Health and Wellness

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

As I spend more time running, biking, and lifting weights, I can\’t help but think about how much more enjoyable it would be if I could be SWIMMING! Before, I found the land sports to be much more of a side thing to my swimming. But now that I can\’t swim, I\’m starting to get

It has now been 764 days since I was last able to swim. At least, it feels like it\’s been that long! Of all the things I miss the most since this whole coronavirus thing started, it\’s being able to get to the pool and get my laps in. This is the second longest period

I can safely say the thing I was dreading the most about coming back from Florida was coming back to the cold. I jokingly told a few people I would try to bring the warmth back with me when I returned, and to my pleasant surprise, I kind of did! It\’s been above freezing all