star takes down defending #NCAATF 5000m and 10,000m champion Pamela Kosgei for the #NCAAXC Mountain title by 42 seconds in 19:06.6!
Regional races are nothing more than prelims. Experienced runners like Pamela Kosgei know the goal is to advance with as little effort as possible. Kosgei held back because she was in a secure position and she knew her team was likely to qualify for nattys.
Jane Hedengren made the typical freshman mistake of running hard in a prelim. No reason to run as hard as she did. Completely unnecessary. She will probably pay for this mistake at nattys next weekend.
star takes down defending #NCAATF 5000m and 10,000m champion Pamela Kosgei for the #NCAAXC Mountain title by 42 seconds in 19:06.6!
Regional races are nothing more than prelims. Experienced runners like Pamela Kosgei know the goal is to advance with as little effort as possible. Kosgei held back because she was in a secure position and she knew her team was likely to qualify for nattys.
Jane Hedengren made the typical freshman mistake of running hard in a prelim. No reason to run as hard as she did. Completely unnecessary. She will probably pay for this mistake at nattys next weekend.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Jane didn’t run hard at all. I’m not even sure she broke a sweat, in all seriousness. You really had to be there to appreciate just how easy Jane made that look. The margin of victory makes us erroneously think Jane was pushing hard, but that just wasn’t the case.
Kosgei, on the other hand, look like she was struggling there at the end as she was grimacing and looking around down the final stretch. She certainly didn’t look like someone who was holding back, especially with Chamberlin breathing down her neck.
star takes down defending #NCAATF 5000m and 10,000m champion Pamela Kosgei for the #NCAAXC Mountain title by 42 seconds in 19:06.6!
Regional races are nothing more than prelims. Experienced runners like Pamela Kosgei know the goal is to advance with as little effort as possible. Kosgei held back because she was in a secure position and she knew her team was likely to qualify for nattys.
Jane Hedengren made the typical freshman mistake of running hard in a prelim. No reason to run as hard as she did. Completely unnecessary. She will probably pay for this mistake at nattys next weekend.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
No way Jane Hedengren did that on her own. She wouldn't have run hard today unless her coach Diljeet Taylor was OK with it
Jane didn’t run hard at all. I’m not even sure she broke a sweat, in all seriousness. You really had to be there to appreciate just how easy Jane made that look. The margin of victory makes us erroneously think Jane was pushing hard, but that just wasn’t the case.
Kosgei, on the other hand, look like she was struggling there at the end as she was grimacing and looking around down the final stretch. She certainly didn’t look like someone who was holding back, especially with Chamberlin breathing down her neck.
Looks deceive. I've seen plenty of cross country runners look completely fine one moment and then BONK the next.
Remember my warning when you find yourself disappointed by Jane's performance on the 22nd of November.
Jane didn’t run hard at all. I’m not even sure she broke a sweat, in all seriousness. You really had to be there to appreciate just how easy Jane made that look. The margin of victory makes us erroneously think Jane was pushing hard, but that just wasn’t the case.
Kosgei, on the other hand, look like she was struggling there at the end as she was grimacing and looking around down the final stretch. She certainly didn’t look like someone who was holding back, especially with Chamberlin breathing down her neck.
Looks deceive. I've seen plenty of cross country runners look completely fine one moment and then BONK the next.
Remember my warning when you find yourself disappointed by Jane's performance on the 22nd of November.
No way Jane Hedengren did that on her own. She wouldn't have run hard today unless her coach Diljeet Taylor was OK with it
If Diljeet gave her that direction, then the only motive was to play mind games with the opposition. She wants the opposition to think Jane is invincible. Big mistake. Pamela and Doris are too smart and experienced to fall for that old trick.
star takes down defending #NCAATF 5000m and 10,000m champion Pamela Kosgei for the #NCAAXC Mountain title by 42 seconds in 19:06.6!
Regional races are nothing more than prelims. Experienced runners like Pamela Kosgei know the goal is to advance with as little effort as possible. Kosgei held back because she was in a secure position and she knew her team was likely to qualify for nattys.
Jane Hedengren made the typical freshman mistake of running hard in a prelim. No reason to run as hard as she did. Completely unnecessary. She will probably pay for this mistake at nattys next weekend.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
I was at the race. They ran three 2k laps so you could see everyone up close. Kosgei got beat and was completely gassed at the end. She most definitely did not “take it easy” she got pummeled by Hedengren who looked calm, relaxed, and fluid the entire race. If anyone was “holding back” it was Hedengren. No way Kosgei was “holding back” or “saving something” for later. As a spectator you could plainly see she was redlined the entire last lap with Hedengren pulling away.