Kelly is a regular contributor to Triathlete Magazine, espnW, and MapMyRun. Her work has also appeared in Competitor Magazine, VICE Sports, LAVA Magazine, Outside Online, California, and Yahoo! Travel. In addition, she works in online production for KQED, San Francisco’s NPR station, and manages social media for various brands. She’s available to provide expert commentary for radio and TV, and event announcing. You can see some of her appearances here or listen to her weekly triathlon-ish podcast, If We Were Riding.
Previously, Kelly was the editor of San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch and before that the editor for the Ross Valley Reporter. She started out her career as the assistant editor, and became the managing editor, for a women’s lifestyle magazine. She also completed a Masters fellowship in sports reporting at the University of Southern California.
Contact Kelly at kellydomara [at] gmail.com.
SPORTS
- If We Were Riding – a triathlon-ish newsletter
- Going to Work at Coco Beach (LAVA, Aug. 2017)
- Optimize Your Training With Heart Rate Variability (MapMyRun, Aug. 2017)
- Ask a Random Triathlete advice column (TRS Triathlon)
- Steady Crawl: The Life of an Elite Swimmer Mom After the Olympics (California Magazine, Nov. 2016)
- Sorry America: Your Smugness About Yulia Efimova’s Defeat is Garbage (Paste, Aug. 2016)
- Who Gets to Be a Woman in the Olympics? (California Magazine, Aug. 2016)
- Once a Doper, Always a Doper (California Magazine, March 2016)
- The Changing Future of Triathlon? Takeaways from the TBI Conference (TRS Triathlon, Jan. 2016)
- Mavericks Could Be Required to Include Women Next Year (KQED, Feb. 2016)
- Women’s Triathlon is an NCAA Emerging Sport — So, Now What? (TRS Triathlon, Nov. 2015)
- How Olympic Triathletes Make Money [When They Make Any Money At All] (Outside, Aug. 2012)
- Racing for the Green (North Bay Bohemian, Aug. 2008)
espnW:
- Why whitewater racing world champion Juliet Starrett turned to CrossFit — and to standing desks (Jan. 2017)
- How to set your training goals — and then actually accomplish them (Jan. 2017)
- One year after a crash, Mirinda Carfrae looks for redemption at Ironman World Championship (Oct. 2016)
- I went to Ironman training camp — and it was as hard as it sounds (May 2016)
- How Devon Yanko Makes Ultrarunning Fun (March 2016)
- How Did the U.S. Women Get So Good at Triathlon? (Sept. 2015)
- Obstacle Course Racing’s Unlikely Star (Aug. 2015)
Competitor & Triathlete:
- How to Throw the Ultimate Kona Viewing Party (Oct. 2017)
- Are Festivals the Future of Triathlon? (July 2017)
- The Super League Triathlon Is Awesome in Theory—but Will It Work? (May 2017)
- What is the Fight Over Rule 40 and Why You Should Care (July 2016)
- Why Women’s Clothing Companies Are on the Rise (Feb. 2016)
- Indoor Treadmill Studio Gets Up To Speed in California (Feb. 2016)
- Changes Coming for Grand Canyon Runners (July 2014)
- Making a High Stride Rate Work for You (July 2014)
- How to Treat and Beat Plantar Fasciitis (March 2014)
- How Much Running is Bad for Your Heart? (June 2012)
- Is the Paleo Diet the Right Choice for Runners? (May 2012)
VICE Sports:
- The Man Who Won and Lost American Ninja Warrior (Nov. 2015)
- Inside Crossfit’s Weird, Cultish, and Moneyed-Up Rival: The Grid (Jan. 2015)
Bicycling Magazine:
- How to Get a Cycling-Specific Massage (Aug. 2015)
NEWS
- Are Plastic Bag Bans Actually Helping the Environment? (KQED, May 2017)
- How Much Truth is There to Those ‘Speed Enforced by Aircraft’ Signs? (KQED, June 2016)
- It’s Not Just About the Oysters (California Lawyer, March 2013)
- Marin Cities Rebel Against Regional Planning (San Francisco Public Press, July 2012)
- Using the Force: George Lucas Strikes Back (North Bay Bohemian, June 2012)
- San Anselmo Man Presumed Dead After Falling into Blowhole in Hawaii (Patch, July 13, 2011 — a national story in which the family preferred to speak to Kelly over other outlets)
- Higher Number of Inaccurate Smart Meters Than Reported (Patch, May 2011 — Investigative piece using inside documents obtained from a whistleblower)
- County aims for zero-waste by 2025 (Ross Valley Reporter, Aug. 2009)
BUSINESS
- How the Facebook IPO is creating the mother of all RIAs, Iconiq, and what an in-your-face it is for Wall Street (RIA Biz, May 2012)
- After outcry, Betterment 86’s (but not on purpose) a blog post inflaming advisors (RIA Biz, May 2012)
- How Glenn Neasham lost his house, was forced to go on food stamps and faces jail time after selling an indexed annuity to a senior (RIA Biz, April 2012)
- Sacramento’s Alternative Birth Options Dwindle (Sacramento Business Journal, Oct. 2007)
HEALTH + TRAVEL + FOOD
- The True History of Irish Coffee and Its San Francisco Origins (KQED, Nov. 2017)
- The Best SF Sports Leagues to Join, Even If You Hate Sports (Thrillist, Sept. 2016)
- It’s Still Hard to Get Birth Control Pills in California Without a Prescription (NPR, May 2016)
- Why the Presidio is Underrated (Thrillist, May 2016)
- Weird Laws to Know Before You Travel (Yahoo! Travel, June 2012)
- The Ethics of Art in the Celebration of the Olympics (d/visible, August 2008)
ESSAYS:
- The Ugly Reality of Creating Reality TV (Pacific Standard, Oct. 2013)
- Not Having Children is Letting Us Have It All (The Billfold, May 2013)
- Survival Camp in Fairfax (Patch, Jan. 2012)
- Why We Write (Why We Write, Feb. 2008)
- The Decision to Fly
- The Road to Morocco