After getting back from Indonesia last week, I didn’t feel fully like myself, so it’s been a few days since I posted. I fell asleep by accident a few times in the afternoons while I was sitting up due to jet lag and I had no appetite (which is seriously unheard of for me). Does this look like the face of a girl who doesn’t get excited
5 Ways to Survive Running in the Heat
I got back from my run yesterday and dramatically flopped onto the floor of my dorm room, drenched in sweat (sorry, roommate). While I chugged a bottle of water, I checked the weather app on my phone, convinced that it had to be at least 85 degrees outside. …okay, it was 65. When the temperatures starts to pick up, I wonder –every year without fail– how I’ll survive
Running & Low Iron/Anemia
During my freshman season of high school track, I knew something was wrong. Even though I was getting enough sleep, I could hardly get out of bed some mornings because I was so tired. My legs felt heavy and fatigued almost as soon as I started running. Despite running six days per week, I felt like I was in the worst shape of my life. I finished
What Happens When You Don’t Get Enough Sleep?
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve noticed that I’ve been feeling more sluggish and having less energy than normal. When I’m running, my legs have felt heavier and my natural feel-good pace has gotten slower. I was talking about this recent change with my running friends, and I realized that the only thing that’s changed is that I’ve been getting fewer hours of glorious Zzzzzzs than normal. I
Cheaper than Therapy
More snow, another day off from class! Snow struck again yesterday after last week’s storms, which meant a late night of snowball fights and falling into bed at 3:30 am. Before I went to bed, I made plans with my running buds to meet up in the morning to do stairs or run if the weather was good enough. Of course, I assumed we’d be