Ladies,
Let me just start by saying I can't think of many ways I could be more pleased. One way I suppose I could be happier is if I hit the lottery multi-million dollar jackpot. Another might be if my daughter got a full-ride scholarship to Harvard. Short of that, I'm pretty pleased with tonight!
Let's hit the numbers, and examine what they tell us.
As you can see, five of the seven girls either had their best ever race or season best tonight. That's really great news all by itself. It gets better. Carrie improved 23 seconds, and over 2 minutes since the start of the year; Keeley improved 16 seconds, 3:42 from the start; Alli improved 30 seconds, and 1:32 since the start; Morgan dropped 28 seconds from her best time of 23:32 in the first meet, and; Chloe lopped 44 seconds off her previous best, and 3:05 since the start.
That is outstanding news. You see, normal progression from start to finish on a season is around 30-45 seconds drop. Of course that would be considering an experienced runner, which many of you are not, but still, dropping the kind of time you girls have over this season, especially with the trouble you've had... well, that's just impressive.
And there's more to get.
Look at those 800s. Insane. INSANE! The front girls were supposed to be at 3:20. I guess Chloe was the first BNL girl tonight, because she was the only one close to it. Hmmm... and she should have been at 7:30 pace! By the numbers, those paces are 6:00, 6:00, 6:04, 6:04, 6:04, 6:30, and 6:40. Gulp!
Now watch how that takes effect. If you split Carrie and Danielle's first mile into halves, what do you get? 6-flat and 6:48 halves. Is that smart? Nope. The next mile was a much more realistic 6:55, but look how hard it was to hold that third mile. That's what happens if you take that first 800 so hard.
Look, it's like this - as you move along in State series, the quality of the competition moves up. There will be faster and faster girls on the front. You get used to being in a certain position in regular races, but these aren't regular races. You have to let that front go. You have to be able to look at the ground, listen to your feet and breathing, and get on your pace. The first girls went through the 800 tonight in 5:20 pace. No one, and I mean NO ONE held that. Let them burn themselves out! Run your race, and you will be better off.
Salem beat us by 8 points tonight. That's nothing, and is easily coverable. Guess what they will do Saturday? Exactly what they did tonight... chase the front. Let them. That will play into our hands IF we run our races. Control the first mile, go crazy after that. Tactically, we have to run within ourselves, let the other teams blow up, then pick up the pieces. That's our ticket out.
Good news? It'll be a much easier start to the race than you had tonight. Bad news? You have to beat Salem to get out. Have. To. There is no beating either Bloomington or Terre Haute teams. There is only one spot up for grabs.
It's yours, ladies. You can do this!
Let me just start by saying I can't think of many ways I could be more pleased. One way I suppose I could be happier is if I hit the lottery multi-million dollar jackpot. Another might be if my daughter got a full-ride scholarship to Harvard. Short of that, I'm pretty pleased with tonight!
Let's hit the numbers, and examine what they tell us.
| Runner | 800 | Mile 1 | Mile 2 | Mile 3 | Last 10th | 5k | ||||
| Carrie | 3:00:00 | 6:24:00 | 13:19:00 | 6:55:00 | 20:22:00 | 7:03:00 | 0:47:00 | 6:16:00 | 21:09:00 | 6:49:21 |
| Danielle | 3:00:00 | 6:24:00 | 13:18:00 | 6:54:00 | 20:32:00 | 7:14:00 | 0:56:00 | 7:28:00 | 21:28:00 | 6:55:29 |
| Shelby | 3:02:00 | 6:39:00 | 13:53:00 | 7:14:00 | 21:17:00 | 7:24:00 | 0:56:00 | 7:28:00 | 22:13:00 | 7:10:00 |
| Keeley | 3:02:00 | 6:39:00 | 14:00:00 | 7:21:00 | 21:21:00 | 7:21:00 | 0:52:00 | 6:56:00 | 22:13:00 | 7:10:00 |
| Alli | 3:02:00 | 6:39:00 | 13:49:00 | 7:10:00 | 21:08:00 | 7:19:00 | 0:56:00 | 7:28:00 | 22:04:00 | 7:07:06 |
| Morgan | 3:15:00 | 6:56:00 | 14:35:00 | 7:39:00 | 22:11:00 | 7:36:00 | 0:53:00 | 7:04:00 | 23:04:00 | 7:26:27 |
| Chloe | 3:20:00 | 7:04:00 | 14:41:00 | 7:37:00 | 22:16:00 | 7:35:00 | 0:53:00 | 7:04:00 | 23:09:00 | 7:28:04 |
As you can see, five of the seven girls either had their best ever race or season best tonight. That's really great news all by itself. It gets better. Carrie improved 23 seconds, and over 2 minutes since the start of the year; Keeley improved 16 seconds, 3:42 from the start; Alli improved 30 seconds, and 1:32 since the start; Morgan dropped 28 seconds from her best time of 23:32 in the first meet, and; Chloe lopped 44 seconds off her previous best, and 3:05 since the start.
That is outstanding news. You see, normal progression from start to finish on a season is around 30-45 seconds drop. Of course that would be considering an experienced runner, which many of you are not, but still, dropping the kind of time you girls have over this season, especially with the trouble you've had... well, that's just impressive.
And there's more to get.
Look at those 800s. Insane. INSANE! The front girls were supposed to be at 3:20. I guess Chloe was the first BNL girl tonight, because she was the only one close to it. Hmmm... and she should have been at 7:30 pace! By the numbers, those paces are 6:00, 6:00, 6:04, 6:04, 6:04, 6:30, and 6:40. Gulp!
Now watch how that takes effect. If you split Carrie and Danielle's first mile into halves, what do you get? 6-flat and 6:48 halves. Is that smart? Nope. The next mile was a much more realistic 6:55, but look how hard it was to hold that third mile. That's what happens if you take that first 800 so hard.
Look, it's like this - as you move along in State series, the quality of the competition moves up. There will be faster and faster girls on the front. You get used to being in a certain position in regular races, but these aren't regular races. You have to let that front go. You have to be able to look at the ground, listen to your feet and breathing, and get on your pace. The first girls went through the 800 tonight in 5:20 pace. No one, and I mean NO ONE held that. Let them burn themselves out! Run your race, and you will be better off.
Salem beat us by 8 points tonight. That's nothing, and is easily coverable. Guess what they will do Saturday? Exactly what they did tonight... chase the front. Let them. That will play into our hands IF we run our races. Control the first mile, go crazy after that. Tactically, we have to run within ourselves, let the other teams blow up, then pick up the pieces. That's our ticket out.
Good news? It'll be a much easier start to the race than you had tonight. Bad news? You have to beat Salem to get out. Have. To. There is no beating either Bloomington or Terre Haute teams. There is only one spot up for grabs.
It's yours, ladies. You can do this!
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