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From Cancer Survivor to Endurance Coach & Performance Dietitian

My jouney into the world of endurance sports began with my breast cancer diagnosis in 2010. I celebrated the end of my year-long treatment by crossing the finish of line of two sprint triathlons. In 2015, after a year in corporate fitness as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, I started Catalyst Performance Lab (CPL) and began coaching endurance athletes. But, my journey to CPL has a hilly path from youth athlete to overweight adult to endurance athlete to coach and registered dietitian. Learn More about me

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Race Day Fueling Consulting

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Strength & Conditioning Coaching

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Today was the 1st MMTC Youth Tri Team OWS training of the season. Our @setracing travel team was getting in some practice ahead of next week’s first season race, @liveredfoundation East Coast Triathlon Festival! it was a beautiful day for some OWS training….and I even got my own training in post practice! #triathloncoach #youthtriathlon #youthtriathlonteam #swimbikerun #catalystperformancelab #crossyourfinishlines

You can't tell me that you don't have time to make a 5 minute breakfast. It would take you longer to go through the drive thru at breakfast time than that!

Do you recognize overtraining when it happens to you? For endurance athletes I think this is a concept that gets overlooked because we push ourselves in each discipline and by the time our minds catch up with our bodies, it’s too late.

Nothing about life happens in a linear way. Performance Gains are no different. There are many factors that impact our training, recovery, adaptation, and performance gains. Nutrition, sleep, stress, our genetics, and our training plan all impact our ability to make progress in our performance.

Both plant and animal proteins are considered nutrient dense protein options. Our household go-to weekly proteins include all these plant and animal based protein options. There are some key differences between the two, but both protein types have a place in your diet to help you meet your nutritional needs.

Reframe Your Mindset! The human body really is a miraculous thing. Our physical body is capable of achieving so much more than our minds often believe that it can. It’s really our minds, not our bodies, that limit our physical capabilities.

Great start to the @setracingorg MMTC Youth Triathlon Team season today at the @ripitevents Columbia Duathlon. So proud of all our athletes today for leaving it all out on the course! Great day Coaching with my fellow coaches @henry.shoemaker1, @dina_b_2 and @djbrink21 #crossyourfinishlines

Hands Up! 🙋‍♀️ Who out there has not felt burned out at one time or another? It’s going to happen to all of us. In addition to training and racing, we have careers, families, and other commitments. Over time, we learn how to juggle it all, but that doesn’t mean we won’t experience periods of burnout.

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Finksburg, MD 21048