1. How long have you been doing CrossFit? I started in 2012 in Seattle, and last August at UP after a 15 month hiatus.
2. Are you working on any new CrossFit goals or PRs? Body weight deadlift (I just need to lose a few pounds…:)
3. What do you do for a living? Married? Kids? I am an Orthopedic PA. I see patients in clinic 3 days a week and operate 1-2 days a week. I am married to my best friend, Dave, and have 3 fur children Kangaroo, P-nut and Monty.
4. What’s your favorite outdoor activity? Hiking
5. What’s your favorite indoor activity? Reading or baking, but unfortunately, I don’t do enough of either these days.
6. What chore do you absolutely hate doing? Putting away the clean laundry.
7. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be? 31
8. If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Pay off my student loans, then take an extended vacation to France.
9. Best concert you have ever been to? Pearl Jam x 10!!
10.Have you ever had something happen to you that you thought was bad but it turned out to be for the best? I didn’t get a summer internship with an NFL team during undergrad (because I was not male), which led me to pursue a different career as a PA. Definitely turned out better!!
11.What was the last movie, TV show or book that made you cry or tear up? Hold the door :)
12.What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done? PA school. The absolute hardest, longest two years of my life.
13.What do you miss most about being a kid? I don’t miss being a kid at all.
14.If you could live anywhere where would you want to live? The French countryside, but within a hour of a major city.
15.Where are you from? I was born in Staunton, VA. I have lived in 7 different states plus the District of Columbia and 12 different cities, so I don’t really feel a distinct connection to any one place. (I do really miss Seattle which felt like it was “home”).
16.What do you like to listen to when you workout? I like heavy hard rock, like Tool, NIN, Ministry.
