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Utah Summer Games 5k

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

2008 XC WAC Champs

1600m STATE CHAMP '08
2006 & 07 XC Region Champ

PRs:

1/2--1:20:21(Bryce'09)

10k--36:53.7(USG'07)

XC 6k--21:38.8(PreNat '10)

XC 5k--17:17.1 (USU '09)

XC 3mi--17:38.0 (MSU'08)

Outdoor Track:

5000m - 17:10.71 (April '09)

3k steeple - 10:43 (April '09)

1500m - 4:48 (April '09)

3200m - 11:15.34 (May '08)
1600m - 5:08.37 (May '08)
800m - 2:22.62 (May '08)
400m - 1:03.13 (May '08)

Indoor Track

3000m - 9:59.48 (Feb. '09) 5000m - 17:36.72 (Feb. '09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

*Stay healthy and positive

*Top 3 Individual in WAC XC

*3k - 9:45, 5k - 16:45, steeple - 10:15

*WAC Champ Steeplechase

*TEAM WAC CHAMPS!

Long-Term Running Goals:

*Qualify for NCAA Nationals (XC and Track)
*Marathons after college - FAST!
*Keep working hard & improving

Personal:

In my fifth semester at Utah State University. A sophomore Cross Country and a junior in Track and Field. Majoring in Math Education, planning to graduate in 2013.

Joy = {roller-blading, running, fancy cheese, friends, ultimate frisbee, Jones Cream Soda, Star Wars and turtles}

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Sat, Jun 16, 2007

Race: Utah Summer Games 5k (3.13 Miles) 00:17:48, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
7.43	3.13	10.56

Woke up with really sore legs from yesterday, esp. calves, but I was already registered for the race, so I decided to do it anyway. Warmed up a bit and tried stretching out my soreness which wasn't all that successful. Foot was sore like yesterday while warming up, but felt fine while racing. Pushed it pretty hard the whole race, avg 5:43/mi - fast times since it was downhill like yesterday. If I hadn't run the 10k yesterday, I probably would've been faster, but hey, double double gold medals is pretty fun!

This evening, I went on an easy 5 miler with my little cousin John. Well, I meant it to be around 9:00/mi - I thought he was fast enough, but apparently not... avg. min/mile was 10:47. He kept stopping and I could hardly stand running that slow, so I would run circles around him, up cul-de-sacs and back and took off a couple of times to run faster - so it ended up being 5.68 plus .25 warmup and .25 cooldown. I mean, my legs were freakishly sore, but man, there's no way 5 miles should take and hour to run. I don't think I've run that slow ever.

Comments

From Mik'L on Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 20:05:48

Ruthie! Wow! You are amazing! I am so proud of you! That is so awesome. You did SO good in both races! You should be so excited. You are such a hard worker and it definitely pays off. Congrats! Course records, PRs, gold medals...what a weekend!

From James on Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 20:22:23

Paul and I were talking about how 10 years ago when we we your age we used to be able to run good races close together. People used to say when you are younger you recover faster, I thought they were just wussy, but now I would agree, and I am not that old yet. Good job on back to back wins! Holt is a lucky coach to have someone like you on his team. I hope that I get a few Ruthios on my teams in my future coaching years.

From J-Free on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 11:16:03

My mom says when you are 40 you will be happy to run 5 miles in an hour and she says you are awesome. I think you will still be fast at 40.

From Dave Holt on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 19:33:31

Holy Sh...mokes! Ruth it was sooo cool to see you accomplish such awesome things. Get on top of that foot pain so you can keep it rolling. Congratulations! I imagine you have everyone in the state shaking in their flats after back-to-back races like that.

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