In high school I rather enjoyed cross country running. Have you ever done any long distance running?
I haven't, what was your fastest time?
Depending on distance, 5K 17:30, 10K 36:50, Half marathon 1 hour 29 minute. Not anything spectacular but always enjoyed the wind in my face.
That's faster than I could do. What else do you enjoy about running?
One thing I rather enjoyed about cross county was that it was both individual and team running, so I received recognition for my achievements but also worked with a team to win meets.
That's good. Were there different goals for individuals during a cross country run?
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. Sometimes the runners are referred to as "harriers" (dogs). The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass, and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points
15 seconds breaking Polly Plumer's 36-year high school outdoor mile record with a 4:33.87. On September 22, 2018, at the Ocean State Invitational, Tuohy ran the fastest American girls cross country 5K ever with a time of 16:06.87, lowering the course record by 88 seconds, and leading her team to victory. Her time clipped almost 17 seconds from Katie Rainsberger's 2016 best-ever high school girls' standard on any course, running faster than all but one of over 1,000 high school boys running the sandy course,