This week on the A to Z Running Podcast we are answering the question, “How can runners approach in-race decisions?” We were fortunate to have on one of the top runners in the country, Emma Bates to help us discuss this topic.

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World of Running

February 20th, San Juan Capistro, California: TEN Track Meet, Let’sRun

• GENERAL
  • 10,000m race, handful of athletes, goal was Oly standard (for women: 31:25, for men, 27:28
  • BTC put on a show, small handful of others joined and did not disappoint!
  • Watch the races here
• For the women:
  • Elise Cranny of BTC took the race in 30:47 half a second ahead of teammate Karissa Schweizer (30:47)
  • They are now 3rd and 4th all-time on the US women’s 10,000m list (only Molly Huddle and Shalane Flanagan have run faster)
  • Eilish McColgan of Great Britain ran 30:58 for third and the 5th fastest time on the British women’s 10k list (one spot and a shade under 2 sec behind her mother, Liz, who is also her coach)
  • Emily Infeld and Marielle Hall (BTC) also ran under the Oly standardard, Infeld 31:08 and Hall 31:21 (but she has run 31:05 already within the qualifying window)
  • Kim Conley also ran strong, only narrowly missing her PR by running 31:40 (and you’ll get to hear more about that soon because we interviewed Kim for the show for a future episode)
• For the men:
  • Marc Scott of BTC took the race in 27:10, good for 2nd all-time on the British 10k list behind only the great Mo Farah
  • Grant Fisher, also of BTC, nearly held on, finishing 27:11 in what was actually his debut 10,000m run (yes, he had never run a 10k on the track before)… and debuting in style now that he’s the 5th fastest American ever at the distance
  • Woody Kincaid made his mark in 3rd, running 27:12 for the 6th fastest time by an American at the distance
  • Ben True, currently un-sponsored, at 35 years of age ran nearly 30 seconds off his previous best time for 27:14 and the 8th fastest time by an American
  • Kieran Tuntivate, a recent addition to BTC after just graduating from Harvard, ran a new Thailand record of 27:17, good for the all-time 4th fastest 10,000m by an Asian
• It should be noted that to date, 12 American women have all run under the Olympic standard for the 10,000m. 

Coming up!

• Atlanta Half Marathon
  • Molly Seidel, Eilish McColgan, Natosha Rogers, Matt llano
  • Previous guest Joanna Stephens
• February 26th and 27th in Austin, TX: The Trials of Miles “Texas Qualifier” is coming up this weekend. With live streaming by Citius Mag beginning at 6:45pm CST on 2/27. 
  • We are running in it, but that’s not the exciting thing… we have previous podcast guests competing… 
  • Charlene Lipsey
  • Kendra Chambers
  • Kate Grace hurt her foot and had to scratch
  • AnnMarie Kirkpatrick is running the 10k
  • Leah Falland and Emily Oren running the 5k
  • And so many more!
  • Watch the live stream.