Tierney Wolfgram Talks Marathon Trials, MileSplitVC and More


We caught up with Woodbury High School's (MN) Tierney Wolfgram who has been put up some fast times on the MileSplit Virtual Classic leaderboards. Hear what she had to say about the Marathon trials, living and training in Albuquerque, the MileSplit Virtual Classic, and more. 

Interview Breakdown:

00:00 - 1:00 - Intro 

1:01- 1:58 - The Minnesota track season is officially canceled.

1:59 - 3:20 - MileSplit Virtual Classic and running time trials

3:21 -4:47 -  Structuring her training.

4:48 - 6:17 - How she maintains focus while training alone.

6:18 - 8:00 - Her transition from Marathon training back to shorter distances.

8:01-  10:49 - Her experience training in Albuquerque before the Marathon trials. 

10:50 - 11:44 - Why she chose to train in Albuquerque.

11:45 - 13:49 - What she will miss about Albuquerque.

13:50 - 15:52 - How moving to Albuquerque helped prepare her for college. 

15:53 - 19:04 - The marathon experience and atmosphere in Atlanta. 

19:05 - 21:30 - What it was like meeting and being around the pro athletes. 

21:31 - 23:30 - The strategy she had coming into the race. 

23:31 - 25:57 -  How the marathon went overall and where she feels she can improve.  

25:58 - 29:33 - How she stayed mentally strong and blocked out the negative comments about a high school athlete running the marathon. 

29:34 - 31:22 - What she's been doing during quarantine to keep busy. 

31:23 - 32:29 - What her plans are for the rest of the "track season" as well as her senior year. 

32:30 - 35:39 - How the college recruiting process has been going

35:40 - 35:58 -  Goodbye! 


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