Flipping my life upside down one more time to say I wanted to chase another Olympic Gold has come with many stressful moments but it’s all about the juggling. Juggling being a mom, a wife, a business woman, and chasing the Gold medal dream requires a lot of attention to detail. Often it seems like the task requires more attention than I can give. I tell myself in these stressful moments, “this is what you prayed for.” I find a lot of peace in that statement. …

How I got a random injury during offseason and used BioFit 360 to heal quicker.

I have always felt that I have bionic ankles. I have twisted them on runs, landed off the hurdle wrong but never felt pain or dealt with any swelling. This Thursday was different. I went to Los Angeles on a business trip and when it comes to business let’s be honest, who doesn’t try and squeeze in fun. Well take it from me, stick with your first mind. I have always been nervous about those scooters that are now available to ride around downtown areas because of it being such high foot traffic. My husband loves them and almost feels they are the only way to travel now. When downtown he likes to park further away so he can ride the scooter longer. With all his joy he talked me into riding my own, bad idea. Riding to our destination was ok although I did almost hit a guy and his dog. I had to jump off and the dog went running for his life. I felt terrible and the owner looked at me as though I almost mowed his child down. I apologized repeatedly as I sped off. I arrived at my destination safely and had a great meeting but a turn of events was right around the corner. Can you feel the suspense rising? Well I did too. My husband talked me into riding the scooter back to our car. He was riding in front then slowed down to have me in front so he could see me and make sure I was safe. Such a gentlemen right? No! worst idea ever! We were stopped at a light waiting for it to change, having a good conversation in the night air. The light changed and I went to push off on my scooter and when I hit the engine it took off. It was going fast like before but the curve was really high this time. I tried to swerve to take the low ramp but realized I was loosing control of the scooter. I hit a lower part of the curve and stumbled a little but caught my footing. All is well right, no. The gentlemen of a husband I have was close behind me and didn’t have time to stop. He rammed my ankle between his scooter and mine. To be clear, my ankle is what stopped his fast moving scooter. The pain that shot through my ankle to my foot and through my leg was unreal. All I could do was freeze and be in shock of how quickly our fun ride went wrong. I stood there for a while with my head down trying not to panic and not think my ankle was broken. I believe I have a high pain tolerance but the pain kept throbbing. I was able to gather myself and limp back to the car. When I got in the car I took my shoe off my ankle had already started to swell. I knew for the first time I would have a REAL swollen ankle but didn’t know how bad it would be. The big issue was I had a photo shoot the next day and it was supposed to be of me working out. On this ankle, maybe not. I knew I needed to jump on it right away so I took out my relief cream that was in my bag. Who carries around relief cream? Well earlier that day I had a meeting with my physical therapist about how this years treatment would go and I wanted to tell him I felt this cream needed to be included. What a life saver. I took it out of my bag and rubbed it around the open wounds, on my foot and up my leg. I didn’t want to miss a spot. I kid you not, 2 minutes later while I was talking to my husband I stopped mid sentence to tell him I couldn’t feel the pain anymore! See for him he used it before on his back when it was bothering him and said it worked fast but at that time I didn’t have any injuries to compare the quick relief too. He says, “I told you it worked fast.” I replied, “yeah but I didn’t know it would be this fast and this effective!” I got home and iced for 20min and rubbed more cream on my ankle. Before bed I iced one last time and you guessed it, I rubbed more relief cream on. I was trying to do all I could to be able to move around the next day for the photo shoot. In the morning I woke up and for a split second and forgot about the scooter accident. When I went to put my foot down I was extremely nervous but it felt pretty good. I had a little bit of morning to myself because the shoot wasn’t until later. I was intentional to move around slowly wanting to be careful but my ankle felt fine. It was now time to get dressed and my real hesitation was putting my shoes back on. I got dressed without any issues and out the door.The shoot went amazing! I was able to do everything we planned without any changes. I am telling you I would not have been able to have the successful next day without the healing properties of BioFit360 relief cream. …

Offseason Preparation

My title for so long has been Olympic Gold Medalist, and when people hear that, they immediately think, 24/7 grind. They are absolutely right but I’m certain people are unaware of how the grind looks. The downtime and offseason is the part of the “grind” people overlook. I push my body to unimaginable levels and my break period is the only way I have been able to consistently do that year after year. I am thankful that right now I am in my offseason because it gives me the space and time to reflect on the journey I’ve been on and the tough road ahead, 2021 Olympics! Offseason also gives me time to appreciate. Appreciate the gift I have been blessed with and those close calls when it could have all been taken away.
During the offseason I make it a point to truly relax in ways that work for me. I have a set way of unwinding and adding in the things I had to put on pause because of training. Things like sleeping longer, eating as unhealthy as My body allows and mentally shutting my mind off from Track and Field.
Because I know how important destressing is, I am always open to new ways to mentally and physically relax and rejuvenate. For a long time I had been hearing about CBD but didn’t know much about it and thought it just wasn’t for me. So I decided to do more research and found out our bodies naturally produce it! I also learned the benefits and felt it would be a great addition in my return to training for my third Olympic quest. I still think we all can agree that’s weird to say, Olympics 2021.
This offseason I have found ways to include it in my everyday life that were organic and most beneficial. I noticed the vegan gummies were great for calmness and clarity on the go, “If that ain’t my life right now.” I wake up and pop a gummy to start the day because let’s be honest,
yes it is my offseason from track and field, but I never have an offseason from being a mommy. Harper is definitely “her mother’s child” and that means when I am not making time for myself while she naps, I am busy taking care of her. She’s pretty good at playing alone but mommy has plenty of times throughout the day where she’s playing around like a toddler too. Honestly my body feels good doing it but one thing about me is I have always been one for taking preventive measures. I do the extra stretching and icing and regularly visit my physical therapist when nothing hurts. I like to see the big picture and I pride myself in getting a jump start on the things my body needs. That is why the relief cream will be a staple in my prep for training. I have had 3 knee surgeries and have heard the words ‘your career could be over.’ Applying this relief cream that has anti-inflammatory properties is crucial for my end of day routine as well because it let’s me know I am getting a jump start on the next day. With a good nights rest I am ready to tackle anything the day has for me.
I share this journey intimately with my husband/coach. He understands the everyday battles and how important my offseason recovery is. Because he is such a hands on coach he wanted to know first hand how this product would be affecting me. He irritated his hip about 2 months ago and figured this would be the perfect time to try. I tell you he is a fool! The way he ran around the house yelling his hip feels better, it made me laugh hysterically. I guess what I’m trying to say is this offseason is off to a great start thanks to BioFit360. …