Ellie Collins

✨🌸☀️Starting off year 2!!☀️🌸✨

Hey y’all! Wanted to do a little post from all the little joys of starting sophomore year! I’m super excited for the start of fall coming and the coming chilly runs, autumn leaves, and cozy lattes! For now though, I have been loving staying in my new apartment with my sister this year, and I’ve also been enjoying my nursing classes so far! I can’t believe we’re already one week into the school year! Anyways, the pics feature some highlights like first day pics, early morning track sessions, some good fuel, lifts, and farmers market finds! Also I just wanted to give some advice for any busy student athletes out there who may have also just gone back to school too! 💞 My top tip is to organize your schedule in a way that works for you! It can be on a planner, in your notes app, whatever works! This is just the easiest way I have found to manage priorities like my early morning runs, classes and time for assignments, work, free time, and anything else I get up to! Second, make sure you have a quality wake/sleep routine! Not just getting enough sleep, but making sure the sleep you get is actually supporting your energy! That means winding down properly before bed, putting the pencil down to give your mind a rest, and setting alarms so you can be consistent with your schedule! I promise it helps! Then the last thing I will say is to give yourself grace. Some days are going to feel harder than others - some workouts will challenge you, some classes will feel overwhelming, but what matters the most is that you keep showing up, you do the best you can each day, and allow the Lord to guide you through the rest! These are all things that have helped me so far in college as a busy nursing student and endurance/hybrid athlete, and I really hope they can help you too! 💛 Let me know if there’s any posts/topics you would be interested in for the future (training/nutrition/life/etc!) and as always…

Happy running! 🌸✨