RUNNING ACHIEVEMENTS
Bridgeport Trail Run - 10k
2nd Place
Coyote Trail Run - 4 Miler
2nd Place
Red River Trail Run - Marathon
5th Place
RUNNING PERSONAL RECORDS
1 Mile - 4:53
2 Mile - 10:54 (5:27/mile)
5k - 17:43 (5:42/mile)
10k - 38:50 (6:15/mile)
Half Marathon - 1:27:59 (6:43/mile)
Marathon - 3:12:08 (7:20/mile)
EXPERIENCE (5 YEARS)
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK
2016 - 2020
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY (Dll NCAA)
2020 - CURRENT
MY STORY
It started my freshman year of high school when I went to the first cross country practice. Our coach had us run a lap around the field as our warm-up. It was a half-mile loop and I figured it'd be easy. We started our run and about halfway it felt like my entire body was in pain, I was breathing hard, by the time we finished I was already gassed. I was very out of shape. I remember our first cross country meet that year I couldn't even run a full 5k without walking. I was by no means talented, I showed no potential. This continued to the end of my sophomore year going into my junior year. Going into my junior year I knew I wanted to change and do something athletically. One day I was scrolling through YouTube and stumbled upon a video documenting the race of an ultra marathon runner. The runner was running a 100-mile race through the mountains on trail and it was absolutely amazing. I was hooked. I set a crazy goal to run on the USA mountain running team, to be an amazing ultramarathon runner, and to win big 100 mile races. That weekend I went and ran my longest run ever of 7 miles, which turned into 12 miles.. 13 miles.. and even 18 miles. I started reading books about training, ultramarathons, and even world-renown ultra runner Scott Jurek's books. I fell in love with the sport. Without a lot of athletic talent, I knew I was going to have to work hard if I wanted to achieve all of my big goals. First, I had to go to college and run if I wanted to take my running to the next level and improve. That was the first goal, the NCAA. All my friends would give me crap for it because I was nowhere close to being a collegiate athlete. I put my head down, stayed disciplined, and worked. Within the blink of an eye, a year and a half later, I was signing to go run at Southern Arkansas University at the NCAA Division ll level. That's where I am right now getting trained at the collegiate level in a successful distance running program. I still have the same fire in me and the goals that I set my self two and a half years ago. Since running is what I love, it's what I want to pursue after college. As an entrepreneur, I knew I wanted to own my own running company. Within the first few weeks of college, I founded the Texas Outlaw Running Company. I want to help runners and people who want to be runners succeed no matter the odds just like I was able to. I want to leave a legacy and I'm not talented enough to leave one at the Olympic level, unfortunately. However, I can leave one by being a part of the sport. Whether that's through coaching, race events, or maybe even in the ultrarunning scene.
