PATIENCE WITH URGENCY
WITH ANDREA POMARANSKI
PHOTO BY: JAMIE GEYSBEEK
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On this week’s episode we spoke with elite runner Andrea Pomaranski. Andrea took some time off of the sport, but when she returned, she ran faster than she had thought possible. How did she do it? Tune in to find out!
Stick around after that great conversation about the World of Running with Diamond League, Commonwealth Games, and an interesting rule about shoes.
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MAIN TOPIC: PATIENCE WITH URGENCY.
Main Topic: Patience with Urgency
This week on the A to Z Running Podcast we discuss Andrea Pomaranski’s return to the sport of running. Andrea shares some valuable insights into her success after taking many years off of the sport.
Guest: Andrea Pomaranski
Elite runner, Coach at Team Run Run
Andrea Pomaranski took the 2022 USATF Road Racing circuit by storm this year with overall 4th place finish in the circuit. Pomaranski was 2nd in the half marathon, 5th place in the 25k, and 10th in the 6k. At 39 & 40 years old this year, this was her first time racing the championship circuit. She was 10th American in the Boston Marathon in her first pro start at a major marathon at the age of 39 in 2021.
Pomaranski ran a half marathon PR this year in Houston, running 2:33:38. This time qualifies her for the 2024 Olympic Trials marathon.
5k: 16:14 (2010) However, she split a sub 16 in the 2022 6k championship.
10k: 34:42 (2010)
10 mile: 56:10 (2010)
Marathon: 2:33:38 (2022)
Half Marathon: 1:13:15 (2010)
25k 1:28:22 (2022)
Mile- 4:45… 4:47 Road Mile Masters American record (Pending)
Follow Andrea: @apomaranski
WORLD OF RUNNING
World of Running
Erin ran the Transrockies multi-stage event… 5th overall!
Kristi and Dan O both first in AG in the half and Lewis ran the full at the Riley trails half marathon
Bill S podium and a new 5k PR.
#1. Silesia Diamond League, Polish Diamond League Results
- First-ever meeting in Poland
- Many athletes extend their seasons to finish out the Diamond League circuit.
- Sifan Hassan was able to claim a win in the women’s 3000m run.
- Hassan ran an 8:39.27 over Ejgayehu Taye
- Margaret KipKemboi was 3rd.
- 800m Ajee Wilson edged out Sage Hurta for the win… American’s in the top 2
- Continuing this year’s theme of close 800m races, the Men’s 800m also was a battle to the finish with World Champion, Emmaunal Korir winning over Ferguson Rotich by only 4 hundredths of a second.
- Tony Van Diepen of the Netherlands was only 4 hundredths behind Rotich!
#2. Commonwealth Games
- Run every 4 years
- It was first known as the British Empire Games.
- Athletes from 72 different nations and territories participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games (more sports than athletics though)
- Men’s 1500m was a thrill to watch. It was a FAST one.
- For a minute it looked like replay of the the World Champs
- In an exciting turn of events Oliver Hoare stormed down to claim the victory in a championship record!
- Wightman made a decisive move at 200m, just like he did at the World Championships.
- Oliver was 5th at the final curve.
- Oliver’s record time was 3:30.12, .09 ahead of Cheruiyot and .41 ahead of Wightman.
- Women’s 800m
- Upset for superstar Keely Hodgkinson who came in as the favorite.
- Mary Moraa went out hard
- Everyone took a beat to catch up, the pace slowed
- Mary Morra moved back all the way to LAST
- Last 200m the battle began
- Mary Moraa came back on the outside to overtake Hodkinson running a blazing fast time of 1:57.07
- Eilish Mccolgan
- 1st in the 10,000m with a games record and 2nd in the 5000
#3. Old news, new shoes
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- While this is old news, it will be new to many of you! It was to me.
- Shortly (8 months) after the rule that athletes shoes must be publicly released to be permitted, World Athletics quietly reversed their decision.
- They now call it the development shoe rule.
- There are still rules about stack height and materials, but an athlete is allowed to wear a prototype not available to all.
- “ The amendment to the rule will allow development shoes to be worn in international competitions and competitions sanctioned by Member Federations where World Athletics rules are applied, prior to their availability to other athletes, upon approval of the shoe specifications by World Athletics. These shoes will have to meet the same technical specifications as all other approved shoes.” -World Athletics
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