It’s ‘My Turn’ now as super mom Sara gears up for worlds
denver — Her training runs involved pushing a jogging stroller loaded with enough snacks to keep her toddler content. Her core workouts featured exercises as her kids climbed on her back or even joined her. Her schedule sometimes got thrown off for potty training.
This is the programme that allowed Sara Vaughn , mother of three, real estate agent and burgeoning 1,500-metre runner at 31 years old, to earn a spot for the world championships in London this week.
She even borrowed a line from her youngest daughter for inspiration at the US championships in June with the third and final spot on the line: “My turn.”
“My daughter doesn’t share very well and when someone has a toy or something that she wants, she’ll say, ‘My turn’,” said Sara, who’s coached
i saw a couple of women in front of me that had something i wanted and i was tired of not finishing in the top three. it was my turn Sara Vaughn
by her husband, Brent. “In that moment, it made so much sense. I saw a couple of women in front of me that had something I wanted and I was tired of not finishing in the top three. It was my turn.”
A standout runner out of high school in Nebraska, Sara competed at Virginia before transferring to Colorado. She got pregnant with Kiki during her sophomore year and later became an All-American in cross country. She and Brent — a former runner at Colorado — were married on July 28, 2007. They just celebrated their 10-year anniversary while training in London. And soon, they will be joined by their three kids — Kiki, 10, Calia, 7, and Cassidy, who turns 2 on Saturday — a day after the opening round of her mom’s event.
“This summer, a family trip to Europe — that’s something we never would’ve dreamed of without this running thing,” said Sara, who will head to Paris and Barcelona with the crew for some sightseeing after worlds.
To think, she almost stepped away with each pregnancy, resuming her running career became increasingly difficult. Last summer at the Olympic Trials — 11 months after giving birth to Cassidy — Sara finished seventh. —