Old habits die hard — You know the old maxim, “old habits die hard”? Well, it turns out it’s true. We all understand this inherently. You likely don’t have to think very far back to recall a situation when you made a decision without really thinking about it. It was automatic. You probably did it…

“If you don’t create time to think, all you’re doing is responding.” — Laxman Narasimhan — Back in May of 2020, as I anti-climatically graduated from undergrad, I received a package in the mail from the president of my college. A gift for winning the 2019–2020 Distinguished Student-Athlete award my alma mater contests annually. In the package was the book “What Ever You Are, Be a…

Unlearning this one falsity is key to building a sustainable relationship with running — How many times have you heard the following shouted from the mouth of an overly-serious middle school football coach or maybe a high school basketball coach? “No pain, no gain.” Personally, I’ve heard that more times than I care to remember. Unfortunately, this notion that success and progress are predicated…

And why you should too — Most people would agree that running is one of those things that seems split divisively down the middle. Specifically, everyone has met or knows people who despise running for various reasons, and others who speak about it as if it is their reason for getting out of bed each morning. …

How Nike and the other sportswear giants have largely failed women — When it comes to paid maternity leave and contractual protections for expecting mothers, the United States is far from perfect. According to a 2016 article by NPR, the U.S. is the only high-income country that does not have a national paid maternity leave law. …

Late Night Thoughts: Uncut — There I lay in my bed around 11 pm on a Thursday night listening to my music library on shuffle. I debate turning it off and actually trying to sleep as I have to be up before 6 am to go to work, but tomorrow is Friday so I allow…

In the 21st century, we have cutting edge scientific procedures and medications that were nearly unimaginable 50 years ago, yet one of the most fundamental truths to human health is being neglected more now than ever before; the significance of exercise. In the United States today, 117 million people have…

And why it needs to change — There is a disproportionate number of women CEOs in America. Today, women head just 167 of the top 3,000 companies (5.6%) in the United States and although that number has been trending upwards, it’s still underwhelming. Studies have found that executive positions that have responsibility for the bottom line, commonly…