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Yeah . So when I was running for the

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All Army team , I was just really

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excited to be there because I had been

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trying to get on that team and run for

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the army for a long time . I applied

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for the team in 2020 then there were no

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races because of COVID and then again

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in 2022 and then I was deployed to Iraq .

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So I wasn't able to run for the team .

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I was still a little bit hesitant to

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actually run on the team um for that

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marathon because I didn't have a lot of

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train up , have my daughter at the end

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of June , but I decided to still go for

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it . So I did as much as I could and I

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trained as much as I could for it . I

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went to West Point and I ran there ,

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went to school there , graduated the

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way that people get so enthusiastic

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about what I do and how I enjoy running

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and how I enjoy doing all of this . It

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really motivates me to see that

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enthusiasm and to just keep going . The

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most impactful person in my life would

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be my husband because he's also

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lieutenant in the army . And he

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motivates me every single day when I

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first joined . It was more about the

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experience and getting to travel and do

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unique things . But now it's more about

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serving people , getting to meet new

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people and work with new people . You

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don't have to give up your hobbies and

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your interests for the military . You

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can still do both and balance both .

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And there's a lot of opportunities out

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there where you can do both in the

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military .