I just hopped off the plane at LAX….well to be more accurate I flew into Burbank and there was very little hopping happening getting off the plane as the woman in front of me (who also fell asleep on my shoulder in a matter of seconds after take off) was taking her sweet time moving down the ramp. Granted she came up to my belly button but still! I had places to be! Oh also, Miley Cyrus must not have been traveling to Los Angeles late August because you would literally mel

This is some of the footage from the Tough mudder I did as well as the murph workout. If you ever get the opportunity to do either I highly suggest it!! Thanks so much for watching and please subscribe as the journey continues! If you or your company has any interest in sponsoring my swimming or if you are interested in a sort of collaboration please drop me a message! Special thanks to Danny Dino for allowing me to use this music! The track is "Friends" and you can check i

This text is a long time coming having spent the past year now in grad school tossing back and forth with ideas of how to turn the abstract into something tangible and something authentic. This indecision has put me in a place of a sort of purgatory where I have pages and pages of lists, notes, and ideas with very little development in any direction. It seemed as though my tendency to over-analyze was preventing me from deeming decisions good or bad. They were left as mere

I accepted a new coaching position and training is a little awkward Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school! Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv #youtube #notsoaverage #notsoaverageiv #blo

I am writing this blog from Mesa, Arizona where Coach Casey and I are for the fourth stop on the Arena Pro Series meets. For those of you that may not be familiar with the Pro Series it is a series of six meets that travel across the nation and serves as an opportunity for some of the fastest swimmers in the country (and world) to compete against the best. These meets operate in a way that allows the elite of the elite to race one another and maintain a level of high compet

​ It's official! I'm all qualified and registered to head to the Mesa, Arizona Arena Pro Series Meet!!! Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school! Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv #swimm

​ I swam senior championships and qualified for Arena Pro Series and Winter Nationals! The journey continues! Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school! Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv

​ Welcome to the relaunch of my channel! Follow me on my journey to qualify for Olympic Trials as well as document my thesis research for grad school!Please subscribe to my channel!!! Or don't...I'd prefer that you do but hey, no pressure. Twitter! https://twitter.com/NotSoAverageIV Tumblr! http://webbedpaws.tumblr.com/ Instagram! http://instagram.com/notsoaverage_iv #text #vlog #blog #youtube #notsoaverage #notsoaverageiv #swimming #swimmer #relaunch #ideas #thesis #art #ar