Don’t Be Afraid to RUN!

Dalton Kuhar’s (Fuqua School, Farmville, VA) favorite race is 3200 meters indoors.  But, it’s best that she doesn’t run that event every week in preparation for big championship meets when winning that event will be the goal.  So, in many early season meets Dalton runs the 1000 and/or the 1600 meter run as preparation and to build speed.  Even though she hasn’t run the shorter races that many times, at the Fork Union Military Academy Mini-Invitational on January 10, she proved that she’s not afraid of those shorter events.  In a field of 10 teams, Dalton finished 2^nd in the 1600 in an indoor PR of 5:47.59 and came back just an hour later and finished 4^th in the 1000 in another PR of 3:27.87.  In both races she went out conservatively and found herself mid-pack.  At about half way in each race, she began to make a move and pass competitors.  On the final lap of each race, Dalton charged past no fewer than three other competitors and toward the front.  Every race Dalton gains confidence and approaches them more aggressively.  She’s been training hard and when she puts it all together it is gonna be fun.

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