Karissa Schweizer
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Olympian🇺🇸 Pro runner for @nike @bowermantc ⚡️ Iowa grown occasionally in Portland📍 Mizzou Track & Field Alum🐯 Instagram: @Karissaschweiz4
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From the start of the decade representing my middle school track team to the end of the decade representing team USA🏃🏼♀️🇺🇸 Lots of changes, but still running with the same passion that little girl had running for her middle school team❤️
#decadechallenge
#readyforthenextchapter
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14:26.34?!?
Last night was insane🔥
Who would’ve thought these two Iowans that were once shooting for high school all-state times are now the first two Americans to go under 14:30😳 Huge congrats to
@shelbo800
on improving her AR by 10 secs👏
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9th in the world
30:18.05
and a 29 second PR😳
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I am proud of myself for this one. I stuck my nose in it and hung on like crazy. It was a tough one out there today, but I had fun and came through with a huge step in the right direction.
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Stop being afraid of what can go wrong. Start being excited about what can go right.
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Heartbroken. This sport can be brutal sometimes. I’m proud of the way I competed, but sometimes your body doesn’t cooperate. Congrats to
@elisecranny13
and
@emilyinfeld
for representing
@teamusa
so well.
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“Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.”
Mia Hamm
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Last time running with Mizzou on my chest this weekend, but always running with Mizzou in my heart💛
#cheesypost
#globalrunningday
📸
@JeffCurryPhoto
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Decided to run it back
(25 times😅)
2 X OLYMPIC QUALIFIER🇺🇸🥳
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Thankful to my coaches and (
@colleen0205
) for getting me ready and capable to toe the line for not just one but two Olympic trial races!
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It takes way more than just one, thankful to have such a supportive family, team, and coaching staff🐯
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Next stop: WORLDS!🇺🇸🔥
I punched a ticket to my first Outdoor Track World Champs in the same stadium that I grew up competing in! And to top it off going 1-2 w my teammate and fellow Iowan
@shelbo800
! Thanks to everyone for coming to support! Drake Stadium is truly magical✨
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WORLD RECORD HOLDERS! Now that has a nice ring to it😏🌎
16:27.02 for the 4x1500 shaving 7 seconds off the previous record!
So proud of these ladies
@steeple_squigs
@elisecranny13
@shelbo800
Teamwork truly does make the dream work⚡️
#bowermanbabes
#BTCrelays
#worldrecordholder
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The track was 🔥 last night! NEW AMERICAN RECORD...(didn’t think I’d say that) Couldn’t have done it without my speedy teammates
@shelbo800
&
@steeple_squigs
(who also went under the previous record)& our fast rabbit
@fastkate
So many amazing races last night🔥 📸
@Justin_Britton
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Sometimes you have to take chances because you’ll never know if you hold back.
I took a chance for the win and it may not have gone my way, but I’ll always walk away happy from a race that I gave it my all.
However, still extremely excited to podium in a stacked race at USAs!🐯
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Top ten in the World✨🌎
(never thought I’d say that before)
Rookie season✅ Ready to come back even stronger next year!
#WorldChamps
#diggingdeep
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“𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”
#WednesdayWisdom
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“My coach said I run like a girl, and I said if you run faster you could too.” -Mia Hamm •
Happy National Girls & Women in Sport Day! I’m thankful for all the amazing women who have paved the way for us today and excited to continue to bridge that gap.💪🏼🏃🏼♀️
#NGWSD
#girlpower
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Game face because it’s finally here🇺🇸⚡️
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Catch me at the Olympic Games😉
5k prelims go off at 7pm Tokyo time! (5:00 am CT😅☕️)
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I’m extremely grateful to receive this award today. It’s always an honor to represent Mizzou!
When I first arrived on campus, I never would’ve dreamt of achieving this and I hope this inspires a younger generation of athletes to come!
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Three years ago✨ Many people will say that It was unexpected or ask if I even thought I could’ve won before it happened. Looking back on it, it was no surprise that I had a breakthrough race. This was years and years of hard work, perseverance, and sacrifice paying off.
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4:00.02...(soo close)😅I need to work on my lean a little.
Howeverr, always happy to walk away with a new PB and some more motivation to get under that 4 min barrier!!
Ending the night with a podium finish for the mixed gender relays🥉😜
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And that’s all she wrote⚡️
Wrapped up this crazy 2020 season with a shiny new 800 pr of 2:02.77! Huge thank you to everyone that worked countless hours to make these races happen!
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30:47! New PB, Olympic QT, and US
#4
⚡️
Amazing night all around for our squad last night! Lots of pbs and Olympic qualifier times🔥
Thank you
@soundrunning
for making this event happen!
