I watched Reina's run on Youtube. Reina (and the top of the field) ran 4:34 for the first mile. The guys over the weekend were in the high 4:40's. There's not much mystery as to why Reina ran 14:36.
Official 2018 Foot Locker XC Discussion Thread (Girls 12:15 east, Boys 1 east)
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very hard course wrote:
I raced yesterday in the boys race. It was insanely hard. The ground was soft everywhere except in the dog park. The entire course seems to be hilly. There’s no way Reuben Reina would’ve broken 15 minutes if he ran on what we did. And that makes Sydney and Katelynn race that much more impressive because Balboa Park is freaking hard.
This post is an accurate account. Most of the other posts is just a bunch of whining.
Balboa is tough... up and down with many tight twists and turns and side hill x 2. Tough to get a rhythm.
If the footing is bad or soft, this course becomes slow due to its layout.
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very hard course wrote:
And that makes Sydney and Katelynn race that much more impressive because Balboa Park is freaking hard.
Keep in mind that on the track, Katelynne is already 9th all-time for the consolidated (3K, 3.2K,2M) girl's two mile list. For Sydney to be anywhere near her is a shock, much less beating her. Probably one of the top-3 all-time girl's performance at Balboa.
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YMMV wrote:
very hard course wrote:
And that makes Sydney and Katelynn race that much more impressive because Balboa Park is freaking hard.
Keep in mind that on the track, Katelynne is already 9th all-time for the consolidated (3K, 3.2K,2M) girl's two mile list. For Sydney to be anywhere near her is a shock, much less beating her. Probably one of the top-3 all-time girl's performance at Balboa.
Yes, Hart has run 9:52.02 in the 3200 (9:56.40 in the 2 mile) which is extremely fast. Sydney winning that race is the reason we love this sport - underdogs coming through in epic races.
Sydney is already one of the all-time greats.
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Speaking of all-time greats Pelé is her mother's cousin.
She had quite a week:
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What People Are Talking About On LetsRun
Of General Interest
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Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
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Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
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How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
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Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
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Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
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Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?