She also posted on strava last week was having shin pain again, hopefully not going into another injury cycle for trials
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2024 World Cross Country Results
March 30, 2024
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How well will Allie O. do at World Cross Saturday?
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Weak Sauce wrote:
potatoesallday wrote:
Good showing for Allie in 30th, hopefully this gives her some confidence to build off of.
In her pre race interview she said she was still undecided what her plan was for the Trials, but she had "unfinished business" with the Steeple. I hope to see her at the start line for the Steeple at Trials!
Basically 10% behind the winner. 10% behind the winner in a men’s world class 1500m is 3:50. That’s bigger than the gap between Josh Kerr and Spencer Brown. Sorry to be the a..hole.
Interesting that it is almost exactly 10%. 31:05 is 1865 seconds. 10% of that is 186.5 secs. 3:06.5 secs. Ostrander was 3:06 behind.
The current difference between the 26:11 and 29:01 WRs is 10.82%. Which illustrates how much the top-level athletes are doping, that they have separated themselves from the next level of non-doped world class runners by almost the difference BEING A MAN makes.
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northern lights 2 wrote:
MatthewXCountry wrote:
I wasn't implying she was in 16:16 shape. My post literally said she was weaving through traffic. What I was saying is that you need to be in ~14:40 - 14:50 shape to finish top 20 given the quality of the field. The video did not indicate she was in that shape, given it appeared to be an all out effort.
That said she had an excellent WC race, top 30 result and only ~1 minute outside of a top 20 spot. Absolutely no shame in finishing only 3 min behind a group of women who run the 10k in 28:XX. Shes doing great and probably in ~31:45 shape on the track.
Sorry, I was reacting more to the others who mentioned 16:16 more dismissively like BrainCelll and The Overexplainer and should have quoted one of them instead of you. If I run a race solo like that, it could easily be a minute off a track 5000 time trial. That hobby jogger 5K was 60 seconds slower than her track PR. Her fitness in a track 5000 might be near her PR fitness.
oh get a grip, I said her pre Worlds tune up was a 16:16 - which it was. She even called it that. And that's all we have to go on for indicators of her fitness.
Check the results: she was beaten by 10x women with slower PR's than her. 30th sounds good, but I don't believe her fitness is in that great a place, nor do I believe the field was very deep.
and btw, if you in super shoes would really be a full minute off your track 5000 time, you've got to sort your racing out.721 -
1 Single BrainCelll wrote:
Absolutely nothing of importance.
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Kobbs Hessler wrote:
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
Kelati won by a big margin at USAs. If even Kelati will be lucky to finish in the top ten, then Allie probably back in the 40s in a field of 120.
Kelati will be our highest finisher in all four races (yeah, not counting "mixed relay" because who cares).
Will be interesting to see how Noway's Grovdal does.
There is a 35 year old guy from Afghanistan in the senior men's race. Twenty bucks says he doesn't break 40.
I'll be watching. Thanks Peacock.
Great finish for Allie in 30th!
Grovdal beat Kelati.
Is Grovdal the one that chicked Kilian?
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Qqqaa wrote:
The woman right in front of her has a 15:33 PB. The woman right behind her has a PB of 15:31.
Allie’s PB is 15:16
So she is not quite back yet, but seems to be on her way
Thats a tad misleading. I think this race says shes in 15:20 shape. Note everyone was roughly 2:20 or so slower than their 10,000 PBs. If you go one up and one down you can see that the PBs are better than the two immediately around her
Jacobs 15:20 PB (recent)
Mihara 15:33 PB (not recent, and only age 21)
Allie
Campbell - 15:31 PB (seasoned runner, great run for her, based on her track form would not expect faster than 34:30)
Xaba - 15:25 PB, 68:37 recent half suggests 15:00 - 15:15 shape
Nichols - 15:09 PB (recent)
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MatthewXCountry wrote:
Qqqaa wrote:
The woman right in front of her has a 15:33 PB. The woman right behind her has a PB of 15:31.
