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I've been running since I was 9. I'm gonna be 28. This year, this upcoming year, it has
to be successful, because I'm not getting any younger. And when you get older, you're
body starts, you know, not working as good as when you were 21. So this year, I will
be having a coach with teammates, and I've already started the process of creating my
goals for the year. Creating my nutrition goals for the year. Like, what are my goals,
long term. Do I just wanna go to USA Outdoor, do I wanna go to Worlds. Like, really setting
those goals and pushing to reach those goals. I think last year, I mean, was difficult,
because I'm the type of person that I always put people ahead of me. I never really just
focus on Destiny, per se. So last, I had -- I was working with a lot of first-year teachers,
second-year teachers that needed me. Like, they needed me to be there for them at school.
So sometimes, I had to stay late at school and be there for my kids and the teachers,
where I couldn't go to practice when I needed to go. So I kinda made a lot of sacrifices
last year for my kids and teachers I work with, which it is okay. But, at the same time,
I put Destiny to the side, and I didn't get to reach my track goals, which makes me sad.
But at the same time, I know that my kids and the teachers that I work with really appreciate
that like I wasn't selfish for them. And, like, my kids had a great year. Like, they
left last year happy, and like, they were proud of us being their teachers. And I think
that if I just would've focused on Destiny and focused just on track last year, my kids
wouldn't have been successful. And sometimes, it's more than just worrying about yourself
when you have 75 other kids who are depending on you, you have other teachers that are depending
on you, and I made that sacrifice. And do I regret it? No, I don't. I don't regret it
at all. But now, it's like now I gotta figure out a way to make Destiny happy and continue
to make my kids happy. And that's what I wanna do this year. Like, I have to do it. LIke,
I can't continue to keep putting myself on the back burner. All my life I've done that
-- for 27 years. And I can't continue to do that anymore. So that was something that I
realized, just even being here: You gotta make yourself a priority. Like, you just have
to. And I definitely learned that this summer.