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Aidan Connors: State Champion, NXN & the Power of Consistency

What does it take to become a state champion—and help your team reach the national stage?

Aidan Connors joins Ándale Run to reflect on his career at Plainfield North, from discovering running in middle school to becoming an Illinois 3200m state champion and competing at NXN.

Aidan shares what it was like helping Plainfield North capture a team state championship, how he handles pressure and expectations, why he deletes social media before championship season, and the race strategy behind his state-title victory.

He also talks about running 70-mile weeks, why he sometimes chose extra sleep…

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