Recent years

Oct 1, 2017

23: Relay triathlon

May 2014. On a whim, my coworkers and I decide that we want to do a relay triathlon together. We had a semi-professional biker, so she called dibs on the bike leg. We had an avid runner, so he claimed the running leg. I ended up with the swim leg.

24: Alcatraz swim

March 2015. Sitting in Ghirardelli Square after a nice stroll through Fisherman’s Wharf, my friend and I looked out to Alcatraz Island. “Wouldn’t it be nice to swim to Alcatraz?” we thought. The answer was an emphatic NO. Cold water, high winds, choppy waves, and sharks are a few of the…

25: Retina detachment

May 2016, I was 25. It all started like a curtain call: while going to bed on one fateful night, I felt as if a curtain dawned inside my eyes. Thinking too little of this symptom at the time, I woke up the next day and flew to Pittsburgh to attend my brother’s graduation. That weekend, my…