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I’m convinced...I need to start eating French bread🤷🏼♀️🥖
#frenchbreadfriday
#shesabeast
#shelboanything
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Got a beer & waffles instead of a trophy...I could get used to this😏🍻🇧🇪
#euroracing
Congratulations Karissa on a new 1500m PR. For the win in Kortrijk Belgium !!🐯4:06.77 ⏱
@KarissaSchweiz4
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No one in the stands, but there were still PBs all around last night🔥
4:02.81⚡️for a new PB in the 1500 thanks to my teammate
@shelbo800
for pushing me and huge S/O to
@emily_pritt
for jumping in the 1500 and helping make this all happen!
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Finally official! Thank you again Mizzou for all the memories🐯 Excited for the next step in the journey!
The Next Stage 🏃♀️
@KarissaSchweiz4
Inks Professional Contract with
@Nike
& Bowerman Track Club
🔗 []
#MIZ
#TigerTough
🐯
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Survive and advance🥵
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Boy was it hot out there! 98% humidity is no joke! Stoked to toe the line with
@elisecranny13
in our first Olympic final🇺🇸
#tokyo2020
#bringontheheat
#roomies
#olympicfinal
#teamusa
📸:
@jeffcohenphoto
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My grandpa always told me you have to plateau before you break a barrier, and once you’ve broken that barrier that’s your new plateau...until the next breakthrough comes around🏔📈🏃♀️
#keepshowingup
#whoknowswhatsnext
#grandpafrankquotes
📸: Cortney White
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“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” -Michael Jordan
#mondaymotivation
#raceweek
⚡️
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“The success of every women should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.” -Serena Williams
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💭”Get there get there...”
•
Punched my first ticket to worlds today🇺🇸->🇩🇰 Still trying to learn the 10k distance but happy I stuck my nose in it! Extremely proud to be a part of an incredible team and this insane era of women’s distance running
#bowermanbabes
📸
@Justin_Britton
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🍾🇫🇷🥹
Back to Back Olympics!
@KarissaSchweiz4
headed to Paris. I don’t post often, but this is worthy!
@usatf
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Jet lag is a choice
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@taylorswift13
Karissa Schweizer's past 10 days have been busy. On 9/5, she ran a 14:47.50 5,000m in Zurich. Three days later, she won New York City's Fifth Avenue Mile in 4:14.8. And this evening in Brussels, she ran a 5,000m season's best of 14:36.88 to take 8th in the Diamond League Final.
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Update:
During the 5k final at Worlds a couple weeks ago I felt some tightness in my calf before the start of the race and during the race, I felt like my stride wasn’t quite right. With about 2 laps to go, my calf completely seized on me.
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Probably questioning what I got myself into🤔
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Back in black⚡️
US Champ 🇺🇸
Eugene Worlds Bound🌲
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First US title!! I don’t know how long it’ll take to set in. After undergoing surgery in the fall, I had no idea what this spring would look like.
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Full Steam Ahead⚡️
Prelim in the 5000m (Heat 2) for the Olympic Trials tomorrow @ 5:54 PST.
#BowermanTC
#olympictrials
📸IG:
@jamisonfoto
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RACE DAY⚡️
Tonight we are racing for something bigger than just ourselves. We’re raising money for the Equal Justice Initiative organization (
@eji_org
).
I’ll be racing a 4x1500 where we’ll be aiming to break the American Record and maybe even shooting for the World Record!🙊
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Race dayyyy🔥I’ll be racing the 10k tonight with the crew! I haven’t raced this distance since college and excited to take another go at it!
The race starts at 8:15 PT!
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Uniform top may of gotten smaller, but the sass level hasn’t changed😂
#FlashbackFriday
#FreakyFriday
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#ICYMI
This morning Karissa Schweizer ran a season-best 14:51.34 to finish seventh overall in the women's 5,000m prelim and qualify for Monday's final.
📸
@gettysports
#Compete4Missouri
x
#OlympiansMadeHere
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Capping off an unforgettable last 4 plus years at Mizzou🎓🐯 2018 has brought on many changes including traveling around the world for races, a new job, and a big move out to Portland! Sad to close this chapter of my life but excited for what’s to come in this next one.
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#motivationmonday
One year ago I ran in my first World Champs final. Although there haven’t been that many races since then, I’ve grown a lot as an athlete. This race reminds of what I’m training for everyday and where I want to be!
