Did Hasay Not Run Tangents?

This is her classic way though, sprint the first mile and slow down. She is a huge talent, the coach just needs to teach her a little about coaching.

That said it is very difficult for a runner in high school to be confident to run their own pace. All too often I have seen it when great talents hit their pace but are in the back of the pack. So coaches tell their atheltes to get to the front and race. Yes it is suicidal but if they don't go out hard they give up.

It takes talent, maturity, and experience to be confident enough to hold back and work your way through the pack.

Agree. That\'s why the winner\'s race was so impressive. She was well back at the mile, didn\'t panic, moved up steadily, and then finished it by pouncing decisively. A rare talent, I would say.

she has gotten much better with her pacing. if you remember her freshman year when she went out at 5:04 for the first mile at the clovis invite i think and DNF, to FLN when she stayed with the pack for 1.5 miles and let a. ryan take the pass out and she went on to win. you can see how much better her pacing has gotten in track as well. most of her 3200/2mile wins have had absolutely equal splits or close to it, and even her 1500/1600/mile runs are very well paced. she said herself in an interview after that her intention was to take the pace out hard thinking that 4-5 of the top girls would go out there with her, but unfortunately no one did and she was stuck out there by herself, but what i admire is that she never gave up on her strategy and still continued to push even when she saw at 800m she was by herself. and for those that say that she had no kick, its evident that neely spence passed her going down the hill about 600m from the fnish, by the time of 400m to go she was neck and neck with her and eventually beat her by 4 seconds. congrats to her, and i look forward to seeing what she runs this year at junior nats. how many girls will graduate next year with the credentials that she has had?

The smartest race she has run was her first FLN win. Just wonderful control throughout. Since then she runs like she has a target on her back.....understandable, considering. Where is her coach in all of this? Coaching is more than just writing workout schedules.

Brendan Foster was the master of the midrace surge; a tactic infrequently used these days.

what do you think where is her coach through all of this? what kind of question is that, hes coaching her of course!

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what do you think where is her coach through all of this? what kind of question is that, hes coaching her of course!

So who developed her race plan?....her pre-race strategy. Did she run as he instructed/advised?

yes she raced as instructed. if you watched/read one of the numerous videos she gave after the race she says that her and her coach thought it would be best to take the pace out fast feeling that 5-6 girls would hopefully go with her and she would break them that way. obviously, as we all know that strategy did not work, but still garnered her a 3rd place at nats which is better than 37 other girls can say in that race.