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🇺🇸Runner rep’d by @flynnsports
✍🏻Author of #RunTheWorld & other things
📍Boulder, Colorado (with Texas roots)

Fun fact: In 4 Olympic Trials appearances so far (

Fun fact: In 4 Olympic Trials appearances so far (the first of which was 8 years ago today 👆), the 2 events I’ve competed in have differed by a mere 24.4 miles 😄 And neither of them happen to be the event I ran at NCAAs every year.
•2012: 3K steeplechase
•2016: 3K steeplechase + marathon
•2020: marathon
•2021: Any guesses???
(Also no, 5’0” is not too short to steeple, and yes, my preference is to hurdle the water pit 🚧)
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#olympictrials #steeplechase #marathon #track #goals #hurdle #trackandfield #tracktownusa

Here’s a little pool running hack: anchor a long

Here’s a little pool running hack: anchor a long bungee cord to a hook in the pool or to something heavy on the outside (I used a lounge chair), attach it to the back of a floatation belt, and get to work! 🧜🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️Pool running is my preferred form of cross-training / active recovery, and this way, all you need is a belt, a bungee, and a small plot of water deep enough for your toes to not touch the bottom. Encouraged but not required: a hot Texas sun (+🧴!), a good podcast or playlist, and some super cute poolside cheerleaders 📣💜
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#crosstraining #activerecovery #watertherapy #poolday #summertraining #runningtips #runrun

What a treat it is to spend this Father’s Day wi

What a treat it is to spend this Father’s Day with the main man himself. ☕️🐿💙 Road tripped down to Dallas last weekend, and this time with family has refilled my cup after a few months apart. 🏠 Ultra grateful for my dad today and always, and also for @lukeswade @arob134 and Bil Firth 💓 #fathersday #dadstagram #bestofthebest

I normally would have taken 2 weeks off right then

I normally would have taken 2 weeks off right then 👆, but with big races and an important track season just a few weeks away, decided to make a quick turnaround and get right back at it. I then could have pressed pause when the world shut down and all races were cancelled, but running was one of the few things that offered a sense of normalcy and purpose, so I clung to it. And now, with hope for a fall and winter season🤞, I’m finally taking that downtime I know is necessary but feels strange to justify in the middle of a non-season. Reminding myself: My best seasons have always started with a true reset. 🌱 (Photo cred: @kelynsoong, Expert nudge to rest cred: @ecaballes84)
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#marathon #olympictrials #recovery #recharge #reset #rejuvenation #runningworld #runtheworld

because I miss them. 👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻 and because it’s the older set’s BIRTHDAY today!
love y’all beyond, @mattkwade and @rachelwaderob! (and hello in there, Addie! 👶🏼)
#twinstagram #wombmates #twinning

The fabric of my book, and the travels that inspir

The fabric of my book, and the travels that inspired it, is that running is the purest, most inclusive sport in the world. Recent events and campaigns have challenged that whole notion, showing that while it may reflect MY experiences as a white athlete, it downplays the injustices and hardships endured by athletes/teammates/FRIENDS of color. Still. In 2020. This truth is uncomfortable and sad and all kinds of twisted, and it shows that we as a community still have a long way to go. (Fortunately that’s our forte 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿‍♀️) So now I know. Now we know. Let’s do better, y’all. (You’d do well to start with @mariellehalll’s @runnersworldmag piece, @keeptrackmedia’s episode with @alisonmdesir, @aishapraughtleer’s latest post, and @fastwomen’s stories from today, if you haven’t yet.) 🖤🤍❤️ #globalrunningday #runtheworld #BRITA

Mint for this 🙂

Mint for this 🙂

After Boulder’s snowiest winter on record—150+

After Boulder’s snowiest winter on record—150+ inches!, heaven is the prospect of a snow-less May (first one since we moved here in 2016).☀️👙😎 *For context, the 2nd snowiest winter preceded all of my grandparents, in 1908-09.
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#bouldercolorado #longrun #socialdistancerunning #trailrunning #almostsummer #runtheworld

Anyone else feeling serious wanderlust pangs? 🗺

Anyone else feeling serious wanderlust pangs? 🗺🧳 For me, cabin fever = travel fever. So until it’s safe to ✈️ again, here are some of the many places I’ll be dreaming of revisiting and rerunning... 🇪🇸🇪🇹 🇫🇷🇨🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇳🇿 🇦🇺🇮🇪 (If anyone can identify all 8 cities, I’ll be super impressed!)
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#runtheworld #wanderlusting #cabinfever #worldtrip #travelfever #worldtravel #travelgram #takemeback

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