I grew up playing soccer. It wasn't until after college and the year 2012 that I had decided to run my very first 5K. My dad, a runner and triathlete himself, asked me if I wanted to run a little 5K which was in the town which I had resided in at the time. Who knew that after running a 5K it would become the beginning of my continued growing love for what has now become Endurance Sports.

A few months after the 5K, it was onto the Half-Marathon, some 4 months later. From there I was humbled that first 13.1 hurt and I said "how does one ever run a marathon", I did a second half-marathon and it felt a little better. After being egged on my a couple of friends who talked me into running the Philadelphia Marathon as my first marathon, I signed up and wanted to vomit , I was so nervous, how could I possibly take on 26.2 miles?! Well, I worked with a coach and my friends helped coach me along too and the race was executed to plan. I ran 3:00:53 that year, following the advice of my coach and going out slow and continuing to build throughout the race and making sure I was nailing my nutrition plan.

After finishing that, in November 2012, my father talked me into getting into the sport of Triathlon. Of course, I fell in love with the 3 sports and wanted to continue to evolve to where I am today! Having now completed 10 stand alone marathons, 6 Half-Ironman's, and 2 IRONMANs, we've come to the point at where I am at today.

Along the way, I learned a great deal from coaches whom have helped prepare me for events, friends, and fellow athletes. I took all the knowledge I've learned and helped others apply it to their goals. After reading countless running (The Lore of Running if you're every looking for a running bible this one is it!), triathlon, swimming, cycling, nutrition, you name it, I just wanted to educate myself with as much information as I could. Finally, I went out and was trained through IROMAN to have a Coaching Certification and am already onto the next Triathlon related certifications. With USA-Triathlon coming up this Summer! I am one who just loves learning and learning, and passing on the passion to the sport to other athletes looking to learn or improve upon past performances.

Throughout the few years I have been coaching, it has been so rewarding to watch several athletes set the goals and then go out and crush them, some achievements being; to qualify for and run the Boston Marathon, complete their first sprint, olympic, 70.3 and 140.6 triathlons, coached a handful of athletes to their first ever IRONMAN (one whom had never done a triathlon before!), and coached many other athletes chase down their PRs to set new ones.