and can't wait to share but great news is that I'm back to training fully.
  • Ma grand-mère. She's accounted for ❤ from the Carib Reserve. #HurricaneMaria has caused so much destruction in the Caribbean. It has certainly put much of my life into perspective. Still waiting on some other family members but heard my village is very damaged. #Dominica #waitikubuli
  • We are still waiting for more updates. However here's my village after #hurricaneMaria. All the trees are gone. We were there earlier this year and saw the aftermath of unexpected flooding that occurred not too long ago. 😣 Photo by Wavemaker Photos.
  • Sometimes you just need the run to clear your mind. Have been abit overwhelmed lately and going through a lot so my social network hasn't quite been up-to-date per say. Haven't heard from some friends yet but family in St. Croix are fine. Still unsure about Dominica. Even through those extremes I need to check in once in awhile to make sure that I'm ok. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. It's really curious how factors affect them. There is no health without mental health.
  • Print now available 😊
  • Never tried #Altra before but saw my buddy used them. I'm going to test them as #JFK50 gets closer. As usual, I'm back to my favorite New Balances. By the way, remember to check out @nycustompt event #inspoexpo. I'll be there with some other amazing athletes to discuss strategy for #tcsnycmarathon. I'm honored to be doing this with the likes of @themirnavator who is incredible inspiring as an #ultrarunner (and toughmudderer?). She has a new book out! The NYC Marathon is incredible and if this is your first time, you're lucky.

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