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Lauren Fleshman Biography

Lauren Fleshman (born September 26, 1981) is a former American track and field athlete. She was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010, and has competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2005, and 2011. In the 5000 meter final of the 2011 IAAF World Championships she finished 7th place, equaling what was at the time the highest ever finish by an American woman in that event (in 2013 Molly Huddle finished 6th).

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Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.

Heart, Pain, Push, Sets, Shell, Workout

The Pre highlighted things I needed to tweak. I'm glad I ran there and found the things I needed to tweak and didn't find those things out here.

Found, Needed, Pre, Things, Tweak

Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.

Ground, Playground, Playgrounds, Prove, Race

I’ll never forget the first time I ran with a group of Kenyan women in 2004. . . The first mile was way slower than my typical run to the point where I was looking around thinking, “Are they for real? These are the fastest women in the world?” But by mile 5 we were buzzing along, mile six I was hitting the gas, and mile seven I was hanging on for dear life.

Hanging, Real, Running, Six, Thinking, Typical

We can't expect to effectively move forward with half the population carrying sandbags.

Effectively, Forward, Moving, Moving Forward, Population, Sandbags

Running is not who I am; it's something I do; it's something I love.

Love, Running, Who I Am

I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.

Courage, Fields, Lithest, May, Passion, Time

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

Failing, Failure, Giving, Make, Sorts, Trying

The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn't there, crestfallen at each realization. What we need more than anything is a suitable prosthetic and an attitude adjustment.

Adjustment, Amputees, Attitude, Injured, Needs, Runner

Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

Doe, Excellent, Exist, Perfect, Preparation

My sport has transformed my body to be powerful for a specific task over years of training and competition. The more tuned for competition I am, the less "feminine" I look, and it has made me feel powerful on the track but self-conscious in the sack. That transformed for me as I let go of feminine ideals of all kinds, in work, parenting, etc.

Etc, Letting Go, Parenting, Powerful, Sports

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Fear, Motivational, Running, See, Simple, Sports

By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up

Lift, Lifting, Lifts

When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.

Break, Failure, Heartbreak, Moving, Territory, Worth

Success has a very narrow definition in professional athletics: medals and records, and pursuit of anything outside of that is looked down upon.

Definition, Definitions, Looked, Medals, Pursuit, Records

Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

Hard, Recover, Recovery, Sports, Train, Train Hard

I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

Approval, Choices, Energy, Life, Moving

I learned a long time ago that the last thing any woman should be thinking about is being 'skinny' or 'thin. ' To me, those words imply weakness, fragility, the inability to stand firm in a storm. If you want to change your body, aim for 'athletic. ' An athletic body is healthy, strong, and built to thrive. An athletic body can take many shapes.

Athletic, Long, Strong, Take, Thinking