» USATF http://runningtoseetheworld.com where two passions meet Thu, 23 Sep 2021 04:27:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 2014 USA Track & Field Championships http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?p=1775 http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?p=1775#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2014 04:34:14 +0000 amy http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?p=1775 Continue reading →]]> June 24th through 29th, I volunteered at the USATF Championships in Sacramento. I had various tasks including Media & Athlete Check-in/Credentials, Basket Crew, Shot Put & Javelin Retrieval, and Anti-Doping Escort. It was a lot of fun! Here are some of the pictures I took during the event. Me with Olympian Sonja Richards-Ross. I'm retrieving the shot. Athletes enjoying ice baths. Kim Conley's 10,000m victory lap. Leo Manzano getting ready for the 1,500m. Walking onto the track. Leo's in front. Dawn Harper and Queen Harrison. Lolo Jones (this pic was featured on Lolo's personal Facebook page as well as on @runnerspace on Instagram!) 100m Hurdles with Harper coming in 1st. It was pretty darn hot here in Sacramento! Maggie Vessey in another one of her interesting outfits after the 800m Final. Little guys and gals 100m. 100m Hurdles Final.

]]> http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?feed=rss2&p=1775 0 Eugene is near http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?p=1731 http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?p=1731#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:01:29 +0000 amy http://runningtoseetheworld.com/?p=1731 Continue reading →]]> With less than 5 weeks until the Eugene Marathon, I’m starting to get a little excited. If you had asked me a couple or few weeks ago how I was feeling about this race, I would have had a different answer. But now that I am getting close to the taper and have one 20-mile training run under my belt, I’m feeling a little better.

Tomorrow is my last training session of the 8-week training with SRA. I have actually liked going each week and getting in extra speed work, interval training, Fartleks and hill training. I train mostly by myself, so it’s been a nice change to meet up with the group and get some extra motivation.

The hot weather has been a challenge at times, but I have been able to work around it most of the time. Getting up at 5am for a long run is definitely not my favorite thing to do, but I have to do it when it’s going to be a 90+ or 100+ degree day. If you asked my pal, Rick (an ultramarathoner), how he likes his training runs, he’d say the opposite. That crazy guy LOVES to run in the heat.

This week is the 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships here in Sacramento and I am volunteering for 5 days of it. I’m super excited and this has also led to a spike in my motivation and inspiration! I will give a recap of my experience after it ends on this Sunday.

You can read more here – http://www.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships.aspx

And here’s my lovely badge – e6smx3c9

Hope you all have a great week!

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