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Looking forward to representing the red white & blue on a world stage in a month! Hoping to bring some fireworks 💥😉🇺🇸
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#happyfourth
#redwhiteandblue
#teamusa
📸:
@tgh_pdx_photos
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support squad strong🔥🇺🇸
Team Schweizer reacts to
@KarissaSchweiz4
qualifying for the
#Olympics
5K final. That’s early morning support. ☕️ 🇺🇸
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Olympic 5k final🔥
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Ready to toe the line with the best in the world! Tune in to watch
@elisecranny13
and I compete for
@teamusa
at 9:40pm (Tokyo Time)/ 7:40am (CT) on NBC/Peacock! This is what it’s all about🇺🇸
1📸:
@danvernonphoto
2📸:
@notafraid2fail
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All smiles for the first one back😊
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Happy to be back racing healthy again! Today was all about getting back to competing and feeling like myself again. Excited to take the win but ready to get back to work🔥
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still get chills watching this race⚡️
#bowermanbabes
#ThrowbackTuesday
🇺🇸8:33.25 - Old Record🇺🇸
8:25.70 - Schweizer
8:26.66 - Houlihan
8:28.71 - Quigley
Full race:
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And this right here is why you should NEVER give up!
Your breakthrough may be just around the corner (literally) or figuratively🏃♀️
#MIZ
Since
#IMissCrossCountry
I’m going through old
@NCAA
D1 Cross Country Champs photos.
@KarissaSchweiz4
burst onto the scene with a huge come-from-behind to win in 2016 ahead of
@erinefinn
&
@annarohrer97
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First pict shows how far behind Karissa was with 1500m to go!
#NCAAXC
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Trying to soak it all in🇺🇸
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Thank you to everyone that reached out so many people that have played a role in this journey🥰 (I’m already bad at responding so bear w me🙈)
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However the work is not done🤫
#olympictrials
#25lapsahead
#bowermanbabes
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Game face ready
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Ready to get back out there in the 10k tomorrow! Thankful for another opportunity to compete amongst the best in the country.
‼️10 AM PST start tomorrow due to heat advisory (phew🥵) you can watch live on the Olympic Channel.
#OlympicTrials
#25lapsondeck
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Cashier: What are you guys up to today?
Us: recovering/napping
Cashier: What did you guys do last night?!
Us: no this morning!
Cashier: oh wow getting after it early!
(Ya if you only knew😅🏃🏼♀️)
@courtfrerichs8
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Let the games begin😈🙏🏼
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One week until the Track and Field events start!
#tokyo2020
#openingceremonies
#bringiton
📸:
@rich_seow_sports
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Tomorrow’s the big day! I’ll be racing World Cross Country Champs in Aarhus Denmark! Time to dig deep and represent USA the best we can!🇺🇸❤️ Race will be televised on NBCsports gold @ 7 am CT
#welcometoaarhus
#worldcrosscountryaarhus2019
📸
@urimiscott
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Back for more🇺🇸
10,000m final on deck! Ready to test my limits🔥
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Tune in Saturday at 7:45pm (Tokyo time) 5:45am CT on NBC/Peacock
#lastonebestone
#tokyo2020
📸:
@DanVernonPhoto
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Fun weekend of racing to cap off a long training block. Excited to walk away with two podium spots and some speedy times at altitude! Excited to get back to work🏃🏼♀️
#toyotausatfindoors
#uschamps20
#myteammatesarefast
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Ready to race USAs in my favorite stadium around🏃🏼♀️💙
Race day tomorrow @ 3:22 pm CT
📸
@JeffCurryPhoto
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RACE DAY🔥
This speedster and I get to see what we can do over 5k!
Tune in to watch it live on
@usatf
starting at 8:25 PST and if that’s too late for you, you can watch it tomorrow at noon on our Bowerman YouTube channel (for free)
#bowermanbabes
#raceday
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Welp...I guess I’ve never really had perfect vision anyway
#2020vision
#2021vision
? However, in all seriousness, this is a really hard subject to talk about right now.
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I have so much love for all these people. I couldn’t have done it without them💛🐯
#onehundredstrong
#tigertough
📸
@JeffCurryPhoto
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Time to run it back🔥
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I’ll be racing the 5k prelim tomorrow with
@elisecranny13
and
@emily_infeld
at 4:25pm PST (heat 1) watch live on NBC and Peacock!🇺🇸‼️
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#TeamUSA
#PinkPower
#SkoooUSA
📸:
@DvGregori
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So you’re telling me I have to run a 10k on grass now?😅
•
I’m anxious to get this season started and go back to my Cross Country roots🏃🏼♀️🔥
•
Race: USATF Cross Country Championships @ Tallahassee, FL (Feb. 2nd)
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One final go-around for the season!
