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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
4 months
Scratch my name off the list💔 This will be my second time qualifying for the Olympics and my second time being denied selection by the Swedish Olympic Committee. Ran the OLY standard for Tokyo, and qualified by ranking for Paris. Make it make sense
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Yolanda Ngarambe
3 months
Äntligen ett inslag där någon vågar ifrågasätta SOK. Tack Musse!
@sportsonmaxse
Sports on Max 🇸🇪
3 months
"Att ni inte har subjektiva bedömningar håller jag inte med om." Vår expert Mustafa Mohamed och SOK:s verksamhetschef Peter Reinebo är inte helt ense i studion. 📲 Streama varje ögonblick från OS i Paris 2024 – bara på Max
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 months
UPDATE: we are taking the Swedish Olympic Committee to court (CAS) for wrongfully denying us selection and for breaking an Olympic law. Please share and consider donating to the legal costs that we are up against🙏🏽 #standupfortheolympicvalues
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
In 2011 I ran my first mile EVER at Reggie Lewis. My time was 5.17. Yesterday I was back at Reggie Lewis and my time was 4.28...and I broke the Swedish National Record in the indoor mile! ✨ life is funny lol
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Shouldn’t have seen this before bed, got me all excited again🤣🥰
@EuroAthletics
European Athletics
5 years
A delighted Yolanda Ngarambe ( @yolleboll ) secured maximum points for Sweden in a tactical 3000m in Bydgoszcz. 🇸🇪 #ETCH2019 ( @SvenskFriidrott )
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
14th in the world 🤯 4.03,4 new PB + Olympic Standard!! Don’t know how much more I could ask for in my first world champs. Thanks to my village for getting me here @ATLtrackclub @ATLtcElite ,massage therapists, agent and fam💛 Especially the MVP’s @yoderbegley & @begleytrack ⛳️🔥
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
4 months
@Shabazz14Omar Nope, I’m the national champion and only qualifier
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Haha I always wanted to be the kick of the week 😅😅 feeling like @Lassy92B
@FloTrack
FloTrack
6 years
Yolanda Ngarambe of Sweden splits a 32s final lap to close a big gap and win the BU 3K in a 8:53 PR. #KickOfTheWeek
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
First gold medal ever at Nationals! In my favourite distance: the 1500m🌟 📸: Mikael Grip
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
2.02.18 last night for my season opener in the 800!! I know I’m not supposed to be wanting to prove people wrong, but with this event I did feel that. Strength is speed, yasss! 😄🥳
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Running 4.31,5 in the mile and 2.04,08 in the 800m this weekend, got me two PRs and two standards for the Indoor European Championship. Feels good!! ✨
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
An announcer messaged me to make sure he could pronounce my name correct for future announcements. I appreciate and respect that so much 🙌
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
Heading home with 🥈&🥉in the 800/1500 from the Swedish National Championships. Most importantly my Achilles survived and thrived thru 4 races in 3 days. Mind and body were strong. WE BACK baby!! 🚀
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Thank you for having me @YouthConnektAf - I met so many young people that inspired me today!!! 🌟
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
My races are never normal anymore😂 Passed the pacer before 800m cuz I felt us settling and didn’t want to repeat my Stockholm performance. Like my dad says “you are not a Ferrari, you gotta change your gears early!” HAHA🥳
@BizzSports
Bizz-Sports
5 years
Yolanda Ngarambe crushed her PB towards 4.07.61 and wins Lahti GP! @yolleboll
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
David Stridfeldt at Turebergs FK, Richard Edman at Löpargymnasiet, Matthew Belfield at University of Vermont, and my current coaches Andrew and Amy Begley at Atlanta Track Club. You paved the way for me to qualify to the World Championships in Doha. One of my dreams✨Thank you!!
