“I don’t like when people pass me, but I definitely like passing people.”
“I like the view on the trails.”
Nos. 66 & 67 [Runners]
No. 2, Revisited [Runners]
“During the summer between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I worked as a camp counselor for third-fifth graders. I got up every morning at 5:30 to get my daily 10 [miles] in, but I would also use camp games as additional mileage. I convinced several kids throughout the summer that I was an Olympic 5K runner about to leave for London—this was in 2012. I would usually outrun them, but occasionally I was caught, and when that happened, I never heard the end of it. They thought it was the coolest thing in the world to catch an ‘Olympian.’ It worked out for my benefit, too, because I got some wicked speed training that year from outrunning little kids!”
15th Street [Runner’s High]
Cruising down 15th Street in Holland, Michigan.
No. 65 [Runners]
Several quotes from this group follow. Oh, and this is five out of nearly 60 girls running for the same high school.
“I love being with the team.”
“We like competition. We won a state title in 2012. That was my favorite running moment.”
“There’s a lot of good energy, especially when everyone’s competing at and for the same distance.”
“Even when you’re physically dying, you don’t let your team down.”
No. 64 [Runners]
“During my senior year when we broke our school 4×800 record, I got to anchor that team, and when I got the baton, I knew we were cutting it really close. So, I took it out hard. I came around, and coach was screaming at me: ’54, 54!’ I had never gone nearly that fast before, but I’m like, All right, well, just gotta keep going now. I get around 200 meters left, and I hear my principal yelling, ‘You’re a beast! You’re an animal!’ That gave me the confidence to just keep going. Finished the race strong, we broke the record by a second—7:58.73. Coach had me splitting a 1:54.8 on his watch, and that was by far my fastest. It was a good race.”
Hooray Run 