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21. Univ of Texas TF/ XC Great Oak HS Alum Simply a runner expressing my thoughts and emotions of the ups and downs in this little thing I️ like to call running.

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finally ran at my first outdoor ncaa west regionals meet in the 1500 & 5K (my coach hates that we call it regionals because it’s really the first round of the NCAA Championships but anyways yeah finally did that). I didn’t make it to the final in the 1500m but I sure did go for it and then just fell flat the last 300m. 5K I went for it again and went out way faster than I thought I could. Around 10:08 through the 2 mile and then died a hard death in no mans land yet still came away with a 13 second PR of 16:14. ‘Twas a bittersweet feeling crossing that line. I should of died to 78/79s maybe an 80 like my coach said but instead I ran 83,83,82, 81, 74 for my last 5 laps. I didn’t punch my ticket to my first outdoor NCAAs Championship but I did PR and this long season was over. I really wanted sub 16 cause I know I can do it. But this just makes me so excited for this next track season. I’m going to break 16 mins but not only that, I’m going to demolish 16 minutes and run as close to the school record of 15:12 as I can. Just speaking it into existence. My coach reminded me that I need to aim high. Set lofty goals. But really they shouldn’t be that lofty because I’m talented and I work hard and I have a coach that can get me there. but before I can get there... the goal is to have a great final season of cross country.

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Let knowledge and effort be your water🌱

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[thedestinycollins]

had a lot of ups and down, but so glad to be a longhorn 🧡

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Running

so. this was a tough past few months for me. but at least things went well for my academically. I had such high goals for myself and just about everything went my way in cross because I worked hard and went after it and I was so hoping that this track season would be the season where I look and feel like my old self. finish top 3 in the Conference and make it to regionals and hopefully then make it to nationals but that’s not what happened. After indoor conference my ankle was pretty messed up which is bad but not unordinary because I’ve been dealing with this for awhile.

So we all took like 3-4 days off and started running again and I felt fine and then a week and a half into training my foot started hurting but it was near my metatarsals so we took like a week off and then tried running again and I got up to only a few miles a day and cross training and then I got another weird pain by my cuboid bone in my foot. and boy did it hurt. and it just hurt and hurt and hurt. walking especially because any pressure on it did not feel good. so trainers are doing everything they can to make it better. exercises and dry needling and everything with heating and thermal things but nothing. so then I get an MRI and X-ray and get my bittersweet results that I’m fine but it sure doesn’t explain why I’m in so much pain to walk so don’t even think about running and I’m just like well what do I do. by the time I get my X-ray and mri and all this stuff this is end of March. and so eventually like 2 weeks or so later it stops hurting and i start my recovery and road back to training with running in the alter g and still cross training to. and I just jot asking myself is it worth it. do I try it throw in the towel. and it really conflicted me but I know myself and I know I wouldn’t be proud of myself for running certain times and trying to accomplish something that can’t happen. or trying to fake my fitness for a race or two so I decided to redshirt. and wow. it was the strangest feeling and experience ever because I’m usually really sad not running and I mean I was a little sad but for the first time I was some what okay with bit running and just being a student but I must admit it did feel a little lonely not seeing my teammates at practice and running with them.

so yeah that happened and now I’m training for summer and just praying it’s a good season and I make it through all 3 seasons healthy and happy.

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““Running is practice for not quitting.””

— Robert Andrew Powell, Running Away: A Memoir (via prelives51)

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Let running take you into the unknown.

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missing cross country september weather

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[thedestinycollins]

hi are you going to do the longhorn run? :^)

no, should I?

[thedestinycollins]

what race are you planning to focus on in outdoor?

honestly whichever goes better between the 5k and 1500 but I think the 5K is the event I have in mind but I’m running a few 1500s to prep for the 5K and the pain train 🙂

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“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.”

— - unknown (via cosmicwizdom)

[thedestinycollins]

BIG12 CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TEXAS WON! woo hoo! I finished all-conference in the 5k and 3k! And it was my first time running the 5k! Top 10 performance with my 5K and slight college PR in the 3k so that’s fun! and yeah now for a quick recap. So i have sucked at keeping people posted if anyone was interested but I might as well say what happened at conference at least. Coach entered me in 5K/3K double to score some points. I was pretty scared to do it since never done a 5K, it’s a lot of miles on the track, and my 3Ks just haven’t been good but I was like okay let’s do this. My coach said RELAX in the 5K, do not lead and stay calm. so that’s what I did. My teammate Meghan and I ran the 5k and she said it’s going to feel easy in the beginning and then it’s gets hard and boy was she right. The 5K went out slower than slow and the first mile was 5:40!!! aka 17:42ish 5K pace which is not a championship time or speed or anything. needless to say after the first mile things sped up real quick and real fast and I was doing great moving into 5/6th for a while in a pack of 4 and then briefly in 3rd and then with 20m to go I was still in 6th and was dying hard and 2 people passed me with maybe 5m to go so that sucked. Getting 8th and only scoring one point doesn’t feel that great but it’s still a point and a medal and being able to say you’re all-conference so I’ll take it. 3K... oh the 3k. I’ve been having on and off ankle issues for awhile and the pain was full blown after the 5K which made me dread running the 3k but I still did it anyways through the pain that the ibuprofen sadly didn’t take away. Like the 5k it went out relatively conservative and there was a lot of pushing and shoving and people getting clipped but I kept pushing and trucking along. The last lap was crazy. so much movement. mind you we are on a 300m track. Leading into last lap I swing out wide with a group of girls and I’m running as fast as I can and I’m probably in 5th or so and then I’m trying to go faster... not really moving much faster then with 150 to go the pack blows by me and I don’t even realize I’m in 8th and I’m just trying to hold on. now I’m on the straight dying but swinging my arms and trying to finish and.l I quickly count the people and realize I’m in 8th. Now I’m really like hold on... AND I DO IT. barely!!! But I do it and get all-conference. so yeah. the end. happy monday.

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gettin’ there

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