Soon – To – Be Doctor Now A Champion Runner

This lady came to this small town in 1984 hoping to become a world class runner and an Olympic competitor. Her greenish brown eyes saw through everything in just four short years. She was able to attain sixth place in the Seoul Korea Olympics held in 1988 for the women? s 3,000 meter run. Last December, the world class runner graduated from the local school. At age 23, she is considered the next queen of American middle distance running, has signed a three year deal to run for a well known shoe manufacturer. But for this young Delaware native, staying where she is right now is her priority. She beholds the environs of the campus while doing her workouts. This stunning runner at 5 foot 6 and 110 pounds flies towards her own finish line and it seems like her feet don? t even touch the ground she flies on. She gets fidgety with fame especially when people ask for her autograph. This humble athlete shares that she wants no special treatment for she states that she is just a normal girl. Though she can come off as normal, she certainly is far from average. She was the first lady to ever become an Olympian in their town. She possesses 4 U. S.collegiate titles and of seven world record relay teams, she is a member. Because of her athletic leadership, their school took home 14 championship titles in the Big East finals as well as 8 individual NCAA championship honors. That's not all for she's also got tons of the major awards. Now that she has surpassed collegiate competition, along with their school track coach, she is carefully assessing how to go about with her running career. With this big change in her life, she knows that she has to make some mental adjustments. People do not understand this if they have not gone through such experiences. She pressures her own self to be a great runner and this is why she feels a ton of pressure. An overpowering qualm she has is on encountering injuries while she is still under contract, the three year one she signed with the famous shoe manufacturer. She feels much more nervous now than the way she did during her collegiate competition games for many more people expect a lot from her.

They keep asking if the local women's track team still run without her. Of course they can, they're a great team, she said. With the notoriety, pressures and responsibilities she's faced with, she learns to value her privacy. Even her small family had to make some much needed adjustments and cope with the fact that they are now known as her parents and as her sister and brother. She describes her parents as the perfect combination of supportive and laid back, not pushy. With her star status, she has a wonderful company of people around her.

The elite groups of athletes we look up to and watch on TV are her friends. She does name drop but does so with true concern for the people with whom she shares this connection. For example, when she returned from Hawaii just this past June, where she joined another runner on tour, she shared that the last time they were in touch was during the Olympics. She truly enjoyed his company during those three days where they had fun and talked about the past. Her list of things to be accomplished hasn't condensed at all and she admits that she's got more time than she wants to have. More than focusing on her daily practice routines, she also organizes her schedules such as banquets, track meets, interviews or photo sessions and all that comes with being a public figure. She will also share her time and talent at the local school as a volunteer assistant track coach. She also wishes that she can volunteer in one of their local hospitals in honor of the medical career she has placed in the back burner. Such can help this former psychology and premed major determine if she should still pursue medicine once she? s done with professional running. When she was questioned on how she sees herself in the future, she shares that while she aims to have her own happy family that will have to wait until her career as a runner is already established. She shares that her priorities are her goals and dreams first.
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