USA Steeple
I made it to the meet.. i didn't make it to finals but i was close. I
came in ranked 24th and I finished 15th, only 2 seconds away from
finals and with a 3 second PR. Shoulda, coulda, woulda, but if i knew
how to close my last lap and didn't spazz out, I could have easily ran
a 10:12. Up until that point, I have no complaints!
I had a BLAST competing. I guess it helped to have it on my home track
at IUPUI where I've done just about every outdoor workout - I could
hear people yelling my name all around the entire track.
Thursday, JUNE 21
That morning I got up and did a quick 10 minute jog to loosen up. I was
a little nervous because my stomach was not doing so hot from the
moment I woke up. I went out to dinner at Palomino with Alan and his
masseuse Jodi. I really shouldn't have had the greek salad, but what
can you do.
Before my warm up I called my mom and we prayed together, and I felt much more at ease and excited to race.
It was nice to have Mark and Jacob Kozman to talk to before the race.
Jacob told us a story about how a teammate pinned his race number thru
the layer of skin on his back at the Olympic Trials and he didn't even
notice until it felt kinda tight. I was laughing and that was the
perfect thing I needed to hear to keep me from my dreaded nerves. I did
my usual warm up loop on the canal - and since it was really hot, I ran
through a bunch of sprinklers to stay cool. I felt like I was made to
run, there was no effort and I was just enjoying the moment. I did my
drills, strides and run thru's on the grass.. and then got ready to go
in the 2nd heat of the prelims. It was so hot and the race was at 4pm,
so that would definitely going to be a factor. (Alan told me the temp
on the bank said 101 degrees on his way over to the track!) I dunked my
head in the icebath a few times to help. David also saved the day and
got me some Endurance Gatorade b/c I can always use the extra
electrolytes :)
The first heat was pretty fast, but i
expected it to be that way since this year the competition was a lot
deeper and there were a lot more competitors at the meet. I just
planned to race it like it was a final and I assumed I'd have to PR to
make it to Saturday's race.
I hadn't raced with the steeple
with an outside pit since my sophomore year in college, but I was
mentally prepared and knew some reference splits for 10:10 pace just to
give me an idea of what pace i was on. I was ahead of that pace for the
most part and feeling really good running in the middle 7-8th position.
I felt smooth over the barriers and all was going well until about 2 to
go, i just felt like the heat was overbearing, and i don't think i did
a great job focusing on attacking the jumps the last lap. I was near
Lorenzen until that point - who ended up running 10:08 (Click HERE
to watch my race) - and you'll notice i just disappear from sight at
that point. Shauneen came back to me later in the race and I ended up
beating her by a second, but she was recovering from an illness and
definitely wasn't feeling that great.
I was 7th in my heat
(10:15), but the first race was faster so 8 made it from that one , and
only 6 from ours. The cool down I ran 24 minutes and got in the
icebath. I didn't know that I was the first one out of finals until
about an hour after my race seeing the results.
Heat 1 Preliminaries (Thursday)
1 Jennifer Barringer Colorado 9:57.77Q
2 Liz Wort Duke 9:58.13Q
3 Lisa Galaviz Nike 9:58.47Q
4 Kristin Anderson Nike 9:58.58Q
5 Kara June Asics Aggies 9:58.88q
6 Lindsey Anderson Nike 9:59.11q
7 Dawn Cromer Brooks 10:04.00q
8 Brianna Dahm Oregon TC 10:13.72q
9 Brittany Somers Adams State College 10:23.33
10 'A Havahla Haynes Wisconsin 10:27.05
11 Jane Rudkin Team XO 10:30.79
12 Bethany Nickless U C S B 10:37.29
13 Lesley Higgins New York A C 10:41.68
14 Arianne Field unattached 10:42.93
Heat 2 Preliminaries
1 Anna Willard Nike 10:04.88Q
2 Carrie Messner-Vickers Asics 10:05.11Q
3 Desiraye Osburn New Balance 10:05.40Q
4 Kelly Strong Asics 10:05.83Q
5 Bridget Franek Penn State 10:06.33q
6 Amanda Lorenzen unattached 10:08.06q
7 Julia Rudd Indiana Invaders 10:15.76
8 Shauneen Garrahan unattached 10:16.52
9 Brooke Bennett unattached 10:23.74
10 Tsehaye Dagnachew Charlotte 10:28.35
11 Sarah Madebach Georgia 10:37.93
12 Elena Linn Georgia Tech 11:00.75
-- Kathryn Andersen B Y U DNS Finals (Saturday)
1 Jennifer Barringer Colorado 9:34.64M
2 Anna Willard Nike 9:34.72M
3 Lindsey Anderson Nike 9:40.74
4 Lisa Galaviz Nike 9:43.54
5 Desiraye Osburn New Balance 9:47.24
6 Liz Wort Duke 9:53.20
7 Kristin Anderson Nike 9:53.95
8 Kelly Strong Asics 9:53.99
9 Kara June Asics Aggies 9:59.91
10 Amanda Lorenzen unattached 10:01.82
11 Dawn Cromer Brooks 10:03.23
12 Bridget Franek Penn State 10:10.36
13 Carrie Messner-Vickers Asics 10:15.07
14 Brianna Dahm Oregon TC 10:17.45
Congrats to Alan winning his 3rd US title in record time in the 1500 -
i was never so nervous to watch, but confident that he'd do well. This
was such an exciting race so if you didn't see it watch it NOW!! Click HERE for a link to his race.
It was also great to see Mark Wiczorek make it to the semi finals in
the 800.. and I just want to encourage him to keep racing now that he's
done with college- he's got so much potential!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also want to say a special thanks to Terry Fletcher - who has helped
me with massage and mental imagery and just his support to the Indiana
Invaders. He's a great guy and he was also there to give athletes
massages! Click HERE
for pictures of my race taken by Terry. Oh and that white string is
part of my shorts - i was hoping that wouldn't happen and the only day
it does is the biggest meet I've ever ran in!
I'm racing the
1500 tonight at IU. We'll see if I can get a PR (a 4:36 would be
great!)- maybe 2 (if i go thru the 800 under 2:27). Saturday will be my
last race on the track this season in the 5k.
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2:16 PM, July 8, 2007
.. Posted by Anonymous
how did you do in your 1500 and 5k??? i cant find the results anywhere.
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I'm about to update the journal... lets just say its a good thing if you can't find results! ! !
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