Katelynne Hart, frosh national class record 10:21.41

Impressive performances, but it is hard to predict how good she will be. There are girls the same age as her in Kenya running similar and even faster times and even they can't always elude potential burnout or lack of improvement as they get older. Only time will tell, but I wish her the best!

doubled back with "only" a 453 to win by 8 seconds there.

10:02.57 at Arcadia, mostly pushing by herself. 4:59/5:01 splits

She vs. Tuohy will be a good match up.

She has been relentless and humble in her progression. May end up being the best of the current, very talented, lot.

Runner1218 wrote:

She vs. Tuohy will be a good match up.

Lane versus Hart would be a good matchup. Tuohy is in a different league.

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Runner1218 wrote:

She vs. Tuohy will be a good match up.

Lane versus Hart would be a good matchup. Tuohy is in a different league.

Touhy has been a bit off her best lately. Hopefully just regrouping for summer.

Hmmmmer wrote:

..... wrote:

Lane versus Hart would be a good matchup. Tuohy is in a different league.

Touhy has been a bit off her best lately. Hopefully just regrouping for summer.

Katelyn, even “off her game,” is still the best runner in the country at 3200+. 9:58 at NBN in a “bad race”( 9:55 3200 split) with 2 races before is still better than what Hart could do in a really good race. I just can’t see Katelynne beating Katelyn. I don’t think she’s in the same league talent wise. We’ll see come Summer though.

I believe the same was said of her teammate Lindsay Payne two years ago when she was a sophomore as well. I'll be quite surprised if Katelynne is still less than 100lbs when she graduates as a senior.

Updater wrote:

She has been relentless and humble in her progression. May end up being the best of the current, very talented, lot.

am i mistaken? wrote:

I believe the same was said of her teammate Lindsay Payne two years ago when she was a sophomore as well. I'll be quite surprised if Katelynne is still less than 100lbs when she graduates as a senior.

Updater wrote:

She has been relentless and humble in her progression. May end up being the best of the current, very talented, lot.

Weird post. She has a teammate who is half a minute slower and this matters because....?

she was wearing nike pegasus too. a fat running shoe

WTF? I assumed those were flats....did she take the LRC Jason Rexing meme too far? 10:02 in TRAINERS?!? That is sick....but why?

A coach who wants to keep her healthy.

A racing gear which for her is a bit too slow for spikes.

There is this great little shoe invention called "racing flat", but nonetheless I am very impressed. She has to be in 9:50 shape in spikes with competition. Puts her right there with Lane, Chmiel and Tuohy depending on the day (Tuohy has had a few setbacks)

Just to complete my analysis, the Pegasus are 4 oz heavier (men's) than the 4% (and of course don't have the magic "spring" tech). That means that compared with a racing flat, Katelynne is lifting nearly half a pound more off the ground with every stride cycle. that is 90lbs/minute throughout the race! Ridiculous. Just a beast.

I will bump this thread when she takes down Tuohy or the Malibu Metronome. It won't be long.

Polymath wrote:

I will bump this thread when she takes down Tuohy or the Malibu Metronome. It won't be long.

Claudia will go down. Tuohy isn’t gonna lose to Hart though LOL...

I'm a big fan of Hart, but let's not forget Tuohy split 9:54 at 3200 on her way to 15:37 and ran a 9:05 3k.

Either way, with Hart, Lane, Tuohy , Chmiel, and Culbreath to name a few, the 3200/2 mile is going to be ridiculous this year.

I am a huge Tuohy fan, but ever since her Millrace debacle, and let's admit it was just that, she has not run under 4:23, despite many attempts, and while she has also run 9:58 for 2M, which is great, it is not out of range for Hart, especially if the latter was in spikes (for crying out loud).