CONCLUDING.

My Augustana running career ended in so many places. Technically, you could say it ended May 15, 2021, when I ran my last race in the golden AU uniform. Or in June of that same year, when the injury that unknowingly ended it all occurred. Or a random Monday on campus⁠—just under three weeks ago⁠—when

4 THINGS I LEARNED IN THE MIDST OF INJURY.

1. EVERYONE ELSE IS ALSO GOING THROUGH SOMETHING One of the coolest things about constantly being in the training room for PT is seeing the other athletes there too. So many athletes on campus have injuries and I wouldn’t have known if not for seeing them at rehab. And while obviously you never want anyone

SWIM. SWAM. SWUM.

Man, time really flies when you’re having fun(?). It’s been almost 12 weeks since surgery and 16 weeks since I last ran. But training doesn’t stop—it just evolves. In the past four months, I’ve done a lot of cross training: biking, rowing, ellipticaling, and (of course) swimming. Luckily for me, I joined swim team my

HOW TO NOT-RUN(?)

It’s no secret (or maybe it is) that I haven’t run in a long time. Twelve weeks (or 87 days) to be exact. In the space between injury and surgery, not-running was easy. For a while, I could convince myself that maybe I’d be fine without surgery and my comeback would be quick. I biked

PRACTICING THANKFULNESS

A little over a week ago, I misstepped on a trail run and dislocated my kneecap. It stayed out of place for around two hours, and (once it was finally put back in place at the ER) for the next five days, I barely moved. At all. But then, slowly, some of the mobility came