Keeping-Track

0-5Obsie talks about having balance with running work and school-how she thrives5: Obsie talks about her upbringing in Ethiopia, and her other great coaching influences from HS and college in Iowa and Coach Kurt at NeD9:30 Obsie talks about Ethiopian Running culture10:40- Running helped Obsie make friends when she came to America, and she didn’t focus on it as an elite sport 11:30-Obsie’s first marathon -in college! She set the NAIA record 2:45 In 2012 at Grandview, where she ran everything from 4x800 to 26.2 in that week15-How Obsie worked with her competitor to PR in CIM this yearHer strategies for managing herself in the race17:30-edit out the freeze please18;00-East African running culture20: Nice is not a weakness:  “When you lift eachother up that’s when I feel the most comfort and benefits you, benefits them. What’s meant for me will be mine...there’s enough room for everyone...I know its a competition but I know when to turn that on and when to turn that off”21-Obsie surrounds herself with real and go