This summer, my supervisor asked me if I had imposter syndrome. I responded, “Of course not”—as an intern, being confused and asking questions was practically my job description. If someone seemed smarter than me, well, they were supposed to be; I didn’t even have my degree yet, much less work experience in the field. You’d think I’d have […]
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Van Interviews
I got bored on my way to nationals, so I interviewed my van, then wrote narrative nonfiction pieces on my vanmates. Interviewee #1: Lucas “Cap” LaBuff Class year: Freshman Major: Computer Science High school alma mater: Carver Center (Baltimore County) It’s a cool October afternoon at an unassuming Baltimore County high school. A boy in a neon yellow […]
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Once a Runner: What a Deeply Flawed Masterpiece Can Tell You in Quarantine
By Washed Up Former Officer, Colin SyBing Six and a half years ago I made the varsity cross country team at Wootton High School. As a scrawny sophomore, I still wore white knee-length compression shorts under my uniform split shorts because the sight of my own thighs crippled me with anxiety. Even as an insecure 15-year-old, nothing instilled […]
What Club Running means to me, Tennessee Trip Recap, and Some Motivation
Maryland Club Running In order to describe what club running means to me I must start from the beginning. After finishing a successful spring track season senior year of high school the next thing on my mind was starting a new life at the University of Maryland. While I looked into the idea of joining the club running […]
Brian Quotes
Over the past year I have had the great honor and pleasure of sharing The Office of the Treasury with Brian McCullough. Throughout this year I have collected some of his most memorable quotes. Intro: Brian has many interesting thoughts, but much like the great Greek philosopher Socrates, he does not write them down. So like Socrates’s student, […]
My Journey Through Club Running: Part 4
I apologize if these are unpolished and jump around, I like to fly by the seat of my pants when writing while still maintaining chronological order. Also I hate proofreading so it’s a full send once I decide I’ve written enough. Spring 2017 Somehow, I had turned into a club veteran by the time spring of my sophomore […]
My Journey Through Club Running: Part 3
Sophomore Year Fall 2016 I returned to College Park in fall 2016 after having found somewhat of a social life and a whole new appreciation for/love of running. I hopped on the running2win (RIP) bandwagon that summer as I wanted to take training more seriously to gear up for my first cross country season in two years. I […]
Finding Your Reason To Run
When I took on the role of President of this wonderful club this past January, I had an idea. What if I used the weekly email platform for something more than just announcements? The benefits of spending more time preparing the email were twofold; if I put entertaining content in my emails, hopefully people would actually read them […]
My Journey Through Club Running: Part 2
Spring 2016 New year, new start. Twenty-sixteen had to be the only time I ever made a New Year’s Resolution and kept it. What was my resolution? To go back to club running practices and not quit. I entered the semester with a newfound resolve. I loved running in high school. With a team. With myself. For the […]