How will Sara Hall do in the steeplechase

Sara's gone Hollywood.

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Reality check here wrote:

3200guy wrote:

For all you doubters, she ran 10:10.56. Very good debut.

Since when is a full minute slower than the WR a very good debut? It sucks. If she was a college freshman, I'd say it was a good debut, but Hall is no spring chicken.

She decided just a few weeks ago to run the steeple. I think that's a good debut for a novice steepler. Why do you compare a debut to the world record? When someone's debuts in the marathon, their time is most likely compared to the best marathon debut not the world record. I think the same should be done for the steeple.

[quote]Hollywood Sara Bei wrote:

Sara's gone Hollywood.

I do not get it....What do you mean Sara's gone Hollywood?

The cool-rays homey.Did anyone on here actually see the race. How was her hurdling form? How was she over the water. A couple of those pics made it look like she was walking out of the pit, to me at least.

not getting it wrote:

[quote]Hollywood Sara Bei wrote:

Sara's gone Hollywood.

I do not get it....What do you mean Sara's gone Hollywood?

I haven't seen Sara run in awhile, but I think her running form is kind of erratic for her to be a decent Steepler...Willard and Barringer have controlled running form that seems to suit the event well.

Sara is actually very strong. She was (and is) an excellent soccer player, and we were all trained in steeplechase basics at Stanford (I'm an old teammate). Given that the 3000 seems to be her ideal event and it's not an outdoor event, the steeplechase seems to be a logical thing to try.

Real Novice wrote:

Sara is actually very strong. She was (and is) an excellent soccer player, and we were all trained in steeplechase basics at Stanford (I'm an old teammate). Given that the 3000 seems to be her ideal event and it's not an outdoor event, the steeplechase seems to be a logical thing to try.

yes, we shouldn't jump all over her 10:10 debut. Now, of course, she needs to follow this up with a 9:48 in her next big meet and then a time in the 9:30s by summer and she will be 'right there' and competitive and hopefully working her way down to 9:20 territory if things progress as hoped. I was always told that whatever one can run a flat 2 mile in, is what they should be able to run a steeple in. (assuming they don't wipe out on the water jump or barriers). I don't know what her 2 mile pr is.

What the pro runner with no event is now going to steeple?

How sweet it is to get paid $, be shuttled btw the 2 best places in the world to train, have one of the best coaches in the world, jet around the world for 3 months of the yr and not have to work.

She really is blessed and I'm not being sarcastic. Wish I could live that lifestyle.

two-footed landing with arms behind her? not good. She's basically putting on the brakes bigtime there. Plus she looks afraid of landing

For her first time running water barriers I am impressed that she did not fall. I fell the first time I landed in a real water pit, the drop can be quite a surprise. Her jumps will only get better with time. It's her rigging that she needs to work on.