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Location:

NC,USA

Member Since:

Dec 14, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

10k - 43:06

6k - 25:00

5k - 19:30

3k - 11:17

1600m - 5:31

1500m - 5:13

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Maintain base fitness while abroad in the spring

Learn to love running again

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run half & full marathons

Stay fit & healthy

Marry a runner & have fast kids? (kidding but not kidding)

Grow in my enjoyment of running, regardless of pace/times

Personal:

I currently run for Wofford College in South Carolina, where I double major in biology and Spanish. I will be spending 5 months studying abroad in Chile in 2017. I love cookie dough a little too much and spend most of my free time outside or asleep (or both). Living & running to know Christ and to make Him known!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Structure 18 Lifetime Miles: 795.13
Adizero Avanti 2.0 Spikes Lifetime Miles: 69.05
Saucony Breakthru Lifetime Miles: 466.61
Nike Pegasus 31 Lifetime Miles: 533.93
Nike Vomero 10 Lifetime Miles: 498.70
Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 194.45
Brooks Ghost 8 Lifetime Miles: 97.05
Brooks Glycerin 13 Lifetime Miles: 87.50
Mizuno Wave Rider 19 Lifetime Miles: 36.65
Race: Asheville Cross Country Carnival (3.1 Miles) 00:20:15
Total Distance
7.80

First 5k of the season! I feel good about it. I was shooting for the sub-20:30 and I definitely got that! We did so great as a team as well! Last year at this same race we did awful and only had 1 girl so sub-20, and today we had our top 4 sub-20 and Jamie and I not far behind. Me, Jamie, and Chandler ran together or right near eachother for most of the race, which I was happy about. They had a pack of 4 up front as well, so if we can just close the gap between our packs we'd really move up in SoCon rankings. Anyways, mile 1 was 6:22, mile 2 was 12:50. My kick was really strong, perhaps too strong? As in, I could have gone about a hundred meters earlier but I didn't realize the chute was so close! Still, I'm pretty happy with it. 

3 mile shakeout with Mell + abs when I got back to campus!

Adizero Avanti 2.0 Spikes Miles: 3.10Nike Pegasus 31 Miles: 4.70
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.25Total Sleep Time: 7.25
Comments
From Salem Lake Dragonfly on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 16:11:38 from 71.49.33.130

Great Job! My 5K went great as well, better than I should have expected for my first. 20:19 :)

From Sarah Spiro on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 19:37:00 from 199.190.174.120

That's so awesome!! If we ran together we could pace so well off each other! p.s. what is your actual name, Salem Lake Dragonfly? :)

From Salem Lake Dragonfly on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 12:41:32 from 71.49.33.130

My name is Joshua...yea its too bad you live in SC...I get bored on my longer runs. But, luckily i have a couple groups to run with so its not too often that I run alone.

From Sarah Spiro on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 00:48:35 from 199.190.174.120

Cool! And that's always good. Are you still in school or running with like local running/friend groups?

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