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LDS Olympian Jared Ward Prepares for Rio 2016 Olympics
Joining the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team, former BYU runner Jared Ward claimed the last spot on the team after finishing third in the Olympic qualifiers in February 2016.
“I went as fast as I could, and I ran 4:50 that mile, and I’m sure that was my fastest mile,” Jared said about his sprint to the finish, clocking 2:13 for the marathon.
Ward, 27, explained how he sees running as a steady improvement and progression. “Ever since high school, where I only ran 40 miles a week, I’ve focused on making incremental improvements in my running,” he said. “Every season, and every year, I try to run just a little more, a little harder, and a little faster.”
However, when he took two years out of his running career to serve a mission, that steady physical improvement ground to a halt, when he realized he couldn’t run extensively without leaving his assigned companion.
“Something that I had always wanted to do was serve a mission. That was a priority,” Ward said. “So we decided to put running on the back burner for a couple of years and take that time to serve the Lord.”
Jared Ward with son, Paul, daughter, Ellie, and wife Erica (via Runner’s World).
However, “[the] pounds were coming on,” he explained, “and I realiz
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