Allie’s PB is 15:16
So she is not quite back yet, but seems to be on her way
Thats a tad misleading. I think this race says shes in 15:20 shape. Note everyone was roughly 2:20 or so slower than their 10,000 PBs. If you go one up and one down you can see that the PBs are better than the two immediately around her
Jacobs 15:20 PB (recent)
Mihara 15:33 PB (not recent, and only age 21)
Allie
Campbell - 15:31 PB (seasoned runner, great run for her, based on her track form would not expect faster than 34:30)
Xaba - 15:25 PB, 68:37 recent half suggests 15:00 - 15:15 shape
Nichols - 15:09 PB (recent)
Allie’s PB of 15:16 is from 2018. Pre super shoes
She is/was good.
Don’t make it sound like this was a breakthrough race for her.
I feel that she is getting back into top form after losing her way for a few years.
It seems to be working with her new coach
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i'm guessing 30th place!
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The Overexplainer wrote:
The current difference between the 26:11 and 29:01 WRs is 10.82%. Which illustrates how much the top-level athletes are doping, that they have separated themselves from the next level of non-doped world class runners by almost the difference BEING A MAN makes.
Good try, but come on, how many of the world class runners are "non-doped"? Sure, Allie was only popped for canrenone and only served a 4 month suspension but where there is smoke there is often fire, even if Allie isn't fortunate enough to be a super responder to some of the PEDs like many of the dozens of people that finished in front of her.
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Qqqaa wrote:
MatthewXCountry wrote:
Allie’s PB of 15:16 is from 2018. Pre super shoes
She is/was good.
Don’t make it sound like this was a breakthrough race for her.
I feel that she is getting back into top form after losing her way for a few years.
It seems to be working with her new coach
All I said was that this race equals 15:20 shape. I definitely wasnt making it sound like it was some breakthrough race, just that its worth 15:20 and not 15:30. Its just a solid race for someone getting back into form. She's getting there, but is very far from making a US olympic team at the moment. I look forward to seeing her in the steeple but US distance running is strong at the moment. It will be tough.
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potatoesallday wrote:
Good showing for Allie in 30th, hopefully this gives her some confidence to build off of.
In her pre race interview she said she was still undecided what her plan was for the Trials, but she had "unfinished business" with the Steeple. I hope to see her at the start line for the Steeple at Trials!
Is rojo willing to coach her to steeple greatness, or does/did that only apply to Jenny Simpson?
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Her race was kind of on par with what most of us expected plus or minus a handful of places. The real question is what does she spend here spring training for? She's sponsored by NNormal to race trail races. Her best event historically has been the steeplechase. Her current fitness is geared mostly towards 10k/10,000m.
People suggesting she's in 31:45-32:05 10,000m shape aren't too far off and she could possibly make the trials in that event or even the 5,000m. She'd probably need ~15:25 for that event. Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark.
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qualified mark. wrote:
Her race was kind of on par with what most of us expected plus or minus a handful of places. The real question is what does she spend here spring training for? She's sponsored by NNormal to race trail races. Her best event historically has been the steeplechase. Her current fitness is geared mostly towards 10k/10,000m.
People suggesting she's in 31:45-32:05 10,000m shape aren't too far off and she could possibly make the trials in that event or even the 5,000m. She'd probably need ~15:25 for that event. Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark.
She’s running repeat 300s in 48…
…so steeple is not out of the question.
She said that she has a 1% chance of making the Olympics (which is probably pretty accurate). That 1% is in the steeple
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kilian the goat wrote:
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
Great finish for Allie in 30th!
Grovdal beat Kelati.
Is Grovdal the one that chicked Kilian?
That’s because Kelati went for it, a gutsy attempt to go with the lead pack. Grovdal essentially played it safe.
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qualified mark. wrote:
Her race was kind of on par with what most of us expected plus or minus a handful of places. The real question is what does she spend here spring training for? She's sponsored by NNormal to race trail races. Her best event historically has been the steeplechase. Her current fitness is geared mostly towards 10k/10,000m.
