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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
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Kicked off my first day back at it with a little bit of crossfit for general fitness, but no run so to speak. 20 pushups, 20 pullups, and 30 sit ups for a warm up, and then a 12 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) of 8 pullups/6 dead lifts/4 pushups/400m run. I think I didn't count how many rounds I got in but I think it was 3 or 4.

Just as an update since state, I layed low and rested my body for the last week and a half and loved every minute of it honestly! This is my first real break in a long time, and I needed it mentally even more than I did physically. It was fun to go after school and hang out with my friends or take a nap or just do whatever I want for once. This was the perfect time for my break too because everything is happening all at once this time of year. Last week alone I had my 18th birthday, my official signing (I am now officially running for Wofford! Go Terriers!), academic banquet, NHS banquet, prom, and the Jackson County Hall of Fame ceremony (I have been chosen as the Smoky Mountain HS athlete of the year), and my AP Statistics test. Thank goodness all of that didn't have to happen in conjuntion with my training for state...I would have been overwhelmed.

So anyways, this next week or 2 I am going to take it slow as I get back into things. The last thing I want is to get injured right before I start my collegiate training. Speaking of which, I should get my workout packet for the summer within these next few weeks. 

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Went on an easy morning run around Buchanan Loop (2 hilly miles). I felt really weird. Do you ever almost feel like you forgot how to run when you haven't ran in a while? My gait felt funny. But I must have been fine because I finished in just over 14 minutes. I am really sore from crossfit though! Those were definitely muscles I am not used to using.

The rest of the day I spent at the lake wakeboarding and tubing! I'd like to count that as an upperbody workout as well, no joke, because my arms are more sore now than they have been in years from the combination of crossfit friday and this today.

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