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WAC XC Championships (at Idaho)

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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: WAC XC Championships (at Idaho) (3.1 Miles) 00:17:50, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
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3.503.106.60

Overall, today was a good day, I guess. We beat out NM and took 2nd as a team and I did pretty well individually. I was hoping to do a bit better, but still, the race went a lot better than it could've. First off, it was really cold and gusty and wet. I raced in long sleeves for the first time ever, and so did some northern Utah natives on the team - it was THAT cold. Ick. Ended up using 3/8" spikes since the ground froze a bit overnight. For background - the course was 4 laps, two times on a small 500m loop by the start/finish, then 2 bigger 2k loops that were hillier and out in the woods. Anyway, here's the race rundown:

Started off pretty badly. The starter was a little ADD and shot the gun out of nowhere, so I started a half second after everyone else, which took a lot of elbows and crowd weaving to get even close to the position I had planned on starting in. Our team was set up pretty well by the end of the first little loop, so I started trying to make up more ground on the leaders. That didn't work so well, so I decided to settle into a good fast rhythm and catch them later on. As we crested the first uphill of the long loop, I was pretty demoralized. The hill took a lot more out of me than I'd expected and I hadn't caught anyone. Finishing the first of the 2k loops, I finally got mentally stronger, started to pick up speed and pick off some competitors. The hills still ruined my rhythm to a large extent, but on the downhill after the 4k mark, I started picking it up and passed a few more girls. On the final uphills, I stayed in position and made up a tiny bit of ground on the two Idaho girls ahead of me. As I kicked for the finish, so did the Idahoans and I was about ready to not go for them. But I got a surge or adrenaline and managed to catch one of them at the line! Yay!

 So, after the ramblings, I guess the race had good parts and crappy parts, but I ran a pretty smart race considering my horrible start and pathetic 2nd mile. Next year though.... I will seriously kick some NM twins' butts. Also, I still have Regionals to surprise them with the awesome.   

Comments
From Jon on Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 21:25:43 from 98.71.130.239

Nice job, Ruth! Sounds like you finished very strong. Good luck at Regionals!

From Scott Ensign on Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 22:44:15 from 70.58.47.122

way to go Ruth, nice job! much better than our pathetic football team, and you guys don't cost nearly as much either!!! USU x-country is the best bargain in athletics!

From Predog on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 01:42:14 from 24.10.136.228

Nice job Ruth! Next year you're gonna rock (not that you don't already).

From Holt on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 13:04:31 from 204.113.55.41

Great job Ruth - you always have done so well at digging through the tough race. On another (but related note), we were talking about good form and you were voted by those that have run with you to have the best form of anyone from the team! Corey really stood up for you - I don't know what that means!

From Ruthio on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 13:42:44 from 76.27.108.140

Thanks guys!

Holt - I don't know what that means either! But, having the best form does seem a dubious claim to fame... Alas, I will take what I can get.

From Burt on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 14:11:39 from 206.19.214.144

Great job Ruth!

From Glory in the long run on Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 14:32:13 from 67.177.39.145

Way to outthink your negative self talk and give yourself a chance to be better. It's my personal opinion that getting a good position at the start is worth a lot less than people think, what's worse: 1/2 second at the start or your bad 2nd mile? Staying mentally tough throughout is worth 10 good starts. You ran a great race and thanks for a great race report.

From Ruthio on Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 15:27:01 from 75.162.113.221

Thanks, it's so great to get good feedback from fellow runners! And good luck on that sub 3 marathon goal, you can do it!

From Benn Griffin on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 09:58:38 from 96.233.184.230

Hey where in the world is the RUTH-IIIIII-OOOOO?!

From Ruthio on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 21:17:45 from 68.48.169.223

Eep! Coach is making us use Flotrack for our logs, so doubling it up is taking forever. I'll make it a NYR to be consistent on my double-logging :)

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