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
8.53 and a win today at the BU Valentine meet!! 🌟 40sec PR (lol haven’t run it since 2017) and another Indoor European Championships qualifying time ✅🙏
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
🥇in the 800 yesterday made me feel some type of way 🤣 It was a great weekend!!💙💛
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I don’t know about anyone else, but I want to relive the miles when @ATLtcElite Matt McDonald was in the top 3 yesterday and how he made the whole Atlanta feel 👑
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Super honoured to get selected to represent Sweden in the 1500m and 800m this weekend at Finnkampen against Finland!! 😁 A small dream to get selected for a double at that meet 🙌
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I wish track was always like this!!🤩 #TheMatch
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
#Finnkampen ! 🥇last night in the 1500, today we run the 800m! 😤😤😄✨💛💙
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
🥇& 🥈in the 1500m & 3000m at my 🇸🇪 champs😁 Next: watching my @ATLtcElite teammates run finals at 🇺🇸 champs🔥
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I’ve only been at the Team Europe hotel in Minsk for like 10mins but I am already LIVING 😂 this is going to be such a great weekend I can already tell 🤩 #TheMatch
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
No better feeling 🎯
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
2 years
It’s the Begley’s world and we’re just living in it 🤪
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
On the phone with dad, and he’s talking about how changes in my hormones a week out of my period, might make me feel more tired than usual in my training. But in the beginning of the cycle I will feel extra strong! He just learned this on a radio show. This is why I love my dad
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Two races at Finnkampen done ✔️ one crazy tactical 1500 and one overall crazy 800 😂😂 My season is officially over! @ATLtcElite #Mizuno
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
🥈medal in the 800m at Swedish Championships yesterday!! First time getting a medal in that event 😁 Had a very disappointing race in the 1500 on saturday but this helped lol!
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
Tell me you’re happy without telling me you’re happy 🇸🇪🇫🇮 #Finnkampen
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 months
@ChrisChavez @SWEOlympic Thank you for sharing🙏🏽
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
One of my favorite things is that moment when I wake up and see I’ve slept 9+ hours hahaha. Sometimes I say out loud “yesss” and jump outta bed and know nothing can stop me that day 😂😂
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Really happy with a PR yesterday at @SavoGames games! Wasn't focusing on a European Championship qualifier, just wanted to get back to my old self. 0.7 sec from making it tho but happy coming back from last year's injury filled year like this 🙌✨✨✨
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
🙏🏽✨
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Ran my favourite 5k this AM hosted by my club @ATLtrackclub !! Next up a nap lol and then celebrate a lil American tradition hehe 🇺🇸⭐
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Thanks for everyone who took the time to watch my 1500 yesterday at the Stockholm DL 💎 Happy with a PR and 3rd place but I want so much more!!! Next time 🤞🏽 #atlantatrackclubelite
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
I have normalized self-talk to the point where I found myself yelling “let’s go!!!” out loud on my long-run today 🤡
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
Sakta men säkert krigar jag mig fram. What’s the saying, slow and steady wins the race 🤣
@CoachLN
Lorenzo Nesi
3 years
Ett steg framåt för @yolleboll - årsbästa 4:12.69 i Leverkusen. Med en hundradel klämmer hon sig förbi Linn Söderholm till 3:a i Sverige i år, knappa sekunden från toppen: Bahta (4:11.86) och Christiansson (4:11.95). PIC: Deca Text & Bild fr VM där Yolanda semi-persade, 4:03.69.
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Excited to run the mile at the @NBIndoorGP this weekend! ⚡️⚡️
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Every time I believe recklessly in myself, I run fast. This is a reminder and a testament to myself to never ever forget that again 🎯
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
My dad always says. “...Yolie shouldn’t you be resting?” when I head out for my shake out on race day. I always have to explain that it’s good for me 😅 Everytime tho, his comeback is “Me, I sleep as much as I can before heading out to work” 🤣
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Yolanda Ngarambe
2 years
2nd 🌍 champs in the 📚!
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Completed The Michigan with the roomie @ellieabrahamson today ✔️🔥🔥🔥
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Can we talk about how my dad missed my race 😂 “I went to pee and it was over” LOL
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I know there are crazy coaches out there...but if you find yourselves a good one that truly wants the best for you. Then, go ahead and trust them fully and see amazing things unfold
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
It’s not really about “if” it’s gonna happen, it’s about “when”. You just need to keep working and stick around until it’s time! Don’t let the ifs distract you
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Watching my teammate Eden Meyer get and stay heart broken by the news that her running sub-1.13 didn’t count as a qualifier at @RunRocknRoll Phoenix, and then reading this quote...no that is not true @jeffmetcalfe @azcentral
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
RACE DAY⚡️ Please consider donating to our fundraiser so we can support @ATLmission to end homelessness in our city 🙏🏽❤️ Watch live on @ATLtrackclub YT and FB!
