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ATL | CHI 📍
50+ RUNNER. COACH. CONNECTOR.
4x USATF Masters All-American 🏆
LIFESTYLE ENTHUSIAST 🖼🥐🍷👟🏋🏽‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️💄

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trust me it’s not {all} running 😆🩷 taken in Rathbun's by @athlisa

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🤍🌴 NIKE AFTER DARK TOUR - LA: from start to finish, this one was for the girls and i love that for us! i didn’t get a chance to run the nike half marathon series when it was in San Francisco & D.C. 10+ years ago, but this current series is close to what i’d imagined it would have been like — sans the Tiffany necklace of course. 😏😂
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#nikewomen #nikeLA #afterdarktour #nikeafterdarktour #nikevomero18 #nikerunning #running #halfmarathon #marathontraining taken in Los Angeles, California by @athlisa

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🍑🌳🇺🇸 12th PEACHTREE ROAD RACE: hot & humid was an understatement but a time was had on & off the course. still managed to -60 and more than anything i was grateful to finish given the brutal conditions. 🥵😮‍💨 it’s always so good to see so many of you on the course, in the park after the race and around the city. whether you raced hard, walked, party-paced, or cheered… i hope you enjoyed yourself out there. the atlanta running community is something special and we don’t take what we’ve collectively built lightly. ❤️
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1st 📸: @cbarb5 by @athlisa

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whew, a time was had! by @athlisa

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volunteering then jogging a free 5K with friends was a great way to spend this saturday morning! despite the heat and hills, this is one of my fave @atlantatrackclub annual races because the community comes out! congrats to everyone for showing up for yourselves today and those who PR’d in the conditions. #atlantatrackclub
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i had a time but of course i complained about the heat after the fact and need summer to pack it up lol taken in Decatur High School Stadium by @athlisa

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2 months ago

one week we race, then we cheer for everybody and
their mama for a week or two or three. 😝

inspired by these 3 ❤️

thomas & his oakley sunglasses got me 😎🤣

chisom got his 2nd sub-7 in 30 days!

james & mo doing the most as usual 😂

the @atlantamile lead car was too cold! 🔥

y’all better be ready for 🍑🌳 by @athlisa

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3 months ago

first 5K in exactly a year and ran it yesterday with @nphcofatl for their annual scholarship fundraiser, the divine 9 5K and 9K. i’ve been enjoying a 90+ day recovery from the marathon 😂 so the plan was to relax but make the podium. 1st AKA 🩷💚 & 2nd female 🥈on the day. luckily i’ve been running a lot during lunch but let’s go ahead and start all summer races well before 8:00 going forward. 😉 by @athlisa

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4 months ago

might have been outside, might have been AI. 😝
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seriously, just trying to properly pace myself for the summer. 😂 by @athlisa

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5 months ago

As a high schooler, Lisa Gausney was an exceptional 200-meter runner, but the track coach put her in the 800m, 1500m, and cross country because of her small physique. Stature be damned, Gausney advocated for herself as a sprinter, and went on to become a 200m specialist at Georgia State.

After graduating, she reluctantly did several 5Ks because they were popular and accessible. “I never really wanted to run more than 400 meters,” she confessed.

While taking a break from running from 2001-2009, Gausney got her USATF Level 1 certification to volunteer coach at Georgia State, and eventually started taking on her own clients from 800m to 5K – and ultimately up to the marathon. For a while, she successfully coached some of the longer distances before conquering them herself.

At age 35, Gausney craved the discipline and routine that she knew running could provide; however, nothing on the roads or track seemed to click. “A lot of that came from there not being people who looked like me or communities that looked like me running,” she acknowledged.

In 2011, she added some pizzaz by doing travel races, including moving up to the half marathon and eventually setting a 1:43:23 PR. She also maintained her track speed such that after its 2015 Grand Prix, the Atlanta Track Club recruited her to join its 200m masters team, which led to her becoming a four-time all American.

Gausney then hung up her spikes to run the 2019 Chicago Marathon, and earlier this month ran the Publix Atlanta Marathon propelled by the camaraderie of the Atlanta Run Club. In the coming years, she hopes to continue checking off bucket list marathons before dropping back down to the 200m when she turns 55.

Gausney’s decades of running, coaching, and community involvement have given her invaluable perspective about the sport’s ability to transform a person, whether over the course of 200 meters or 26.2 miles. “I just hope that throughout the years, anything that I’ve done has motivated or inspired someone else to get out and get moving,” she said. “Especially in the Black community, and with Black people in general, we’re not moving. We’re just not moving at the rate that we should be.” by @athlisa

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BACK TO THE BASICS: two things i don’t want to see for a while after publix marathon… big hills and double digit runs so i took i trip to the best place to get quick turnover in the legs on the road. s/o @d19113 x @_shelto for the controlled pacing and for the random run vets telling me chill and just take a nature walk after my run instead of forcing more miles. 😝 so many distance superstars were out which is always motivating to see and i even got to catch up with @vegmusrun, one of my local faves. 💕 by @athlisa

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💅🏽💅🏽 connor snapped before the back half snapped me in two. 😂 community kept me lifted throughout. ❤️

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#marathon #atlmarathon #marathoner #atlanta #atlrunners taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @athlisa

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PUBLIX MARATHON: I STRUGGLED BUT I PREVAILED. to everyone and anyone who has ever said “if you can finish publix marathon, you can do any marathon”…. i believe you now! 🥹🫶🏽 going in i knew this would not be an easy one for me so i’m seriously grateful for and lucky to have an amazing community to carry me! this one was truly special and one i won’t forget. 🍑🍀🌺 another one off the race bucket list. ✅
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#marathon #atlmarathon #runningcityusa
#atlrunners #atlantatrackclub by @athlisa

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