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Smiling through the Pain
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...
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Race and End-of-Season Recap: Wrapping it up with a Bow in Malibu
Dang...what a season! I honestly didn't expect to race this much, let alone a national-level event. With the pandemic, wrapping up...
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Nuts for Nutrition Part 1: Healthy Eating is More than Just Fruits and Veggies
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...
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Finding my Footing
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...
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Getting Sunburned instead of "Frostbite": Frostbite TT Race Recap
And we're off! March has arrived, and so has spring, apparently, in good old Colorado (at least in FoCo).
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Finding that Spark
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.
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Swimming Sundays
Despite the broad shoulders, strong upper back muscles, and flipper-like feet of swimmers, swimming is a technique-heavy sport.
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Hindsight is 20-20: 2019 Year in Review
But if there's one thing I'll never do again that's doing something just for the sake of it, despite your circumstances...
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A Letter to 17 year old me
We can show that all athletes in sport can be perform at the highest level without compromising their health.
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It's not just one team. It's us, too.
We are human beings with varying physiologies that can't keep up with the currently established sports culture
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Learning to Move On: Pumpkinman Race Recap
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.
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Racing Against my Shadows: IM 70.3 Worlds Race Recap
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.
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Getting Back on my Feet
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,...
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Even the Swim was Hilly: IM 70.3 Connecticut Race Recap
(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...
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Risks We Take: Quabbin Road Race Recap
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...
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Suns Out, Quads Out: Chris Hinds "Sunshine" Criterium
This past month has been a whirlwind of training, mixed with academic stress, weird colds, stomach bugs, and injury. Originally, I...
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Training Alone vs with Others
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...
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Training (Wednesday): Coaching Swim and Burnout
The past several weeks have been super crazy, especially with midterms slamming my schedule with the same frequency as New England snow...
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2019 Race Season (Part 1)
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...
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10 Ways to Optimize School and Training
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...
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