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Shake out in Tampere, Finland before the 1500 tonight! 🎆 🇸🇪 #mizuno #atlantatrackclubelite
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
From yesterdays morning news in Sweden, a short story about me being Finnish and Swedish (and Ugandan LOL) but competing for Sweden 🤗
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Casually adding electrolytes to all my waters, elevating my legs excessively, “getting off my feet” constantly, checking my glute activation randomly and taking “my body is a temple” way too far = me days out from a big race
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
*can’t wait* 😄
@ChrisChavez
Chris Chavez
5 years
. @MillroseGames (Feb. 8 at @ArmoryNYC ) organizers have announced the 2020 Wanamaker Women’s Mile Field @gstafford13 @Nikki_Hiltz @sinclaireeee Dani Jones Konstanze Klosterhöfen Heather MacLean @rebecca_mehra @yolleboll @OsikaShannon Elinor Purrier Jemma Reekie Danae Rivers
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Can you imagine I have TWO coaches #blessed here’s one 👑 @yoderbegley
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Got off the phone with my coach and was reminded of how I really hit the jackpot there 🎯
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
15miles at the River today never felt better!! Cheesy but true ⭐️
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
After a 10 day visit in Atlanta, my parents say they feel at home here! My dad saw the potential of making millions of friends, easily. Lol, it reminded me of why I love Atlanta - for running and the people (and my fave stone lol) #runningcityusa #stonemountain
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
When you get the vegan breakfast on an international flight with @Delta 😳 At least fill up the fruit box will ya
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
🚨YOUTUBE ALERT🚨
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Every time I walk into the living room, one of my parents seems to be watching the kick of the week video 🤣💓
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
Follow my journey as an OLY hopeful on our new @ATLtcElite website! I share thoughts, splits and emotions alongside my coaches who give their input too, after each week. It’s been fun so far and I’m rly not holding back 😂 🧷:
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
But I will keep honoring the commitment that I made to myself years ago. I am a professional athlete, and I do what pro’s do. It’s back to basics. #quarantinethoughts #staysafe 🙏🏽❤️❤️
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
That’s ma girl 🤩💓
@ATLtcElite
Atlanta Track Club Elite
4 years
A new PR and the Trials Qualifier for @allieOcho 2:00.8
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I didn’t come this far, to only come this far. I came this far to become strong enough to go further 🔭
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
We came here to push thru the pain💦 So far so good! #Flagstaff
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Not my best tonight at #TheMatch , but a good experience!!! Onwards and upwards 😎 I got PR tho lmao cuz it was my 2nd outdoor 3k ever 🙏🏽 #Perspective
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Gonna start sharing some of my workouts! Today I had the longer distance workout instead of the mid-D one. It was: 3mi- 2mi - 1mi with 3min jog in between on the road. Ran 16.37 - 10.50 and 5.15, happy about it! Now off to my 4mi double 😅
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Ever ran a race that meant something extra to you? 🙏🏽✨
@MtlClassique
Classique d'athlétisme de Montréal
5 years
#Classiquequebec Superb run by Yolanda Ngarambe SWE 4:07.62 Courtney Hufsmith Sask 4:10.25 PB Hanna Herrmansson SWE 4:10.40
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Back in Sweden❄️
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I decided that I was a professional athlete long before I ever got paid for it. For years it was merely a mindset. Today, I think that rings more true than ever. I don’t have practices to attend to, no gym, no treatment, no coaches around. (a thread)
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I raced Winnie in Finland earlier this summer and was disappointed with the result, and I remember she lifted my mood up with some positive advice similar to this✨👏🏽
@spikesmag
SPIKES
5 years
“What I learned is, if you stick at things long enough, you eventually get a breakthrough.” Speaking of breakthroughs, tonight Winnie Nanyondo is chasing the 💎 in the 800m @Diamond_League final:
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Biked home quicker than the bus, I think I'm ready for indoor 😏 #jokes #fitness #lovemybike 😍
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
Everyone who makes me their wall paper is a real one 🎯😂
@UVMathletics
UVM Athletics
4 years
Some more #VCats Legends to grace your 📲😼 #WallpaperWednesday
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
The reason I’m okay with training through my kryptonite, aka the heat in Atlanta💀😂
@stevemagness
Steve Magness
4 years
Heat = Poor Man's Altitude. Training in a hot environment for 5 weeks increases hemoglobin mass in elite cyclists I await others ditching the trendy Flagstaff & Boulder training spots for the newly minted high heat & humidity training center of Houston:
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Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
Yesterday my dad said: “isn’t it Thursday today?”. Today he asked me: “is it Wednesday or Thursday?”. C’mon man I know you retired last week but get a grip 😂😂
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Yolanda Ngarambe
3 years
I don’t think ppl realize how diverse the citizens of Sweden are. I’m on the train hearing three ppl speaking on phone, in three diff languages. Many of us are bilingual over here bc of our background, ah I love it 🇸🇪😌
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Yolanda Ngarambe
3 months
Athletes who qualified to Paris but unjustifiably stopped by our OC’s/federations, how we doing? I’ve been trying this whole time to become fine but not there yet.
