Sep 25, 2018
There was never a pressure for me to be successful as long as I put all of my effort in, there was never this reward for being so great, it was all about how you showed up and how you committed and how hard you worked. - Cailin Weidenmiller
Cailin is a former collegiate
swimmer and mother of three. She began swimming at five while
participating in multiple team sports and found a love for both the
water and the routine. In middle school her focus shifted to
swimming solely, resulting in three-practice days as a high school
student and the desire to swim on the collegiate level. When she
began swimming for The College of the Holy Cross she was named
Rookie of the year for her Freshman season but began to notice that
her desire for routine was creating anxiety and Tendinitis in both
of her shoulders. By her Sophomore season, her heart and mind were
not in the sport, causing her to walk away. Cailin and Kathy
discuss her journey of discovering a love of sports, how living up
to expectations affected her drive and finding herself as an
athlete. Cailin shares how as a mom she is navigating allowing her
own children to love what they’re doing and easing off pressure to
perform both for her children and as a parent, all while she is
currently training for an Ironman triathlon!