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Mia Sirwa
Distance runner at Barrington High School (Illinois) and Team New Balance; IHSA 3200m state record holder and New Balance Indoor 5000m national champion.
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Jun 12, 2026
Ep. 195 - From 5-Month Injury to National Title & State Record: The Story of Mia Sirois
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10:17NicholasHOST
This was before the injury and what that did to you.
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10:21Mia SirwaGUEST
Yeah, honestly, that season was like the most perfect season I could ever imagine.
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10:30Mia SirwaGUEST
Like it was every week I was just PR after PR and I think I just expected to have that perfect trajectory, you know, moving forward.
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10:41Mia SirwaGUEST
But looking back, I'm like, wow, I would give anything to have that season over again.
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10:45Mia SirwaGUEST
And yeah, going to NXN and like running against those girls that I had watched on YouTube the year before, like Addie, Elizabeth Leachman, Jane, it was just like so surreal to be in the mix with them.
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11:00Mia SirwaGUEST
And yeah, I think going into that, I just really didn't put any pressure on myself and just kind of wanted to see what I was capable of.
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44:42NicholasHOST
How did it all materialize for you? And did you feel nervous knowing that this was, I mean, you raced at New Balance indoors, but this was kind of like your first big, I don't know, big dance, you could say.