Taylor Cummings is a three-time Tewaaraton winner, a member of Team USA and the head coach at McDonogh (Md.) . "Taylor's Takes" is presented by Gait Lacrosse. Be legendary.
We’re officially more than halfway through our Athletes Unlimited season now that Week Three’s games are complete, and we are starting to get into a groove with everything.
Our weekdays consist of morning practices, afternoons off for either work or treatment, and evening meetings with different speakers and activities. We had sports psychologists come in to speak to the group on Thursday to help us focus on mindfulness and mental preparation, which was a great way to kick off another exciting weekend.
As far as our weekends go, they are (of course) full of games — three over the course of three days — with a ton of recovery, food and naps inbetween. Since we are all former collegiate athletes, a packed schedule like this is tiring, but it also feels familiar and comforting at the same time.
For me, this week was all about finding comfort in the simple pleasures that AU has brought us. Let’s take a look at those now!
PRACTICES
Most of us haven’t practiced consistently throughout the week in a long time, so it’s been an unexpected pleasure to get back into a routine with our workouts, training and work outside of the AU bubble. It’s almost like we’re back in college for a mini five-week semester, and given that our college days were some of our favorites, many of us are grateful for the little piece of past normalcy.