Alana Hadley, 15, from Charlotte, N.C., was the overall women's champion at today's Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Half-Marathon, running a USA single-age record of 1:16:36. The previous record was 1:21:23 by Lauren Smith from Lake Jackson, Texas, who ran her time at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on January 14, 2007.
David Monti, Race Results Weekly
About a minute PR? Nice.
Crazy good talent!
Greg Noonan wrote:
Crazy good talent!
Obviously, but she is training a lot like women run 1:16 halfs. Good for her.
Great....now we have to suffer through another long bitter thread punctuated by 300 posts from her father....thanks.
David Monti. wrote:
Alana Hadley, 15, from Charlotte, N.C., was the overall women's champion at today's Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Half-Marathon, running a USA single-age record of 1:16:36. The previous record was 1:21:23 by Lauren Smith from Lake Jackson, Texas, who ran her time at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on January 14, 2007.
David Monti, Race Results Weekly
How many people think she will still be running in 5 or 10 years at an elite level...
3...2....1 Here father will now appear and attack everyone who disagrees with his methods.....
David Monti. wrote:
Alana Hadley, 15, from Charlotte, N.C., was the overall women's champion at today's Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Half-Marathon, running a USA single-age record of 1:16:36. The previous record was 1:21:23 by Lauren Smith from Lake Jackson, Texas, who ran her time at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on January 14, 2007.
David Monti, Race Results Weekly
Awesome. Great news, thanks.
the jealousy needs to end at some point. all of the people saying she will burnout come across as jealous losers
hmmmmmmmmm wrote:
How many people think she will still be running in 5 or 10 years at an elite level...
3...2....1 Here father will now appear and attack everyone who disagrees with his methods.....
Man, who gives a shit? 1:16 is 1:16. Maybe she'll be running in 10 years, maybe she won't. Maybe the kid who goes 2:07 will be running 2:01 in 4 years, maybe she won't. Who knows? No need to be an a$shole about it, though.
How many kids playing sports at high levels when 15 will still be doing it at age twenty? My daughter is a pretty good runner. Doesn't run the miles that Alana does, her and my choice. I respect their decision and hope they would respect ours. I have four kids and they all played sports that they could have ended their career on any day they competed. I honestly don't remember any parents at wrestling,football,soccer,softball,baseball or basketball ever talking about burn out and quitting. I did see lots of kids hurt in those sports and some never coming back again...........If she is running, great, if not, then maybe she will enjoy what she accomplished at an early age. She still will have learned a better work ethic than most!
Very nice! Congratulations to Alana.
Azaleas wrote:
hmmmmmmmmm wrote:How many people think she will still be running in 5 or 10 years at an elite level...
3...2....1 Here father will now appear and attack everyone who disagrees with his methods.....
Man, who gives a shit? 1:16 is 1:16. Maybe she'll be running in 10 years, maybe she won't. Maybe the kid who goes 2:07 will be running 2:01 in 4 years, maybe she won't. Who knows? No need to be an a$shole about it, though.
Please explain to me where I was being mean????
You were implying that she wouldn't be running in the future. I would consider that being a dick.
If a girl ran 5:01 and you said "will she be running in 5-10 years???????" you would be a dick, right? Well, this is a pretty similar situation.
bguyj200012x wrote:
the jealousy needs to end at some point. all of the people saying she will burnout come across as jealous losers
it took 8 posts. What up pops?
Looks like what we have here is another Cathy Shiro(sp?) O'Brien on our hands. Keep it up girl. Congrats!
"Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it."
One point that doesn't come up much is that no other girls her age are running 1/2 marathons. Therefore, we don't even know if the times she's running are exceptional or not.
Either way it will be interesting to see what comes of her in the future. I've heard so many people talk about the Japanese system and how high schoolers and college runners are trained more like marathoners and they seem to have a great deal of success and depth.
Many of our young runners burn out from doing excessive speed sessions and racing from grade school on. I don't know Alana but if she is training more like a marathoner and staying away from the speed sessions and racing several times a week she might be fine. We might even learn something positive from her future success. Hasn't it been said on LetsRun that marathoning and road racing is becoming more lucrative than the track?
I wish her luck and long term success.
Azaleas wrote:
You were implying that she wouldn't be running in the future. I would consider that being a dick.
If a girl ran 5:01 and you said "will she be running in 5-10 years???????" you would be a dick, right? Well, this is a pretty similar situation.
Ummm no....
How is stating the obvious based on years and years of young ladies doing similar mileage. 9 out of 10 of those young ladies are not running in 10 years at a high level. You and I know it you just don't want to admit it.
So once again why is stating the obvious truth being an ahole as you put it.
You can't really explain it can you? Some people just don't like the truth.
But odds are you are her father who goes out of his way to attack anyone that disagrees with him, going as far as to respond 100's of times to posts he should just ignore.
jar wrote:
One point that doesn't come up much is that no other girls her age are running 1/2 marathons. Therefore, we don't even know if the times she's running are exceptional or not.
True, but I've seen a number of high school boys (who got scholarships to run at D1 schools) running half marathons in my area and she's not far behind. Heck, she's beating the NAIA female runners that did the Surf City Half a few weeks ago.
hmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
Azaleas wrote:You were implying that she wouldn't be running in the future. I would consider that being a dick.
If a girl ran 5:01 and you said "will she be running in 5-10 years???????" you would be a dick, right? Well, this is a pretty similar situation.
Ummm no....
How is stating the obvious based on years and years of young ladies doing similar mileage. 9 out of 10 of those young ladies are not running in 10 years at a high level. You and I know it you just don't want to admit it.
So once again why is stating the obvious truth being an ahole as you put it.
You can't really explain it can you? Some people just don't like the truth.
But odds are you are her father who goes out of his way to attack anyone that disagrees with him, going as far as to respond 100's of times to posts he should just ignore.
You are not stating the obvious. None of the '9 out 10 ladies' you mention are Alana. You have no idea what her future is. You are just being negative toward a young lady who is doing something she loves to do. Just because she is not following the normal path of a high school runner you automatically think she will fail.
What are the stats on girls that take the 'normal' path in HS and continue to run 10 years later?