Health and Wellness

I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, and once I was all \”caught up\” on the new posts in my feed, suggested posts started popping up for me to look at. A LOT of these were about swimming. Whether it was showing a new drill, a race, new tech suits coming out, or something […]

I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, and once I was all \”caught up\” on the new posts in my feed, suggested posts started popping up for me to look at. A LOT of these were about swimming. Whether it was showing a new drill, a race, new tech suits coming out, or something

One thing that I have always struggled with is how self-conscience I am about my weight. I have never been very overweight by any means, but I constantly compare myself to others (something I know I shouldn\’t do) and I feel bad about myself if I don\’t look a certain way. In my early years

What a week! It was a draining couple of days for sure. There was so much going on, it was difficult to process it all. The events that unfolded in Washington DC – literally down the street from where I used to work. Woke up Tuesday morning feeling like I had been hit by a

For those of you I haven\’t told yet: I\’ve officially jumped on the crazy wagon. I\’ve decided that I\’m going to run my first FULL marathon in May of 2021. After spending the last year doing a lot more running and much less swimming, it pains me to admit that my dad may be right:

I\’ve been spending a lot of time working with the LATC school counselors over the last week or two, trying to come up with some ideas on how to get our staff and students to be more mindful of self-care. Not only are we dealing with a crazy election season and a pandemic, but we

Today was the day! WARC ventured out on another virtual half marathon and marathon this morning, starting nice and early before the sun was even up. We had four runners tackle the full marathon, they started at 5 am this morning. There were eight of us half marathoners, and we started at 6 am at

So, remember a few weeks ago when I was whining about the fact that the pools were closed and I couldn\’t swim? Well, now that the Wellness Center is basically back to full function and I could go swim any time I wanted to, I have absolutely no desire to! 🙁 It\’s been probably about

Today was the day! Today, I finally got to compete solo in Watertown\’s mini triathlon. I\’ve been wanting to get into triathlons for a while now, and this one was short enough that I knew it would be a good fit for my first one. I was super, super nervous, but it was actually really

What a great week it was! Do you know why? No? Okay, I\’ll tell you: the pool is now open!! They opened up the wellness center pool for lap swim on Tuesday, and you better believe I was there to take full advantage of it. I got done working around four, but official lap swim