Runnerperson wrote:
My daughter was at brooks pr and talked to Natalie. She came to Seattle but was never planning on racing. She told brooks that a couple of weeks ago. Heard she had a slight injury and ended up stopping her season about a month ago. She already took time off and is just starting to run again to prep for xc.
The state meet was almost exactly one month ago (5/12-14). She seemed to struggle a bit in the 3200 (Struggling meaning ~9:48 but working hard).
You are not telling the truth because she race Festival of Miles this month.
Runnerperson wrote:
My daughter was at brooks pr and talked to Natalie. She came to Seattle but was never planning on racing. She told brooks that a couple of weeks ago. Heard she had a slight injury and ended up stopping her season about a month ago. She already took time off and is just starting to run again to prep for xc.
I saw her talking to her teammates (the Humphries twins) and she looked very unstressed, more consistent with this scenario. I did a double take because they almost looked like triplets lol.
Don’t know the details of injury but do know she took time off. She ran 4:42 at festival of miles… consistent with there being a injury/time off
This is what Oklahoma State signed up for.
She was primed to break the record at Festival of Miles but the pacer got them out too slow. Cook is not a kicker but a grinder who thrives on an even pace.
Comply with the truth wrote:
They signed up for the fastest runner in history. You sound foolish to insinuate, that is a bad thing. Smith is a great coach. He will make her a national champion just like he did with Roe.
Over/under 1.5 national championship meets she travels to but does not run while at Oklahoma State.
Travels to? That number is on the low side for any athlete. Tuohy already travelled to one while not competing.
It was a cross training day
Comply with the truth wrote:
Travels to? That number is on the low side for any athlete. Tuohy already travelled to one while not competing.
which one was that? She competed in 2020 XC, 2021 Indoors, did not attend 2021 Outdoors, competed in all three this year.
Runnerperson wrote:
My daughter was at brooks pr and talked to Natalie. She came to Seattle but was never planning on racing. She told brooks that a couple of weeks ago. Heard she had a slight injury and ended up stopping her season about a month ago. She already took time off and is just starting to run again to prep for xc.
Most of wrote you wrote is completely wrong.
Natalie Cook didn't stop her season a month ago. Her most recent meet was June 2.
She also didn't have any time before that to take an injury break, because she ran on April 30, May 14, and June 2.
Her times on May 14 and June 2 were almost identical, so if she had taken an injury break during that period, she would have run much slower on June 2.
And Brooks PR wasn't aware a couple of weeks ago that Natalie Cook wouldn't be running at Brooks PR.
Brooks PR was very good about weekly updating all the lists of runners who were going to compete, removing runners when they told Brooks they weren't going to run, adding new runners, and moving runners to other events. Natalie Cook was on every list up to and including the final list on June 13, which was only 2 days before the meet.
Natalie was also in the timing company's start list, and those names are inputted only a few days before the meet. If Brooks had known that Natalie Cook wouldn't be running, they wouldn't have given her name to the timing company.
And the Brooks PR meet announcers said several minutes before the race that Natalie Cook was running the 2 mile, and they were surprised when she didn't show up at the start line.
Please don't make things up. It's not helpful.
Runnerperson wrote:
My daughter was at brooks pr and talked to Natalie. She came to Seattle but was never planning on racing. She told brooks that a couple of weeks ago. Heard she had a slight injury and ended up stopping her season about a month ago. She already took time off and is just starting to run again to prep for xc.
Thanks for sharing that information.
I hope she recovers well for the upcoming seasons.
She was there.
She is the favorite to win the NCAA XC meet on her home course this fall.
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