People suggesting she's in 31:45-32:05 10,000m shape aren't too far off and she could possibly make the trials in that event or even the 5,000m. She'd probably need ~15:25 for that event. Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark.
It will take someone in 30:30 shape to make the US team. The steeple isn't as strong as most think. Frerichs has not had a good steeplechase rase since Tokyo (although the 15:01 this year shows some fitness) and Cobourn hasn't even run this year (although her 9:13 SB last year wasn't too shabby). Both are getting up there. It would not be too shocking if a 9:20.XX type made the team. Not sure if you think a 30:30 or a 9:20 is more likely for Ollie, but I'd take the 9:20 as long as she hurdled the hay bails this weekend.
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qualified mark. wrote:
Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark.
Paraphrasing, but she has said in past interviews that she did minimal (if any) hurdle training in college when she won those three NCAA titles—it came naturally for her. She ran hurdles in middle school.
At world cross, she said she did the hurdle first barrier/run around the second technique.
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MatthewXCountry wrote:
qualified mark. wrote:
Her race was kind of on par with what most of us expected plus or minus a handful of places. The real question is what does she spend here spring training for? She's sponsored by NNormal to race trail races. Her best event historically has been the steeplechase. Her current fitness is geared mostly towards 10k/10,000m.
People suggesting she's in 31:45-32:05 10,000m shape aren't too far off and she could possibly make the trials in that event or even the 5,000m. She'd probably need ~15:25 for that event. Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark.
It will take someone in 30:30 shape to make the US team. The steeple isn't as strong as most think. Frerichs has not had a good steeplechase rase since Tokyo (although the 15:01 this year shows some fitness) and Cobourn hasn't even run this year (although her 9:13 SB last year wasn't too shabby). Both are getting up there. It would not be too shocking if a 9:20.XX type made the team. Not sure if you think a 30:30 or a 9:20 is more likely for Ollie, but I'd take the 9:20 as long as she hurdled the hay bails this weekend.
So a 9:37.65 for 4th place today at Payton Jordan, finished 4th behind Halladay 9:27 and Wayment 9:30. So she gets the Olympic trials standard! I think the steeple is in her sights. Still will be tough. Solid run, only 10 seconds off her PB.
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MatthewXCountry wrote:
MatthewXCountry wrote:
It will take someone in 30:30 shape to make the US team. The steeple isn't as strong as most think. Frerichs has not had a good steeplechase rase since Tokyo (although the 15:01 this year shows some fitness) and Cobourn hasn't even run this year (although her 9:13 SB last year wasn't too shabby). Both are getting up there. It would not be too shocking if a 9:20.XX type made the team. Not sure if you think a 30:30 or a 9:20 is more likely for Ollie, but I'd take the 9:20 as long as she hurdled the hay bails this weekend.
I think the steeple is in her sights.
Ya think? What gave you that idea, it's not like she said that she has unfinished business in the steeplechase or anything. Oh wait, that's exactly what she said.
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Nostradumbass wrote:
MatthewXCountry wrote:
I think the steeple is in her sights.
Ya think? What gave you that idea, it's not like she said that she has unfinished business in the steeplechase or anything. Oh wait, that's exactly what she said.
I was literally responding to someone who said she wouldn't compete steeple at the trials! Read the quote. "Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark."
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MatthewXCountry wrote:
Nostradumbass wrote:
Ya think? What gave you that idea, it's not like she said that she has unfinished business in the steeplechase or anything. Oh wait, that's exactly what she said.
I was literally responding to someone who said she wouldn't compete steeple at the trials! Read the quote. "Steeplechase seems too far out of the real of possibilities as she hasn't done any skill training for that in several years, but the talent is there, but maybe not enough time to train and get a qualified mark."
And I was literally pointing out that this isn't news because she has been making videos of herself training for the steeplechase for a while and said that she was trying to make the qualifying mark. If what you meant to say is that the steeple is within her reach, that's one thing, but to say "I think the steeple is in her sights" suggests that there was this sudden revelation by you that she is now going to attempt the steeplechase, which is a day late and a dollar short.
Words have meanings, use the correct ones to convey your thoughts.
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