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first bits in the 616

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Romans 8:18 💕

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no place i'd rather be !

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Summertime🇺🇸

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The universe will never give you peace in something you were never meant to settle in✨

This year was really, really hard and I acknowledge that a large part is due to comparison. With last year being the most successful year of my running career I lived in fear wondering how I was going to top it, or at the very least maintain it. Unfortunately, I did not reach a single one of my goals and not because they were set too high or were completely unattainable, but because I lived in a bubble of fear of letting myself down and pushed my body through the seasons when it was clearly yelling at me to slow down.
Iron deficiency sucked, and it sucked the life out of me. Every task, run, and workout felt so much harder than it needed to be and I got stuck in the cycle of scraping by, performing either poorly or mediocrely, then beating myself up and wanting to change everything around me because it felt like nothing was going right. To get qualifying times, I felt like I was pulling teeth to get my body to move to be just fast enough to make the meet, and it sucked because qualifying used to never be a question.
Despite maintaining my weight and eating enough, my body was still not ready to preform to the level I know I’m capable of, and maybe this is just a continuation of the hard lesson I had to learn last year. As I’m on my downtime I get to reflect on the changes I have made throughout the years to better myself and my running, and there might be more added to the plate. I mean what’s life without change anyway.
Maybe my low iron was a side effect of my poor habits from last year and though I did just enough to run again, my body was telling me I wasn’t doing enough to preform at the high level I used to.
Though this year was far from what I expected and hoped, there are some notable victories that kept me going: I just got to watch our guys team become national champions, I helped contribute to an XC title despite having a terrible day, I was able to qualify for the 3k indoor and place after being tripped in the 5k and landing straight on my face, and I qualified for the 5k outdoor and got to see my favorite people compete for one last time in a GV jersey :)

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I’m officially retired! Much love for the people that made 6 years not feel like enough. 💙🤘 peace out @gvsuxctf

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Heart so full 🥹❤️

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Did someone say that it’s 10k race day???

National 10k is at 8:50 CT, in Emporia, KS! Excited to be lining up with 2 other GV women too @magsomalley1521 and @ana_tuck_ !!

Throw back to when I had long hair 🫠

#race #25laps #racing #kansas #nationals

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Distance squad looking dapper on the eve of the National Championships!😇🏆✨

#AnchorUp | #ReadyForMore

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some big life updates!

it’s been such a fun and busy time of life! So thankful for all my friends and family that I am blessed with :)

but currently on my way to Kansas for nationals, time to go race 37.5 laps around a track, but this time with a new shiny ring 😍

#thankful #engaged #sofun #blessed #summer

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brb❤️

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Hello!

I am still alive, I have been running, finishing my 4th semester of nursing school (YAY!) and spending time with friends and family! I’m sorry that I haven’t been as active on here, I try to stay off social media if possible and go touch some grass instead :)

But I’m gonna try to be on here more occasionally, and post a little bit here and there!

So here’s a little photo dump of life the last little bit!

Photos on 3 and 5 from @miaphotography04 🥰

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#photo #photodump #catchup #fyp #instagood

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