Analee Weaver: 16:42.60!

Speed Rating (only...) 150 though:

http://tullyrunners.com/XC2020/Ratings_Oct03.htm#Forest_Lake

LOL. Course was way short!!

On FastFinishResults it says:

“ News Flash: Analee Weaver of Stillwater (12th grade) goes 16:42.6 over full 5k!!!!!!!!!!!!”

http://www.fastfinishresults.com/

Stephen Postfontaine wrote:

LOL. Course was way short!!

The other results don't support that. There wasn't an unusual number of sub 19 girls or anything. But sure, until she confirms this with another similar performance, the question will linger.

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Stephen Postfontaine wrote:

LOL. Course was way short!!

The other results don't support that. There wasn't an unusual number of sub 19 girls or anything. But sure, until she confirms this with another similar performance, the question will linger.

Did you actually look at the previous results of the runners in the field or are you just making stuff up? I actually looked to see the other kids' previous race results.

If you really want to work hard, enough kids record their races on Strava that I’m sure you could find some of the kids who ran the race on Strava and see what distance their gps logged the race as.

Article for those who have a Milesplit subscription:

https://mn.milesplit.com/articles/286920-statgeek

Says that Ana has been training with the boys team since August 1. She ran in the August Twilight meet with the boys as well.

I've seen her run 4 or 5 times, and I think she's for real. She made a huge jump in improvement from her 10th - 11th grade seasons, and she's apparently made another one from 11th - 12th. She has a long, smooth stride, without a lot of wasted energy. It just looks very fluid.

If you look at the boys results in that meet, she would have placed 6th in the boys race (winner was 15:31.6).

I don't know anything about the course (whether it's new, or well-known), but I'm sure it's getting wheeled a few times now to verify the distance....

Notice in the article above the Garmin photo from her solo time trial the week before.

I notice the Garmin's estimate of her VO2 Max: 62.

Is Stillwater that school that trains everyone with sprints, usually focusing on the mile and not so much on cross country, and if so, is that same coach the one who's coaching her now?

Random question wrote:

Is Stillwater that school that trains everyone with sprints, usually focusing on the mile and not so much on cross country, and if so, is that same coach the one who's coaching her now?

So much misinformation in this thread that I'm gonna clear some things up.

Weaver got coached by TINMAN aka Tom Schwartz. Yes, the same guy who coaches Drew Hunter, Aidan Puffer, Judson Greer, Grace Ping, and an endless list of successful HS and pro runners.

Yes, the "huge jump" from 10th->11th season happened when Tinman started having influence on her training. She started doing a lot of CV intervals, threshold miles, and ENDLESS short hill sprints and 100m strides. Overall mileage not too high, also she doesn't run on Sundays due to religious reason.

Yes, her form is very good - she attended Project Gold Running Camp, where she getting advice by Tinman in person about her running form. Most HS runners don't work with elite/pro-level coaches, and it's not quite cheap either (as is the coaching).

My question is for people in Michigan, who are more likely to know what they're talking about.

this might be germane to the thread

https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=300395

well that was largely cringy... she seems to have her head on her shoulders and her priorities in line but why is it we feel the need to interview children for 38 minutes? and there is just no need to do so much ass kissing for a teenager, state record holder or not. its bad enough when they do it with professionals. how many times did he mention her instagram?

Late RunnerPhil, questions for you:

(1) What was her total weekly mileage (including the easy miles between the intensity reps)?

(2) Can you briefly describe what are CV Intervals (including rep and rest time/distance)?

(3) How do you know all this about her training?

That interviewer is terrible.

I put it on 2x when he's babbling, then switch it to 1x for Weaver.

If he wasn't incoherently babbling so much, the interview would be less than 10 minutes.

Random question wrote:

That interviewer is terrible.

I put it on 2x when he's babbling, then switch it to 1x for Weaver.

If he wasn't incoherently babbling so much, the interview would be less than 10 minutes.

I am with you on his interviews, and the comments I Rex made. RS most of the time is better than this, especially in their articles. Sadly Milesplit is even worse with how they kiss up to the hs athletes. It is one thing to support them, but they go way over the line. But since she was the subject of the thread, I put it out there.