I finally got to try cryotherapy! My friend Tikima (the second half of DMV Fitness Fam ) got us hooked up with our first sessions at Thrive CryoStudio , which is located inside Symmetry Salon in Rockville, Maryland (right next to the Twinbrook Metro station). I had seen ads for Thrive all over the place - including in my gym! BUT! I had no idea where it was! Turns out I had walked past the salon many times before and didn't realize that it was the home of Thrive! ...

I couldn't believe it myself: I went for a long run last night, and I actually enjoyed it! I'm currently in training for the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run , which I still can't believe is in less than two weeks! It's funny because, while I haven't been running a ton, I actually have done a decent amount of training for this race (decent by my normal standards which are not training at all, and maybe  remembering a week before the race that it's coming up). I don't think I ran a single race in 2018, and 2017 made me fall out of love with running - probably mostly due to that training schedule I just described. ...