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Moapa Valley Meet (1600m, 800m, Discus)

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

2008 XC WAC Champs

1600m STATE CHAMP '08
2006 & 07 XC Region Champ

PRs:

    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)

Outdoor Track:

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)

Short-Term Running Goals:

*Stay healthy and positive

*Top 3 Individual in WAC XC 

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

*WAC Champ Steeplechase

*TEAM WAC CHAMPS!

Long-Term Running Goals:

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

Personal:

In my fifth semester at Utah State University. A sophomore Cross Country and a junior in Track and Field. Majoring in Math Education, planning to graduate in 2013.

Joy = {roller-blading, running, fancy cheese, friends, ultimate frisbee, Jones Cream Soda, Star Wars and turtles} 

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Race: Moapa Valley Meet (1600m, 800m, Discus) (1 Miles) 00:05:21, Place overall: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.001.503.50

Randomly, we went to this meet in Moapa (NV). When we arrived, we ran a team warmup 2 laps. A while later, I warmed up for the 1600m by running around the school and track, about 3/4 of a mile. The 1600m was awesome! There were only 7 girls running in the race, and I totally owned them all, I ran really well and felt good the whole race. Splits were 1:15, 1:22, 1:23, 1:21, I think-I'm not sure if the splits I got are exactly right, but those were the times I heard as I ran by each lap. Total time: 5:21 PR!!!!! Wahoo!! Also would've been state qualifying had I been at a qualifying meet, so next weekend I've got it made.

Later I warmed up for the 800m by doing the same 3/4 mile loop around track/school. Then I ran the 800m, I finally pushed better on it and got a season's best of 2:27 with splits of 1:11 and 1:16. I felt pretty strong and stayed up on my toes better this race, though on the second lap, my knee felt really weak and after that race it was achy. I was going to run the 3200m, but I didn't have much time between throwing the discus (PR of 55' 10") and the race, so I hadn't warmed up at all when they were about to start the race, so I opted out of it. I kind of wish I hadn't because I was totally full of energy the rest of the meet, but overall, I was really happy with this meet, got some good times to keep me motivated to work harder at practice!

Comments
From Dave Holt on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 13:57:31

Nice Job! I was so excited to see you run like that again. You had the fire in your eyes like region CC.

Workouts: today - 5 EASY miles, easy miles are important, so let them be easy, please.

Fri - 8 x 300 @ 1600 pace 100 jog recovery.

Sat - Long run

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 15:31:20

Congratulations on a PR!

From Mik'L on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 21:47:52

Ruthie! Good job in Moapa! I'm sorry I wasn't there to see it. I'm glad you will finally come out and say that you owned everyone, since you have been all season. Good job...I know you will only continue to bring the times down. Discus? That's interesting. The only reason I'm glad I wasn't there was that you mentioned you were "totally full of energy the rest of the meet." That can be scary!!! :)

From ashman on Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 08:17:58

Congrats! I see sub 5 min in your future.

From James on Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 00:30:33

Nice job in the mile! It is always fun to PR and know that you can do it again next race. Keep working hard and having fun, and you will accomplish your goals this season.

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