Jenny Simpson will run CinqueMulini Xc next sunday in Italy

So Jenny came in 3rd. Looks like she had fun.

https://twitter.com/trackjenny

Anyone heard if she's running US XC Champs in February? They're practically in her backyard in Boulder.

Has anyone else announced they're running XC Champs?

XC Champs is 2/15 and indoor champs are 2/21. That's close enough that it will probably discourage people from doing both.

3rd was not a bad result and is about what I expected. Jenney is a very good XC runner and I was happy to see her enter this event, but she is not and has never been a true long distance runner. She is very good middle distance runner who is also good at XC, but her sweet spot is probably around 3K.

trackcoach wrote:

3rd was not a bad result and is about what I expected. Jenney is a very good XC runner and I was happy to see her enter this event, but she is not and has never been a true long distance runner. She is very good middle distance runner who is also good at XC, but her sweet spot is probably around 3K.

Umm, it looks like a pretty poor result to me. She took the lead early, and was only 3s behind the leaders through 3K, according to the IAAF story, but then finished 1:40 behind Kipyegon and 1:06 behind Steel. Granted, no one caught her for 3rd, but that's a pretty bad fade.