Evey Runs

Took my last undergrad final this morning. I’m officially done with senior year!!! 

I got into New Englands for the 5k!!! I’m seeded 20th out of 28 or 29, so I’m not even last!! :D 

Sub 18:30?! I think yesss!

I tend not to write much about myself for a few reasons…but today it’s a lot about me! I have to mention Amy Varsell because she kicked ass once again but that’s exactly why I’m making this one about me. She won both the 800 and 1500 breaking both meet records as well as being chosen for NE-10 Women’s Athlete of the Year. I would have been more surprised if she didn’t win at this point.

Amy with the NE-10 Associate Commissioner Amy Resnick

Anyway…enough about her, who wants to hear more about her?! Kidding, love you Amy!

I also want to mention Brynnan Farrington for PRing in the shot with a throw of 38’2” putting her in 6th at the meet! Also Tatiana Froehlich who was 8th in the discus with a throw of 111’2”! 

As my previous post said I was just going for breaking 19 minutes. I ran 19:17 the last time I ran so was really just hoping for 18:57.

When I saw the performance list I told myself I would shoot for 7th or 8th. I’d run with Emily Regan and if I was feeling ambitious I would shoot for Brittany Venturo. (The fact that they are both Stonehill runners is a pure coincidence….*cough*)

Going into the race I thought I’ll run 91’s or even a bit slower in the beginning so I don’t tank like I had the last time. As soon as the race started that went out the window. I just felt really well and went with it. When my coach said I was at 86 during one of the laps I panicked inside. I thought geez I am not supposed to be going this fast but I feel really good, so what do I do?! I was also behind Brittany and I was a fan of that one, so I stuck with it! We had a good time haha, at least I thought it was entertaining. I would pass her, then she would pass me. Coming in with about 500 meters to go I decided to go thinking I would need to try to make a push now to separate myself from her than trying at the end. Whelp it was a nice try but she wasn’t having it. She beat me significantly…it always amazes me how someone can get that much on me with such little time left. To someone seeing just the results they may not even think we were battling it out the whole race!

But 18:31! I freaking ran an 18:31. After my race my coached hugged me and said,  ”Thank you.” I immediately said, “no thank you!” He then proceeded by saying, “good thing my jacket is waterproof,” as I had gotten sweat all over him haha!

I also went to talk to Karen Boen, Stonehill coach, and thanked her for the last 4 years and she was sweet. She hugged sweaty me and said she couldn’t even cheer against me, which was true! I remembering her saying, “Come on girls!” at one point during the race since Brittany was right in front of me. 

I particually like looking at the seed times and then the actual performance column, makes me feel so good!! Hopefully, that time will be good enough to get me into New Englands on Friday. We should find out tomorrowwwwwww!

If I get in, I’ll write about that race and a whole sappy recount of my last 4 years, if not expect the whole sappy recount of my last 4 years. 

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Workout time!!