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Fun time talking to Justin about my love for the American running culture, my team Atlanta Track Club and how running helps me cope mentally🌟 hope you want to take a listen!
@hornekerjustin
Justin Horneker
5 years
On this week's Running Through It Podcast; I have a conversation with @ATLtcElite 's @yolleboll . I also talk this week's running news but I really enjoyed my conversation with Yolanda and I think you will too. #runchat #trackandfield
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I have experienced this firsthand ❤️
@yoderbegley
Amy Yoder Begley OLY 🏳️‍🌈
5 years
This situation has helped guide my decisions with coaching and work. I might bring more emotion to situations than I should but at the end of the day I fight for what is right for my athletes and this sport.
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
If you want to be successful...you must respect one rule, never lie to yourself 🎯 - Eliud Kipchoge
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Yolanda Ngarambe
8 years
Feeling accomplished leaving Atlanta after a successful Mile down workout today, see ya in like 8 days 👋🏾 brb going home real quick 🇸🇪😍
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
8 years
Coach @begleytrack came thru again...I had a goal to break 5mins in the mile at practice in 2017...he made me do it today as the last rep✨🙏🏽
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@yolleboll
Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
Working out on a broken stationary bike stuck in high resistance for my doubles in 90 degrees and 75% humidity will be what I credit my fitness for this season #woof 🥵😂
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
Det har gått för långt när man börjar sakna pendeln asså. Vill bara sitta där, titta ut genom fönstret och höra ”Nästa: Märsta” 🤣
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
If one more Uber/Lyft driver refers to me as “young pretty lady” I’m just gonna open the door at a red light and make it a hike
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Yolanda Ngarambe
8 years
Glad to be back doing workouts with the @ATLtcElite team again 🙏🏾✨ Indoor track- I haven't lost hope in you just yet😜
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Watching the 1500m at #TheMatch and just want to go home and prepare for Doha💪🏽
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Forever a Catamount💚💛 One of the best times of my life 🙏🏽
@UVMTrackXC
UVM Track & Cross Country
5 years
A big congratulations to @yolleboll , a 5-time #VCats record holder and a 7-time @AmericaEast Champion, who qualified for the IAAF World Athletics Championships with a personal-best time of 4:05.18 in the 1500m run! #ThisIsVermont 📸: @FoonFu
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
That moment when the quarantine really hits, and you change your name to Eliud Kipchoge on Zoom just to feel something
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Another podcast!! 😋 This time we talk about my transition from Sweden to Univ.of Vermont, my approach to running and top 3 tips!! ⭐️ Can also be watched as a YouTube vid 🤗
@wbehindthegame
What’s Behind The Game
5 years
Check out our new episode w/ @yolleboll !!!
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
I swear I’m 60% peanut butter lmao
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Yolanda Ngarambe
4 years
A few mins left to our strength session with the team, and I texted my teammate “see you Zoon”...worst joke I’ve ever made in my entire life ☠️
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Yolanda Ngarambe
8 years
Good luck at 🇺🇸Nationals (but you don't need ANY luck) @megmala08 @Lassy92B @Petersonp11 Y'ALL GOT THIS 🔥💛 #atlantatrackclubelite #midDvibesss
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
Lil summary of workouts in Flagstaff, I seem to be have a favourite sport bra lol #lastday
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Yolanda Ngarambe
6 years
I love this part of the track season!! August always comes through, this is THE month
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Yolanda Ngarambe
5 years
Reminded once again why I don’t do yoga, I lose all confidence in myself as an athlete 😅
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