Achieving a personal best time is a golden moment for every runner. Trinity Western University graduate Sarah Inglis, saw her golden moment on Saturday, September 16, when she finished Vancouver’s Under Armour Eastside 10K in 33:45, beating both Rio Olympians and London 2017 World Championships competitors to finish first.
To top that off, the following weekend Sarah went on to win the Dempster’s Global Energy 10K race in Richmond, B.C., which earned her the top prize – a trip to Rio de Janeiro to run in the 2018 Global Energy 10K event in Brazil.
Inglis, who was a school teacher in her native Scotland before moving to Langley to study, complete her Master in Education degree at TWU in 2015. While studying at TWU, Sarah became an active member of the TWU Cross Country Running team and she is still benefitting from that team support.
“The team atmosphere at Trinity was fantastic. Running is an individual sport, but the cross-country runners treated it like a team sport. Everyone is always motivating and supporting each other,” says Inglis.
After a year and a half back in Scotland, she was lured back to Langley by the westcoast lifestyle, the local running trails and the community of runners she has developed in Langley through her time at TWU.
Living in Langley again, she feels like she has hardly left TWU. Her circle of friends and running community is largely made up of other grads and former TWU athletes. “Many of my friends and former teammates live nearby so there is always someone to train with,” says Inglis. While most runners would take a rest day following a personal best, instead she joined a group of TWU friends for a “nice and easy” 24K run in Langley the day after the Eastside 10K.
Currently, Sarah’s days of teaching in a classroom are on hold. Since the summer, she has been working with a group of high performance youth athletes in Langley age 8- 17 years old, helping them develop their training and potential.
“The community is so good and really friendly at Trinity Western,” says Inglis.