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Hurricane Qualifier(1600&800 in Medley)

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NCAA Champ

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2008 XC WAC Champs

1600m STATE CHAMP '08
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1/2--1:20:21(Bryce'09)

10k--36:53.7(USG'07)

XC 6k--21:38.8(PreNat '10)

XC 5k--17:17.1 (USU '09)

XC 3mi--17:38.0 (MSU'08)

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5000m - 17:10.71 (April '09)

3k steeple - 10:43 (April '09)

1500m - 4:48 (April '09)

3200m - 11:15.34 (May '08)
1600m - 5:08.37 (May '08)
800m - 2:22.62 (May '08)
400m - 1:03.13 (May '08)

Indoor Track

3000m - 9:59.48 (Feb. '09) 5000m - 17:36.72 (Feb. '09)

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*Top 3 Individual in WAC XC

*3k - 9:45, 5k - 16:45, steeple - 10:15

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*Qualify for NCAA Nationals (XC and Track)
*Marathons after college - FAST!
*Keep working hard & improving

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Thu, Apr 12, 2007

Race: Hurricane Qualifier(1600&800 in Medley) 00:05:25, Place overall: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
1.75	1.50	3.25

I really hadn't eaten much today because my stomach is still not agreeing with me, though I think I'm done puking. 3x on track warmup, then ran the 1600m, wasn't feeling too hot, but I kind of had the philosophy of "I feel crappy now and I'll feel crappy at the end, so I might as well run fast in the middle." So I took off with Abby who always starts out really fast and dies...ha. Then I just kept going strong the whole race, knee a bit lame after lap 2, but ok mostly, my splits were 1:16, 1:24, 1:25, 1:17. Total time: 5:25.62. State qualifying: 5:25.55. I missed qualifying by .07 seconds. In the mile. Seven hundredths of a second! .07 freaking seconds! Thats like leaning a titch more at the finish line for crying out loud! As I was coming up the last 60-70m, a Cedar coach yelled 5:11, so I knew I was close and I was pushing it so hard to make it, but I missed it by freaking 7 freaking hundredths of a freaking second. PR though.

Well it took me forever to recover after that race and I still felt really sick and nasty, so I decided that I probably suck if I tried doing the 800m and the Medley 800m, so I decided to only run the Medley. Pretty chilly out and windy. 1 mile warm up (2x around school), then went to run the Medley, when I got the baton, we were about 60m behind the leader (SC) so I pushed so hard to catch her, but I only gained about 20m on her. My legs just felt rubbery and lame most of the race, but I'm pretty sure I gave it all I had, though. I don't think our time was very great, but I don't know because I had to leave right after in a vain attempt to make it to my choir concert, so I didn't see our official time and nobody got splits. Overall frustrating, I guess I should be glad I PRed in the 1600m and that I'm "just that much closer to qualifying" in it, but dang this sucks.

Comments

From bill cobler on Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:09:13

Awesome job in the mile. I have done some timing at meets and if the Lynx system was used, and it most likely was, the video will show how close you were to the qualifing time. It often is a judgement call by the official viewing it as to where exactly your torso crosses the plane of the line. First I'm not sure if you are too late to check or appeal the time, but if possible I would. The official could have been in a hurry, or ruled incorrectly on when you really finished. You are a great runner so I don't think it will matter, you'll probably qualify on time in an upcoming meet, but it would be nice to have it out of the way so you can focus on your other events. PR's are great!

From JohnK on Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:13:22

This may not help with the frustration of just missing the qualifying mark, but considering how fast you ran the first 400 it's darn impressive that you closed with a :77. Obviously you can run much faster for 1600 -- even out those splits and right there you'll shave off a few seconds. Avoid being sick the day before a meet and there's another couple seconds. In the right race with the right pacing you can run in the 5:15-5:18 range for sure, possibly even faster if it's a race you're really focusing for.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 13:17:27

Good job on a PR. The fact that you ran a PR after not eating anything provides some food for thought, pun intended I suppose. It is possible that what you normally eat is not that good to begin with for your performance. I had a similar experience 4 years ago which led to a change in the diet, followed by a 5+ minute improvement in the marathon on the same course, another PR in the marathon 2 weeks later, and a much better experience in the last 6 miles of a marathon ever since.

From Fre on Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 19:04:06

Way to GO Ruth! You did awsome even though you were sick and everything. Keep it up

From Dave Holt on Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 10:04:07

Ruthie awesome job! Sorry I wasn't there to yell you on. MiKL says great job too. Get feeling better.

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