please check this out:
advice from Bob Kennedy, I believe most people on here know he is
please check this out:
advice from Bob Kennedy, I believe most people on here know he is
maybe she can win the 5k/10k double this year? She showed some massive improvement and strength this xc season. Looks like the mileage is working for her.
D2 > D1
Pixler and Porter represent.
runner40 wrote:
stern farmer wrote:Pixler is brilliant, but Porter has, relatively speaking, improved far more in college, building mileage the whole way. From her comments, she is prepping to become a serious marathoner,a much different emphasis than the mile which Pixler is obviously suited towards. I credit the girl for pioneering the way for ambitious collegiate women, provided she keeps it healthy.
building mileage the wrong way, 130/week ok does her coach know what progression is, where does she go from here 150/160/week, I highly doubt she will develop into a National class runner let alone an elite, it's too bad because she definitely has the drive which will is a great asset but someone needs to pull her back, no need for that type of volume at her level/age, Kara G. and Deena K. didn't even come close to that volume at her age/level, and don't give me this BS about talent and everyone is different, the internet and Lets's Run have been great for running but unforturnately the obsession with mileage being the be all to end all has brainwashed quite of few young runners, progression in mileage takes years not months
hopefully she is counting her volume using km's or her mileage is embellished
Why does she have to add mileage after college? She can keep it steady at 130 and add more and more quality and keep improving.
I'm sure Sarah Porter could care less about what Kara or Deena did/do and that makes her a BA aka a "Bad Ass" not stupid.
If she wants to be a good runner, I am sure she cares what ladies like Kara and Deena are doing. However I love how running 130 miles a week makes people think she is going to run a 2 min PR for 10k?!?! seriously...if she makes it to outdoor season she might want to do more than scrap her way to a sub 5 min mile before she starts eyeing 33 flat for 10k. Seeing as how her 5k PR run twice gives her 33:40. I wish her the best, but sub 5 min gals are a dime a dozen...in HIGH SCHOOL!!!
Agree! There's some bad ass D2 runners out there right now!
Absolutely. As a native Oregonian friend of mine said over 25 years ago..."for training this place puts Eugene to shame!" and it has only gotten better since then. Sarah has three things going for her...1) inner drive and a sense of persepctive2) a great coaching staff at Western3) a distance runner's paradise in Bellingham!!!!
power to her wrote:
Isn't Western Washington/Bellingham considered one of the best places in the US for trail running?? Power to her if she's got the resources, time, and energy to put in that kind of mileage in college. America needs more young ladies like her willing to put in the mileage now, to be good later.
dumb wrote:
If she wants to be a good runner, I am sure she cares what ladies like Kara and Deena are doing. However I love how running 130 miles a week makes people think she is going to run a 2 min PR for 10k?!?! seriously...if she makes it to outdoor season she might want to do more than scrap her way to a sub 5 min mile before she starts eyeing 33 flat for 10k. Seeing as how her 5k PR run twice gives her 33:40. I wish her the best, but sub 5 min gals are a dime a dozen...in HIGH SCHOOL!!!
I hate to call you Dumb but that is what you signed on as... True 4:57 isn't going to set any college race on fire.. but then again she was in the middle of a 130 mile week and she's not a miler. Check some results from this XC season and see what she did over 6k XC courses.. like her top 5 run at UW's home meet.. or her second overall place at NCAA XC behind only Pixler. Not many HS runners could run within 15 seconds of Pixler as Porter did several times this year. Her miles are definitely pushing the envelope, but she's been a great example of what hard work and aerobic development can do to help someone improve.
runner40 wrote:
building mileage the wrong way, 130/week ok does her coach know what progression is, where does she go from here 150/160/week, I highly doubt she will develop into a National class runner let alone an elite, it's too bad because she definitely has the drive which will is a great asset but someone needs to pull her back, no need for that type of volume at her level/age, Kara G. and Deena K. didn't even come close to that volume at her age/level, and don't give me this BS about talent and everyone is different, the internet and Lets's Run have been great for running but unforturnately the obsession with mileage being the be all to end all has brainwashed quite of few young runners, progression in mileage takes years not months
hopefully she is counting her volume using km's or her mileage is embellished
I agree.
no, she doesn't.
runner40 wrote:
ok little baby, how many elites (female and even male) were running 130/week in college and she is basically a medicore college runner at best now
One day you will learn to spell. Maybe after that you can take the time to learn something about running, too.
Honestly, if she wants to be a good runner she will care more about her running than what Kara & Deena are doing. The fact of the matter is you are talking about a decade of difference in training. By the time Sarah is at her peak age for distance running Kara and Deena will be old -- Just bc current elites don't do it now doesn't mean the future of elite distance running isn't doing it.
Also, there are plenty of D1/2/3 men out there running 120+ miles a week..no one finds this weird or critcizes them (though some ppl probably would). I would NEVER consider myself a feminist, but the more girls who realize they can run as much as guys, if not more than guys, the better off women's distance running will be. Also, there are a lot more D3 women running 100+ a week than you think...so I'm going to assume the number is also pretty high for d1-2.
And as a 10k, it is very likely that bc she is running so much now that by the end of outdoor with a good taper she will be able to run her 5k PR twice -- that's not unheard of.
34:30 at Mt SAC, now this:
15 Sarah Porter Western Washington 33:36.83
Foot in mouth?
By the way, ask Solinsky how much he ran in high school...I believe it was 100mpw. Times, they are a changin'
Ha
She just ran her 5K pr twice.
Update: Sarah won the 10,000 at NACAC U-23 by 44 seconds, setting a meet record.
Then this week, her mom followed suit, winning the 10,000 at USATF Masters (under undoubtedly warm, unfavorable conditions):
Event 123 W45 10000 Meter Run
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45 USATF: * 34:44.78
Name Age Team Finals
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1 Porter, Laurie W48 Club Northwest 39:59.61
2 Toro, Wanda W47 Unattached 42:58.14
3 Fraser, Christine W46 Golden West 45:45.85
Told ya wrote:
She just ran her 5K pr twice.
Haha I love this!
Runner 40 wrote:
good stuff
http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/2314-d2-interview-sarah-porter
GREAT!! Good luck to her.