Miles run by our community: 23,816

sbusse

I started running as a kid, like most of us did. I was the little girl who was loved the game of  tag, played manhunt, and ran around the yard with the dogs.  Once I got into my teens, I of course joined the track team. I was a sprinter/ middle distance runner, never really thought I'd could run anything over 2 miles, nor did I want to, so I played field hockey in the fall.  In my junior year, my track times were getting better and I knew field hockey wasn't going to get me in shape quickly enough, so I switched to Cross- Country and I was sure I'd be awful. Turned out, by the second race, I was on varsity and helping score points (or not score points, if you know XC) for my team. I had no idea I could run the distance AND be a benefit to my team.

As an adult, I still run. And although I am still a sprinter/middle distance runner in my mind who loves the speed at heart (have yet to run anything over a 10k Hashalon) ,  I'm ususally just running for 5ks.  I have also had the awesome experience of coaching girls in XC and track for many years. I truly love seeing girls/women toughening it out and running their to their potential.