One of my bucket list goals was to complete my first marathon before starting residency. But the race that I was planning to run unfortunately got rescheduled due to the global pandemic, so I had to find another way to keep motivating myself to train. Although I had run various half-marathons, running a marathon was […]
Training for a Marathon in Med School
I have been a competitive runner through high school and college, and despite the busyness of med school, I haven’t given it up. Since beginning med school, I’ve run one Ironman, two full marathons, and eight half-marathons. I’m currently training for my first Boston Marathon this April. My classmates and friends often ask how I balance running 50+ […]
The Importance of Self-Care
Among many things, I am a medical student, but if asked to describe myself, without skipping a beat, I would define myself as a runner. When we began school last July, I signed up for a marathon at the end of our spring break as sort of a “last hurrah” before I really had to […]
