Health and Wellness

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about hurting my foot and how I was going to be adjusting my work out routine to compensate for the pain. I thought it was time for an update on my progress, in case anyone was curious. Despite my best efforts to stay off my foot

It has been one of those weeks where no matter how much sleep I get, I am dragging my feet and struggling to stay awake throughout the day. Maybe it is because of the cold and snowy weather we’ve been having all week, but I have been abnormally tired. That makes it incredibly hard to

The snow we have gotten this week here in VA has me missing the sunshine and warmer weather. One of my favorite things to do in the summer time is to go hiking all over Northern VA with Nathan. There are so many trails located around us, and the cool part is that many of

For this week’s blog post, I am going to sound an awful lot like my dad. Those of you who read my dad’s blog are going to think this sounds like something he wrote! The reason for that is because both me and my dad are very good about exercising every day no matter what.

This week, we found out that we won the lottery to run in the 2019 Cherry Blossom 10 mile run in April! Nathan, myself, and my parents all entered into the lottery together as a group so that either all of us got in, or none of us. I’m pretty stoked to do it again

Last weekend, I competed in my second Master’s meet in the Sprint Classic held at our home pool in Fairfax, VA. It was only the second time I have competed since I have graduated from school, and although my times were nowhere near my best times, it was a great meet and I had a

It turns out that it was World Mental Health Day earlier this week, and it made me think of my own struggles with mental health. Ever since I was little, I have dealt with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. Now, I am not talking about simply wanting everything to look nice and neat all the

I don’t even know how to begin to explain how swimming has impacted my life over the last 14 years. During that time, it has been my stress-reliever, my therapy, my escape, and basically a second home. It has gotten me through a lot of low points, and has been there for many high points.