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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) 00:20:27, Place overall: 61, Place in age division: 61
Total Distance
6.30

First things first, a little play-by-play... So we warmed up like 15 minutes and then cheered on the boys, did our dynamics, and then relaxed a little while I talked to my parents (Yay! So good to see them!). When we got to the line, coach Bomar told us our mile splits that he wanted us to go out in. Chandler, Anya, and Alissa were 6:15-6:20 I think, I was 6:25, and the other girls were 6:30-6:35. That seemed good to me, because on the way over, I was calculating and decided that I'd like to average around 6:35 splits. I ran a 21:40 on this course last year in the high school division, so I was hoping for sub-20:30 this year. I hit 6:15 I believe at mile 1, but Chandler Anya and Alissa were still properly 5-10 seconds ahead of me, so we were all a tad fast, but just going with the race instead of the pace, which is a good thing as long as you can handle it. I don't even remember a marker for mile 2, but after the race I was told that my 2-split was 13:11, so 6:56 second mile. Then finished 1.1 in 20:27, so about a 6:40 3rd mile, plus the tenth. I feel like I worked really hard in the last quarter of a mile to gain some ground on Chandler, who was only like 20 meters in front of me. We ended up finishing right together, just like Anya and I at our last meet at Western. This time though, I got out-stepped and Chandler got me. Luckily we have the same name on our chests so it was a W either way! Most of the girls on my team were not happy at all with their times, even though I thought they almost all did great. I was pretty happy that I reached my short-term goal, even though I know in the back of my mind that I should be comfortably in the 19's right now, even with some hills like on this course. Last year, my first 5k of the season was a 21:32, so I will say I am happy to be starting back where I was towards the end of the season last year. I expect exciting things towards the end of this season then! Just gotta take it week by week.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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