That was exceptional.
Please QOTD this guy.
Agreed, I like the hang and bang mentality.
What was your mindset and race plan going into the Southeast regional as you were eyeing a spot at NCAAs?
Hang and bang man. There's nothing else to do. The only decision you have to make is if you're going to bang a little harder than you hang or hang a little harder than you bang. For a 10k on the most challenging course in the nation, my move was to do a whole lot of hanging and just a little bit of banging.
Fabulous!
Talk us through what was going through your mind during the regional race.
I had experience racing with a bunch of the guys in the top 20 already this season, so I knew who's hang pace was my bang pace. In addition I knew the perfect hang to bang ratio was 8k of hang and 2k of bang, so there wasn't a chance I was going out with the leaders from the gun. There were about 6 individuals in the lead pack at 5k and only 4 individuals get to go to NCAAs, so it required a good mental game not to freak out and bang too early. It turns out a couple of those individuals were banging when they were supposed to be hanging, so they came back and got eaten up by the chase pack. I found myself at 8k with 2 individuals in front of me and 1 breathing down my neck. One of the individuals in front of was an international runner from Kenya with a cool last name so I made sure to bang extra hard to catch him since my parents were there and I wanted to impress them. I ate that guy up and finished 9th, a good enough performance for a chance to get Allie Ostrander's number at the pre-race banquet.
Every part of that interview was amazing. Best of luck to that guy tomorrow. Somebody follow up and out if he got her number!
Best athlete's interview I've ever read. I'm going to apply the theory of hang and bang to every aspect of my life.
He certainly has a way with words.
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