For the past 20 years I have been a runner competing in cross country and track since 7th grade. I ran in high school, college and have completed 3 marathons with one being Boston. I continued on with my passion for running and began volunteering for a middle school cross country team after I graduated college. It was so much fun and I really enjoyed working with the runners teaching them all about running, racing strategies, nutrition, attitude and life in general that I wanted to continue with coaching. Now I am the girls head cross country and track coach. I will be in my 5th year as the cross coach and 8th year as the track coach at this high school. This past year there were several accomplishments: in cross country the girls won the league title for the first time ever in the history of the school and two girls qualified to the state cross country meet. In track the girls team won the league title, which had not be done since 1980 and it was so exciting! I enjoy working with the girls a lot and helping them achieve their personal goals along with team goals and teaching them how to work together as a team. It is hard when they graduate after working with them for four years and becoming so close, but they come back and visit and many have continued their running careers in college. Each year is a new beginning with new girls to work with I look forward to more exciting seasons to come.
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I wish my son had cross country or track at his high school. He is a fast runner and has great endurance. I've been telling him the past few years that he should enter some races. Now at 26 years of age he enter his first 5K a couple of weeks ago. He didn't really train for it and hadn't run more than a mile in a month or so but he still came in 6th place out of 300 some people! His first mile was 5 min. 32 sec. I was so proud of him!
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