I don't see anybody pushing her.
17:10 for the win.
I don't see anybody pushing her.
17:10 for the win.
Raysism wrote:
Runnerspace on Lauren Ping at Mt. SAC: wrote:
sophomore Emma Hadley
Dadley's back.
17:43 for Dadley
Ping goes 16:47 FTW
She did have someone pushing her:
1 - 16:47 - Lauren Ping
2 - 16:50 - Carlie Dorostkar
3 - 17:32 - Emma Hadley
…...was Carlie Dorostkar, who ran a 15:57 (3 mile) a few weeks ago to FTW at Dana Hills.
interview wrote:
https://mtsacinvite.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=422&do=videos&video_id=285407
Looks like she's transitioning to Leron.
PrepCapTrack's interview:
It will be really difficult for Grace to get back to previous level coming off of injury.
finish line wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4FurQOhFbQ/
That is hands down, the worst finish-line ambience ever at a major X-C meet.
Girl's race starts at about 5:00:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u62PKzEMy8
Some video of the start, mid-race several points, and the finish from a side angle.
Ping's Speed Rating = 150
Ping would have been the 5th scorer on Desert Vista's boy's team in their Team Sweepstakes race. She ran a 16:47, D.V.'s 5th boy ran a 16:56.............
How is that cross country? They are running parts of it on pavement. What's the point of that?
MN girls rule wrote:
It will be really difficult for Grace to get back to previous level coming off of injury.
Could be. Plus, it looks like Lauren still hasn't hit puberty yet. Puberty can be a cruel mistress. I get really tired of running fans, and coaches especially, promoting the exploits of these prepubescent girls and celebrating the freshman or sophomores who typically dominate the local state meets or regionally. There are always outliers of course, but let's see how these girls are doing as seniors or in college. The majority are never able to reach the same levels as when they were merely lungs and legs. Or they run punishing amounts of mileage/intensity to try to recapture old glory. Who really cares what a 13 or 14 year old girl did?
We need to be smarter than this. Bring them up slowly. Have them do other sports. Then they might maintain a steady trajectory.
Stop the Madness wrote:
......let's see how these girls are doing as seniors or in college. The majority are never able to reach the same levels as when they were merely lungs and legs. Or they run punishing amounts of mileage/intensity to try to recapture old glory. Who really cares what a 13 or 14 year old girl did?
We need to be smarter than this. Bring them up slowly. Have them do other sports. Then they might maintain a steady trajectory.
You're the guy in the stands at a high school football practice yelling at the coach that the players will never make it to the NFL unless they run their scrimmage a certain way.
Or perhaps you are the guy at the local pool who keeps haranguing some mom that if her little daughter doesn't do laps a certain way she'll never make a Division 1 swim team.
Or you might be the guy telling some dad that if his daughter doesn't hone her tennis skills up to your standards that she will NOT become the next Serena Williams.
Did you ever consider that maybe, just maybe, the kids you are on a rant about may not want to "maintain a steady trajectory," and may not want to ever win the NCAA championship, or someday turn pro? Maybe a lot of them are content, regardless of your thoughts on the matter, to just enjoy running in high school, and achieving up to their ability in the present?
'Did you ever consider that maybe, just maybe, the kids you are on a rant about may not want to "maintain a steady trajectory," and may not want to ever win the NCAA championship, or someday turn pro? Maybe a lot of them are content, regardless of your thoughts on the matter, to just enjoy running in high school, and achieving up to their ability in the present?'
Umm - possible but not likely. Please provide the name of one national level high school runner who at the time said that they weren't going to run in college because high school was enough for them.
Further - name me one of those top national runners who chose not to be considering collegiate running and who ran at least 10 times in any of the following races (footlocker championship, nxn, new balance nationals, brooks PR)
If you find any that might partially prove your point. But before going to far I would ask you to compare your list with those that did choose to run in college.
No No, that's what Ryan Ping does. Let the kids be kids. Steady trajectory. Ryan had Grace setting age group records in elementary school and look where it has gotten her.
I can never forget after Grace won Griak she was interviewed and said she had to quit soccer for running. You could see her disappointment, that was not her decision. It was Ryan's.
https://mn.milesplit.com/videos/98375Goldy wrote:
I can never forget after Grace won Griak she was interviewed and said she had to quit soccer for running. You could see her disappointment, that was not her decision. It was Ryan's.
The soccer question is at about 1:30. It's clear from the entire video that she loves to run.