I started running as a social activity to get to know people at my new job out of college. We started training for a half marathon and then another. As time went on, another friend convinced me to ride with her. I started increasing my distances and training became a way of stress relief and escape. I was hooked. I started creating bigger goals for myself after each accomplishment. I completed my first marathon in 2014 and then another in 2015.

Then, I decided I wanted to do an Ironman. March 2015 was my first sprint triathlon - a month after learning to swim. I struggled through the swim and was never so glad to be done with something. May 14, 2016, I crossed the finish line at Ironman Texas! I continue to set goals for myself and love training to see what I can get my body to do.