There's a mental trick I've been practicing where if you smile (even if it's insincere), the effort will feel just a smidge easier. That...

Dang...what a season! I honestly didn't expect to race this much, let alone a national-level event. With the pandemic, wrapping up...

We've all heard the "eat 5 fruits and veggies a day" and "exercise 30-60 minutes 3-4 times a week" lecture in school. What isn't...

It's been quite a couple of months. To be honest, I thought I'd be posting to my blog and sharing more with you guys, but honestly...

And we're off! March has arrived, and so has spring, apparently, in good old Colorado (at least in FoCo).

Motivation is a funny thing. It is the driver in most of our work, in life, school or sport, helping us along to achieve our goals.

Despite the broad shoulders, strong upper back muscles, and flipper-like feet of swimmers, swimming is a technique-heavy sport.

But if there's one thing I'll never do again that's doing something just for the sake of it, despite your circumstances...

We can show that all athletes in sport can be perform at the highest level without compromising their health.

We are human beings with varying physiologies that can't keep up with the currently established sports culture

Particularly moving on from bad days, knowing that they're just that: bad days. One single day out of 365 days in the entire year.

It's been nearly 4 weeks since IRONMAN 70.3 Worlds. It's been 4 weeks since I hopped onto a plane to France, raced, and then flew back home.

Lots of things tend to get in the way of your goals sometimes. Since my last post, I've been dealing with summer classes, coaching,...

(I'm kidding: the swim was actually shortened. But more on that later. ) One of things I'm starting to learn is understanding that the...

Before I continue, please be advised that I am sharing details that may be uncomfortable for some viewers to read. I have also left out...

This past month has been a whirlwind of training, mixed with academic stress, weird colds, stomach bugs, and injury. Originally, I...

A friend of mine recently asked how I'm able to train by myself everyday. And I think my 14-year-old self would've asked the same exact...

The past several weeks have been super crazy, especially with midterms slamming my schedule with the same frequency as New England snow...

So I've been keeping my race season under wraps, mostly because I hadn't worked out most of the logistics, especially for the latter part...

Let's face it: being a student is really hard and complicated. While we do get blocks of our day "off," we still have homework, a...