I was at the meet. She ran the whole race. However the men's and women's fields were mixed, so she was running with the men's pack for the entire race, not alone.
It was 35 to 40 degrees and misting with a little bit of wind, so not ideal conditions, but not terrible either.
It was an incredible race, I had no idea she was a high school runner, though she definitely looks young.
rojo wrote:
I have found the actual results:
http://www.colby.edu/athletics_cs/wtrack3-31-12.cfmI mean it was probably run in pretty bad weather - look at the other times. Some decent runners didn't run good times.
If it was a lap short, she'd still have run 34:40 which is still really good and would make the 1st round of the NCAAs.
Was anyone there? It looks like Harvard was. I'll email their coaches.
I watched it, she hung off the chase pack of guys for the entire race (it was a mixed 10k). It was not a lap short, she was with the guys the entire time. It was actually ideal distance running weather. Cold (mid 40s) but hardly any wind.
super strong legs on that girl, wow
I was at the race as well. I'll post a link to a video if you want to watch. Very, very impressive run for a young lady. As mentioned above, this was a mixed race and she was able to tuck into a pack of guys running ~33' pace. Still, very impressive, especially for a HSer.
The video is at:
(Brojos, feel free to share. I took the video and it's public)
If you have injury problems and/or were playing other fall sports, I can see how she decided not to compete in XC for her school.
The XC season for these schools is a "grind" with weekly meets from the second week of September till the week prior to Thanksgiving break. In with the few exceptions there is no indoor.
The New England Prep School Track season is very short as boarding school's graduate in early June and in some cases, the senior's do senior projects which in some cases have them away from "campus" for the balance of May.
So championships are held the second and third week of May.
My observation is that by and large the majority of these athletes are, in my opinion, under trained and over raced if once they graduate and head off to school.
Interesting that whomever is coaching/advising her has taken a long term view in her development.
Weather was unpleasant: raining and 38 degrees. Cayla ran all the laps. Her coach was marking splits. She was through the 5000m at 16:37; the last four laps were dead-on 80 seconds. The girl is a machine.
i think she could ahve ran faster but was worried about what the guys would think.
You have injury problems and you run a 10k on a track. I guess.
Reality Bath wrote:
Considering her mile times, it seems safe bet that she has maybe on or two fast-twitch fibers in her entire body. Future marathon star.
Or she could develop more fast twitch fibers and be better at the shorter distances
she is a beast, 16:38 back to back, but i think that Trotter and some other girls could have ran those kinds of times if they actually ran the 10K.
Prolly wrote:
Reality Bath wrote:Considering her mile times, it seems safe bet that she has maybe on or two fast-twitch fibers in her entire body. Future marathon star.
Or she could develop more fast twitch fibers and be better at the shorter distances
Develop more fast twitch fibers? No,You have what you have.
Yea, but you also have the convertible fibers too. And actually, you can change your fiber type using EXTREME training that breaks down muscle fiber completely. I'm talking about ultramarathon training.
albert eisensteiny wrote:
Prolly wrote:Or she could develop more fast twitch fibers and be better at the shorter distances
Develop more fast twitch fibers? No,You have what you have.
albert eisensteiny wrote:
Prolly wrote:Or she could develop more fast twitch fibers and be better at the shorter distances
Develop more fast twitch fibers? No,You have what you have.
Where did you hear that? There's plenty of research that shows that converting fibers is very possible and easy.
Would be US age 17 record. Is she 18?
Cayla is 17.
rojo wrote:
If it was a lap short, she'd still have run 34:40 which is still really good and would make the 1st round of the NCAAs.
What if it was 5 laps short?
Why would you think its 5 laps short to discredit her times? You can watch the video the guy posted and count the laps yourself. I actually counted it 1 lap too long.
Wow Nice times i wonder why she didn't pick Oregon oh well.She can have fun watching the Oregon women win the next 3-4 Ncaa INDOOR AND OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo
Academics. Stanford>>>>>>>>>>Oregon
Prolly wrote:
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Where did you hear that? There's plenty of research that shows that converting fibers is very possible and easy.
No, you can alter the type IIa fibers somewhat, but not entirely. But, if she has already done extensive distance training to date, then her type IIa are endurance fibers now and she ain't going back.