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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/interview-with-professional-runner-ann-gaffigan-part-i/">Interview with Professional Runner, Ann Gaffigan (Part I)</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 4, 2007 at 12:08 PM by Bridget Sullivan</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Her Active Life is excited to share our two-part interview with professional steeplechaser, Ann Gaffigan.&nbsp; In Part I, Ann discusses how she got into the steeple, who inspires her, her training, and her most recent and widely read blog entry from her site, steeplechics.com. In Part II, Ann offers some incredibly insightful remarks about eating disorders and body image, how she handles disappointment, her Olympic goals, and her personal life philosophy. Ann graduated from the University of Nebraska in 2004, and quickly made her mark in the professional ranks by setting a then American record of 9:39 in the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 2004 US Olympic Trials. She followed that performance in 2005 by finishing 5th in the USA championships. Before becoming a professional runner, Ann was an Illinois state champion, an NCAA All-American, a Big 12…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/interview-with-professional-runner-ann-gaffigan-part-i/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/interview-with-professional-runner-ann-gaffigan-part-i/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/interview-with-professional-runner-ann-gaffigan-part-i/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/interview-with-professional-runner-ann-gaffigan-part-i/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/interviews/">interviews</a><br /><br /> </P>