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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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Race: NCAA XC Mountain Regionals (3.75 Miles) 00:22:20, Place overall: 75, Place in age division: 6
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Sucky, sucky race. No Nationals for us, so the season is officially OVER. And my foot hurts tons. Frustrating all around. I'll fill in details later.

The more I let it sit, the less mad I am about how the race went, but it was definitely a disappoinment. Before the race, it was a bit chilly out, but my legs felt fresh and only had a bit of tightness in the hamstring - I really felt like it would be an absolutely awesome race. Obviously not.

Right from the starting gun, my foot hurt. Not just a little like it had been the last few days, but a LOT, right on the ball of my left foot right below the big toe. For the first 1k loop, I just figured it would go away and stuck right with the team as planned. Even on the second loop I did pretty well, but from then on, it got kinda ugly. The foot hurting so much just shattered my racing determination and drive and I found myself losing the team and just trying to hang on and finish the race. I HATE that! More than anything, I'm mad at myself for giving up at that point. Anyway, I just tried to hang on to the pace and keep pressure of my foot so I could just finish it. In my entire life, I don't think I've been so close to dropping out of a race as I was. So, I guess that's the little victory amid the suckiness of this race - I did finish. Ha. But that just sucks. My foot has been throbbing and painful since then, so now I'm going to take a week off of running and hopefully get this foot and hamstring healthy for the Indoor Track season coming up. Bleh.

And our team took 8th place. Most non-triumphant. (GT 559.3) (DD spike 115.5)

Comments
From MarcieJ on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 09:15:43

Oh man! I am sorry your season is over and all of the above. You are still one of my running idols. Are you coming home for Thanksgiving?

From Ruthie on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 19:19:34

Thanks Marcie. Yeah, I'll be coming down next Tuesday (the 25th?). Hopefully I can get a few fun runs with you guys while I'm home!

From Mary on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 21:51:01

No fun about the hurt foot, or the lack of nationals. Bummer. Rest! Dave over trained on a sore knee in college and can't run very much now because of it, so just be careful! Love ya

From dutterman on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 23:04:35

Hey. Hope you had a good productive freshman year. Good luck to you next year. Rest up, reflect and give yourself the opportunity to step it up for indoors.

From paul on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:52:12

Bummer about the foot. But still, congrats on a solid freshman season. It's excellent to even make the Regional squad as a freshman. Sometimes the disappointing races are needed to better savor (and motivate) the great ones.

From Sierra on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 21:33:42

Sorry about your foot Ruth! Thats really a bummer of hard thing! But you've by the sounds of it and what I saw at BYU you are still an AMAZING runner an you've ran some WAY incredible races!! Great Job on the season!!! =)

From Jon on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 21:10:11

Sorry your foot hurt. Make sure you take enough time to get it better! And I think you still did awesome- congrats.

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