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Husky Classic

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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

My Personal Records are:

High School

1600 meters - 5:34 Freshman, Regions

5:30.44 Sophomore, State

5:13.35 Junior, State

4:54.68 Senior, State Champion!!!

3200 meters - 11:59.9 Freshman, State

11:50.33 Sophomore, State

11:15 Junior, BYU Invite

10:30.88 Senior, Arcadia Invitational (sea level)

10:39.23 Senior, State Champion!!!

College

1500 - 4:31, Trojan Invite 2013

3k - 9:44.01, MPSF 2012

5k - 16:34, Stanford 2013

10k - 34:46.94, Mt. SAC 2013

Half-Marathon - 1:24:30.56 (Handcart Days)

In my freshmen year, I lettered in both track and cross country. I also got the Rookie of the Year Award in cross country, and the Freshmen of the Year Award in track. At regions for XC I was 7th. At state I was 65th. In track at regions I placed 3rd in the mile and 2nd in the 2 mile. At state I was 17th in the mile and 13th in the 2 mile.

Sophomore year I was a cross country captain and I lettered again. I was 3rd at regions and 12th at state. At track regions I was 3rd in the mile and the 2 mile. I also anchored the winning medley relay team.

Junior year I got a stress fracture about a month before the cross country season started, but made a great comeback with a 2nd place finish at regions. At state I placed 6th, and I broke 19 minutes for the second time in my racing history. Team captain again. In track I shattered my old PRs and was doing well until I got a stress reaction. After 3 weeks off I built my strength back up and performed well at state, earning 4th in the 1600 and 5th in the 3200. After that, I was invited to the Great Southwest Track Meet in Albuquerque, where I took 5th.

My senior year in cross country I was a captain again, this time with Amanda and Natalie. This season I was injury free so I got to run competitively at invites. At state I took 3rd. At Footlocker Western Regionals I outkicked a girl on the track to finish 10th, which qualified me for nationals the next weekend. I beat both of the girls who had beat me at state in that race. At nationals I took 22nd and beat 6 of the girls who had beat me at regionals. Going into the outdoor season the first Invitational I attended was the Davis Super Meet where I qualified for state in the 1600 and the 3200, and I broke the meet record for the 3200 in an 11:01.29, the previous record was an 11:17. I had a strong finish to my senior season and finally claimed a state title. I ran the fastest 1600 and 3200 at state for any division, claiming the double crown in those events, and earning the athlete of the year award :)

Now in college, I run for the University of Utah. I lettered my freshman season of cross country, and made it to regionals in the 5k in track.

Sophomore year I improved in cross country. In track I raced the 1500, 5k, 800, 10k, and the mile of the DMR before repeating the 5k at conference and then the 10k at regionals. Placed 28th behind a lot of seniors... so nationals next year!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Run a 5k in under 18 minutes~~

~~Win state in the 1600 and 3200~~

~~Place in the top 5 at state in the 1600~~

~~Make it to Footlocker National Championships~~

Make it to nationals

Run sub 16:30 5k

Run sub 9:30 3k

Break the school record in the 10k

Break the school record in the 5k

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be an All-American

Be a conference champion

Make Olympic trials

Personal:

I am a junior at the University of Utah. My little sister is a freshman at Utah Valley University.

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Spikes Lifetime Miles:						110.35
Pink Spikes!!! Lifetime Miles:						78.75
Pink Footlocker Flats :) Lifetime Miles:						38.00
July 25 Lifetime Miles:						333.30
Wave Rider 15 PINK :) Lifetime Miles:						409.00
Time For Something New Lifetime Miles:						420.25
Mint On The Left And Watermelon On The Right Lifetime Miles:						416.75
And Their Sole Mates Lifetime Miles:						499.50
Lavender Watermelon Lifetime Miles:						472.00
Mismatched Mizunos... Again :) Lifetime Miles:						469.00
Halloween Colors! Lifetime Miles:						400.50
^Their Mates Lifetime Miles:						444.70
Shoes That Match Lifetime Miles:						433.25
They Match Again Lifetime Miles:						373.25
Wave Rider 17! Lifetime Miles:						295.00
Wave Rider November '14 Lifetime Miles:						272.65
Green&pinklaces Lifetime Miles:						474.00
Cool Blue Lifetime Miles:						446.75
My Sister And I Have The Same Shoes! Lifetime Miles:						369.85
October Lifetime Miles:						371.25
January'16 Lifetime Miles:						326.00
March Mizunos 2016 Lifetime Miles:						200.15
My Husband Is The Best Husband!!! Lifetime Miles:						13.40

Fri, Feb 08, 2013

Race: Husky Classic (3.1 Miles) 00:16:49, Place overall: 28, Place in age division: 11

Total Distance

9.00

Today we flew to Seattle and I raced in the evening. Kate was also doing the 5k, we went to the track with the rest of the team when they went for their premeet. I had a while to sit around before it would be time to start warming up, but then Natalie got there and time flew :) When we went outside to warmup together another girl asked us what heat we were in and she was in the same one so joined us :) She is from Penn. State. One of Natalie's teammates also joined us. We warmed up around campus until we hit 3 miles, then went in for drills and strides. I did drills on the infield and then went to talk to Kep before starting my strides on the track. Nat and I were thinking about doing our old cheer but sorta ran out of time before we were being lined up for the start of the race. I was seed 11 so was right up against the wall. Good thing I reviewed my blog from this race last year to remind myself what worked for this race then! Going out I got forced to the outside of the pack and had to run wide in lane 2 for the first lap. After that I was able to get inside of the pack and in lane 1, then I just went with the group and got a rhythm going. But it was impossible to really keep a rhythm, girls would come up and cut in too soon or would come and invade my running space, then my focus was shifted to staying on my feet rather than maintaining the rhythm. A few times I was right next to Nat, it really helped having her in the race because for once in my college career it was like having a team mate who is almost exactly of the same speed, and I hope it helped her when I was running next to her too. At one point in one of the laps a girl came up between us and was trying to push me, but as I was already on the inside of lane one so I had nowhere to go, so I threw my elbow a few times and I think this made her really mad, but this girl was fighting dirty so I fought back... I was definitely in the racing mentality today! With about 5 laps to go coming into the straightaway I decided I would try to see if I could move up in the pack. I did that on the next lap too, and then on the next straightaway without even thinking I went around some girls too. Then I was leading the pack, but my efforts had made me feel like puking so I wasn't sure how long I would be able to push or if I would have anything left to make a stronger move at 2 laps to go. I just held on until the last laps came, but I still was able to pull out a kick during the last lap. And I finished just 4 seconds away from my PR! And 4 seconds faster than at this meet last year! Finally I feel as though I can see the work from my workouts paying off in a race, I really patched up the mental strength too. For cooldown I took my iPod and ran 3 miles around campus. My calves are really sore and I have some fresh blisters on my feet (racing in my nikes always does that) so I am not sure about racing tomorrow, I will decide in the morning.

Mint On The Left And Watermelon On The Right Miles: 6.00

Comments

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 08:06:03 from 67.177.11.154

Great run!! :-)

From Tara on Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 00:39:22 from 75.169.139.232

Good job staying tough. It's always nice to have a team mate to run with. That's exciting you're so close to your PR, looks like a great indoor/outdoor season to come!

From Susannah on Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 21:02:43 from 98.202.222.219

Thanks, I'm really happy that I am back in the sub 17s after a rough outdoor season last year. I am really excited for outdoors!

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