~ From the archive of Club Running related articles for weekly emails past ~ On a dark Thursday evening, our IM soccer team rolled up to the fields next to Xfinity Center. However, there was a shortage of players on the women’s side, due to a variety of reasons including a “club sailing formal.” With a total of 4 players on […]
Tag: emotional
My Journey with Running
(Was gonna put pictures, but I have to go to class and y’all can check my insta in a few days for some career recap photos) As a kid, I was always a runner. I played outside and ran around for hours every day. I grew up playing soccer and softball so when I got to high school […]
Running Scared, One runner’s struggle to overcome imposter syndrome
It’s 75 and sunny on a gorgeous day in Florida and the only thoughts in my head as I approach the line are “wow –its go time– holy shit, my mouth is so dry,” and then the gun goes and two Missouri freshman bolt from the outside and the race swallows me and I’m buffeted by elbows and […]
2023 Cross Country meet recap compilation
These meet recaps always get lost in the emails and so I decided to compile them all here for easy access for any future club historians. Cavalier Cross Country Invite On September 16th, your fearless Terrapins (except President Sohan Ganatra) were up bright and early to make the pilgrimage to Earlysville, Virginia for the Cavalier Invitational. The men’s race started […]
why did the chicken cross the road?
to get to the school of public health at 5pm (or 4pm in the winter)
Brian Lau – The Journey to sub 2:00
Brian Wai-hin Lau – 4’11”, 120 lbs. is a Middle Distance runner from Howard County, Maryland. Brian is majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. Other notable accomplishments include being a Teaching Assistant for CMSC132 at the University of Maryland, creating Joke.Py, and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. This is the story of Brian Lau vs the 2 minute barrier […]
Hot Takes: Club Running Routes Edition
After an afternoon spent in line waiting for a 3D printed emotional support Testudo, club running communications intern Andrew Cullen joined me for an hours worth of “studying” (Anime) in the School of Public Health. Later joined by VP Lillian Hsu, I was commissioned to make a new blog post. Lillian told me to write up some more […]
Local Woman Terrified of Fast Runners; Runs Anyways
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 […]