I’ll be racing an 800 tonight! It’s been 4 years since I’ve raced an 800! So I’m excited to get out and test the speed🔥
The races tonight will be more lowkey and won’t be streamed on any official site.
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Control what you can control. In the midst of all this chaos, we need to stay calm and hopeful that in a weird way it will all work out.
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First race of 2020✔️
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Nice little rust buster last night😜 New mile pb of 4:24.32 then paced some of my speedy teammates to some new 3k pbs🏃🏼♀️💨
#uwinvite
#backtowork
🏔
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Extremely grateful for having the opportunity to get that pre race feeling of putting on your hip numbers (& hoping they are on right😂) In this new normal, we can’t take any opportunities for granted. It’s important to make the most of every chance we get to line up and compete!
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Cheers to an unforgettable 2021 season🥳
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I would’ve loved one more swing at running fast at Pre this weekend, but the leggies are still recovering from all the efforts in Tokyo. As
@chris_j_chavez
doesn’t say,
#LegsAreNotFeelingGood
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World standard✅ It was fun to be able to test the fitness on the track last night. Solid opener but excited for more to come! & s/o to
@courtneyfrerichs
for setting the pace for us!🔥
#bowermanbabes
#BuLastChanceinvitational
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World Championships 5k final is tomorrow!🇺🇸🙌🏼 Oct. 5th (9:25pm local time, 1:25pm CT)
#WorldChamps
#lastonebestone
📸
@jeffcohenphoto
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Olympic Trials 5,000 meter final⚡️
Watch live tomorrow at 5:40pm PST on NBC
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#OlympicTrials
#bowermanbabes
#gotime
😈
📸: IG
@elicortneywhite_
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🇺🇸 NEW AMERICAN RECORD 🇺🇸
#MizzouMade
@KarissaSchweiz4
smashes the fastest American 3000m time by over EIGHT seconds 💪
Her time of 8:25.70 is the fifth-fastest time in WORLD HISTORY. 🌎
#MIZ
#TigerTough
🐯
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This past year has been full of many changes with new coaches, a new environment, world class training partners, higher level races, and higher expectations. Shalane has played a huge role in making this transition as smooth as possible.
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We wanted to make sure we would ~permanently~ remember our experience in Tokyo together. In case being roommates, in the same event and in the same uniforms wasn’t enough….. we needed just one more thing😉
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Rust is officially busted🔥 It was exciting to get the wheels turning again - looks like I need to work on my lean a bit🤷🏼♀️ Felt strong and can’t wait to build on this!
#rustbuster
#paytonjordan
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Perks of growing up in the midwest: running in humidity is nothing new😂
"If you look in the past at world championship races that have been in humidity, you never know what can happen. That excites me. I know that racing in hot + humid conditions is really tough but I also know I can game up & I can do it” –
@KarissaSchweiz4
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When one bad pic forever haunts you😅
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In October the thought of making it to this start line was up in the air. I just had surgery on my Achilles and all the rehab and cross training ahead was daunting and full of uncertainty.
I began taking each week one at a time and celebrating the little victories along the way.
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Birthday workout feels🥴😅🥳
I guess everyone has to start working on their birthdays at some point🤷🏼♀️
#quarterlifecrisis
#25andalive
#maythe4thbewithyou
📸: Cortney White
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Dropped down in distance this weekend for a shock to the system and oh boy was it a shock😅
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Happy to be sooo close to that 4 flat barrier once again, but even more hungry to take another shot at it😈
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Post run routine: get out roller to roll out but just end up using it as a head rest...🤦🏼♀️
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Alone we can only do so much, but together we are unstoppable. Even the smallest gestures can go a long way to remind you that you are never alone in this sport.
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*Mood when -> welp, guess I
your powerball have to go back
ticket doesn’t hit* to work🏃♀️
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Call me crazy but feels so good to be back to racing more laps on the track🙌🏼 Last night I got to run my first 5k of the outdoor season. We all came away w prs, thx to our amazing pacers
@courtneyfrerichs
&
@shelbo800
! Getting closer & closer to the 15 min barrier!
#bowermanbabes
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It’s really just the grown up version of follow the leader🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
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#getinline
#olympictrials
#25lapslater
📸:
@rich_seow_sports
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Surround yourself with people who push you to do better and be better🦋
Jumping into a new social/running/work group is hard but very rewarding at the same time. I’ve enjoyed being able to have these other “freshies” to share the experience w and push each other to new heights🏃🏼♀️
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If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done. Need
#MondayMotivation
watch
#bostonmarathon2018
#insane
🌧🌬🏃🏼♀️
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