Emily S. was only 5 seconds away from placing top 10 for men at US Half Championships

Thank you for starting this thread! I thought it was huge and wondered why no one else cares. I guess because it's women's running?

Yes, her performance was legendary. However, the field she competed against was super weak in part due to the late announcement of the event and also in part to the upcoming World Championships. She ran against sub-elites.

Just checked. The announcement about the race happening was made 5 weeks before the race. I received an email about it on March 31.

You assume everyone knows who "Emily S" is??? Why not spell out her full name like you have an ounce of intelligence.

Yes I run and has my PR's:

5k XC - 16:23

8k XC - 27:49

1 mile outdoors track - 4:22

10K - 36:29

Sorry I stooped to your level. Emily is on the front of website. I assumed that the title Emily S. And half marathon would have made sense to most. Good luck to you in whatever capacity that you are involved in the sport.

Is she related to Karissa S?

US Mens distance running is in the toilet, that’s why. It’s embarrassingly poor at the moment. No slight on Emma though at all - fabulous run and rightly deserves her place in the history books.

What kind of championship only has ten men that beat the top woman?

To even qualify for a US men’s track championship, you have to run faster than the women’s world record in each event.

Fair point, she ran an incredible race.

Does anybody know what shoes Sisson ran in?

The USA half-marathon is not a prestigious race. The top 5/10 guys are not going to run a HM in the middle of a track season and especially so with the USATF championships coming up.

Should have leaned.

Of course that’s true, but there should be more than enough depth to ensure this doesn’t happen. There is no depth, just extremely average/poor with 1-3 decent guys.

Most serious runners I know generally avoid national USATF sponsored events and only go occasionally despite USATF involvement and not because of it. The exception being trials events which for some reason USATF gets to control.

There is already a thread titled something like "Sisson runs 67:11 AR" and it was started minutes after the race. Pay attention folks.

Finally someone puts her last name. Thanks.