Tera Moody, Date of Birth
TweetTera Moody
American distance runner
Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1980
Profession: marathon runner
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Tera Moody
- Tera Moody (born December 18, 1980) is a retired American athlete, who competes in the marathon and other long distance running events.
- Moody represented the United States at the 2009 World Championships in the marathon.
- She also placed 17th in the 2011 World Championships in 2:32:04 Moody has had insomnia since sixth grade.
- In 2005, she was diagnosed with sleep apnea, and has tried many different treatments, including visiting the Mayo Clinic, sleeping pills, a mouth guard, and a device to regulate her breathing.
- She now takes melatonin, a natural supplement.
- Despite running more than a hundred miles a week, she still rarely sleeps more than a couple hours a night. In high school, Moody was a two-time Illinois champion in the mile for St.
- Charles East High School, near Chicago. She went on to compete for the Colorado Buffaloes in both Cross Country and Track.
- She won the Big 12 title in the 10,000 meters as a freshman and ran on Colorado's NCAA champion cross-country team as a sophomore in 2000. After graduating from Colorado, Moody took a break from training seriously and became a personal trainer and real estate agent.
- She then started her own real estate business.
- She participated in the 2005 Chicago Marathon with a goal to break three hours.
- After finishing in 2:50:04, she again ran the marathon in 2006, improving by four minutes.
- In 2007, she qualified the U.S.
- Olympic Marathon trials by finishing in 2:46:40.Moody's breakthrough came at the 2008 U.S.
- Olympic Marathon trials in Boston, where despite being seeded 152nd, she finished fifth with a time of 2:33:54.
- This was a twelve-minute improvement of her personal best.
- Moody was one second behind fourth-place finisher Zoila Gomez.In 2009, Moody participated in a variety of races, finishing fourth at the 25 km U.S.
- championships in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- She also finished second at Chicago's Shamrock Shuffle, and fourteenth at the Bolder Boulder.At the 2009 World Championships in the marathon, Moody was a part of the United States marathon team.
- She finished 28th in a time of 2:36:39, and was the third American.
- Moody also ran the 2009 Chicago Marathon, which she finished with a then personal best of 2:32:59, for 9th place. Her PR of 2:30:53 was achieved at the 2010 Chicago Marathon.At the 2012 US Olympic Trials for the marathon, Moody was a DNS.
- Tera suffered an injury to her hamstrings in November.Moody returned to the racing at 2013 Houston Marathon after 18 months buildup following the hamstring injury to finish 6th place in 2:39.10 and was the top American woman.Tera ran the fastest US 50 mile road race time for 2017 in 6 hours and 19 minutes.
- She currently competes in ultra ElliptiGO events, and holds the women’s 24-hour distance record of 269.7 miles.
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