2011 Rocky Mountain Shootout

Ms. McLaughlin is listed at 4' 10," yet the runner who outkicked her for the win at Foot Locker Nationals her senior year, Ashley Brasovan, may be even shorter.

http://co.milesplit.com/files/co/2008%20XC/McLaughlinFL.jpg

Brasovan looks a little taller here. http://www.flotrack.org/speaker/2148-Allie-McLaughlin/video/140628-Mclaughlin-and-Brasovan-2009-USA-XC-Champs

anyone who runs fast on this course is damn fit. it's a slow course from what i gather

BALLS2daWallz wrote:

it's a slow course from what i gather

Slow more because of the footing than the nastyish hill that the runners in both races have to climb twice. There's very little hard-packed dirt -- it's mostly somewhat loose gravel and mulch. Mulch is nice to do an easy run on, but a pisser when you try to open up your stride.

4th fastest all-time, behind Torres, Goucher, and I think ritz.... Not a bad list to be on.

I didn't find the course itself to be overly difficult or slow, just that racing at 5400ft really slows things down. Most people who've never had to run at elevation don't understand. I have run at a faster pace for 10 miles at sea level than I can for 4 miles up here.

What happened to Joe Bosshard? He tore it up last year. I think he was 26th at NCAAs or something...hope he's not seriously hurt. He also is on the all time top RMS list with a 24:44...it's amazing to see what this kid has done. Looking at his pre-Colorado profile he only ran 2:04 and 4:22 in high school.

berol wrote:

"You should see how warm and friendly she is."

The charisma machine strikes again. She strikes me as the type who rarely gets asked out cuz guys can't date her w/o marrying her.

Speaking of that, doesn't quite answer the question, but Tebo is in Boulder with a major case of the Pixlers, engaged and all.

What does this have to do with anything?

docrun wrote:

What happened to Joe Bosshard? He tore it up last year. I think he was 26th at NCAAs or something...hope he's not seriously hurt. He also is on the all time top RMS list with a 24:44...it's amazing to see what this kid has done. Looking at his pre-Colorado profile he only ran 2:04 and 4:22 in high school.

He's not hurt, just resting after some very high-end base training in Crested Butte, according to a CU parent who would know.

From what I understand he is having some kind of problem, but not injury related. It seems like its fatigue/energy related. He has been to see a doctor. I don't have any word on diagnosis though.

JHN6 wrote:

From what I understand he is having some kind of problem, but not injury related. It seems like its fatigue/energy related. He has been to see a doctor. I don't have any word on diagnosis though.

who are you? how do you and kmb have all this info? "from a cu parent who would know" wtf?

I know for a fact that bosshard has a case of the clap and they didn't want him running the same course as the women's team.

also allie has the clap as well. (different strain)

"What does this have to do with anything?"

If you can't figure how that followed, you would be wise to improve your reading comprehension skills.

I don't know what's up with Bosshard except that he did train at Crested Butte. They still haven't decided whether Coburn will redshirt, lots of things to consider.

berol wrote:

"What does this have to do with anything?"

If you can't figure how that followed, you would be wise to improve your reading comprehension skills.

insulting someone's reading comprehension skills over the interwebz, so original!

truth hurts, eh? http://www.rif.org

berol wrote:

truth hurts, eh?

http://www.rif.org

You're a retard, eh? LOL

berol wrote:

I don't know what's up with Bosshard except that he did train at Crested Butte. They still haven't decided whether Coburn will redshirt, lots of things to consider.

what does training at crested butte mean though? isn't that where he's from?

shamhow wrote:

how do you and kmb have all this info? "from a cu parent who would know" wtf?

I was at the meet and while there used my mouth and vocal cords to expel words in English, which, thanks to the marvels of auditory innervation and the temporal lobes, were interpreted by the person standing next to me for a significant portion of the meet. This person, who is the parent of a runner on C.U.'s team (specifically, Joe Bosshard's girlfriend) relayed the posted information to me using her own neurological and oropharyngeal apparatus. Later, I visited the Internet site Letsrun.com and conveyed this newfound knowledge in a relevant thread.

Let me know if you need more details!

Pardon me for asking where the info came from. Just saying that you're in the know makes it sound like you belong on a German Fernandez thread.

Also it's gross that you have an apparatus on your oropharnyx.