Allie O in Mt Marathon?

She said that she will have to decide between the OT and Mt. Marathon. So yes, i believe she is entered in Mt. Marathon.

Allie O will probably run Mt Marathon every year shes in college unless she is running the trials. One of the reasons she chose Boise State was the coach there would allow her to run the Mt Marathon every year that she wanted to.

Alaskans really think highly of the race and is a source of pride to run well up the mountain.

Alskorado Runner wrote:

Alaskans really think highly of the race and is a source of pride to run well up the mountain.

You also have to run well DOWN the mountain.

What could go wrong?

208 wrote:

She said that she will have to decide between the OT and Mt. Marathon. So yes, i believe she is entered in Mt. Marathon.

She said she chose the trials and it would be one of the few things she'd preference over Mt M. But if she's injured maybe she decided differently?

This is nuts. She should be concentrating on just getting fit and strong. Her next race should be to defend her title at Wisco.

The only way this is not nuts, is IF she is planning to run Mt Marathon at a relaxed pace, for fun, as part of a workout. I do understand it is important to her, and this way she could still participate without so much unnecessary risk.

There is no way you can run that course relaxed.

Actually, that is the BEST way to run it. If you have body tension, you are more likely to fall and more likely to get hurt if you do. Relaxed, focused and aggressive is the best combination. That said, if she does it, it should be as a social thing, not running it aggressively (not sure if she is able to do that).

Flamethrower wrote:

There is no way you can run that course relaxed.

YMMV wrote:

Actually, that is the BEST way to run it. If you have body tension, you are more likely to fall and more likely to get hurt if you do. Relaxed, focused and aggressive is the best combination. That said, if she does it, it should be as a social thing, not running it aggressively (not sure if she is able to do that).

Flamethrower wrote:

There is no way you can run that course relaxed.

How is one relaxed and simultaneously aggressive?

Relaxed and focused is a stretch too.

Watch this link, particularly compare the winner at 9:50 v. second place at 10:27:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O7K-8G2nwU

WHAT?!? wrote:

YMMV wrote:

Actually, that is the BEST way to run it. If you have body tension, you are more likely to fall and more likely to get hurt if you do. Relaxed, focused and aggressive is the best combination. That said, if she does it, it should be as a social thing, not running it aggressively (not sure if she is able to do that).

How is one relaxed and simultaneously aggressive?

Relaxed and focused is a stretch too.

If she was totally healthy and had been coming off an injury I'd call it a bad idea.

Coming off an injury, like she is, I'd call it completely idiotic. If I was her teammate I'd be pissed.

She actually did it last year coming off an injury.

SignedUp wrote:

If she was totally healthy and had been coming off an injury I'd call it a bad idea.

Coming off an injury, like she is, I'd call it completely idiotic. If I was her teammate I'd be pissed.

Then this year's choice would rank as just as poor as the prior.

Southern Exposure wrote:

According to the Mt. Marathon guidebook (28 pages) Allie O is entered. Can anyone verify? Maybe they just automatically enter the top runners from the previous year. She's also still listed as an OT qualifier for the 5000 m, pretty much the same week. But stepping onto the track for the OTs after not racing since February would be tough for any runner.

Question. There was an article earlier in the year or maybe last year about her winning a mountain (" 5k"?) in Alaska every year. In addition to some video maybe in another article or elsewhere. So that in combination with this thread makes me wonder , if she has and should consider a career or foray into sponsored mountain/ trail running. Am I wrong to speculate that this could pay very well for her, she could be superlatively good against the competition? Even if she could also make good bucks running professionally in standard track and field, would it not he financially prudent for her to have both possibilities in her portfolio, so to speak? Of course, ones risk of injury due to unexpected variable and challenging terrain, is a discouraging fActor.

Did anybody figure out if she was the one who clipped off Erin Finn's spikes at Tom Sawyer?

That's part of the deal: she ended up having a breakthrough XC season as a follow-up.

SignedUp wrote:

Then this year's choice would rank as just as poor as the prior.

OK Torpedo wrote:

That's part of the deal: she ended up having a breakthrough XC season as a follow-up.

SignedUp wrote:

Then this year's choice would rank as just as poor as the prior.

Roots. She's done the race about every year since age 11 or 12. Jumping into OTs might be too much this year but the local challenge might be a good for her. Even though Running down that scree is crazy to most of us.

OK Torpedo wrote:

She actually did it last year coming off an injury.

SignedUp wrote:

If she was totally healthy and had been coming off an injury I'd call it a bad idea.

Coming off an injury, like she is, I'd call it completely idiotic. If I was her teammate I'd be pissed.

Yes, she ran the mountain race last year coming off an injury that prevented her from running the 2 miles at the 2015 Brooks PR but did not prevent her from accepting the trip and free gear. She did not scratch until she was already at the meet. I wonder if she actually thought she had a chance of being able to run at Brooks PR when she departed Alaska for Brooks PR. After successfully running the mountain race last year and after her stunning XC season I guess she must not have had a serious, long term hip injury at the time of last year's Brooks PR meet.

She may have been healthy enough to compete in the later portion of the 2016 outdoor season but maybe she and/or her coach decided it would be better for her to redshirt the outdoor season. Maybe they thought she would not have enough training time to have a shot at an NCAA championship.

So some may have also thought it idiotic last year too but it turned out okay. I wonder how it will turn out this year.

Geppetto wrote:

Did anybody figure out if she was the one who clipped off Erin Finn's spikes at Tom Sawyer?