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Sometimes It’s Good To Go Back To The Basics
“As I said before, I’ve spent a lot of time the past few months wrapping my head around where I’m at, where I’m going, and fulfilling my ultimate goal of making another Olympic team. I’ve realized that the best way to think about this marathon is to go back to the basics, just like how I became an Olympian- through small steps and consistency and focusing on getting the most out of myself instead of comparing myself to others. When I was in high school I would have laughed in your face if you told me I would be an Olympic long distance runner 10 years later. My coaches, teammates, and friends would have done the same if they were being honest. I was legitimately just trying to make top 5. But when I got to college and gained knowledge and guidance, and put in year after year of training, I found myself standing on podiums. I had to battle back through injuries and plateaus, but every time, I found that small, continuous steps took me big places.”
- Lisa Uhl blogging on her websites chaselisa.com last week prior to her marathon debut his week in Chicago.
“As I said before, I’ve spent a lot of time the past few months wrapping my head around where I’m at, where I’m going, and fulfilling my ultimate goal of making another Olympic team. I’ve realized that the best way to think about this marathon is to go back to the basics, just like how I became an Olympian- through small steps and consistency and focusing on getting the most out of myself instead of comparing myself to others. When I was in high school I would have laughed in your face if you told me I would be an Olympic long distance runner 10 years later. My coaches, teammates, and friends would have done the same if they were being honest. I was legitimately just trying to make top 5. But when I got to college and gained knowledge and guidance, and put in year after year of training, I found myself standing on podiums. I had to battle back through injuries and plateaus, but every time, I found that small, continuous steps took me big places.”
- Lisa Uhl blogging on her websites chaselisa.com last week prior to her marathon debut his week in Chicago.
2014 CIF FINALS 1600m
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Event 16 Boys 1600 Meter Run D 1 ======================================================
Name Year School Finals Points ====================================================== Finals 1 DE LA ROSA, ESTEVAN 12 ARCADIA 4:11.00 10 2 OGDEN, JAKE 10 DANA HILLS 4:11.15 8 3 DOAN, NICHOLAS 11 GREAT OAK 4:11.45 6 4 ROCHA, PHILLIP 10 ARCADIA 4:11.56 5 5 GLEASON, GEORGE 11 HUNTINGTON BEACH 4:11.58 4 6 MCANDREWS, JOHN 12 LOYOLA 4:12.36 3 7 HUFF, CRAIG 12 MARINA 4:16.01 2 8 HUMPHRIES, ANDREW 12 YUCAIPA 4:17.00 1 9 GARCIA, ASHTON 12 WEST RANCH 4:17.77 Event 15 Boys 1600 Meter Run D 2 ====================================================== Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================CIF Finals 1 NEWTON, ELLIS 12 MAYFAIR 4:06.71 10 2 CORCORAN, GARRETT 12 VILLA PARK 4:07.05 8 3 HEROLD, DUSTIN 12 REDONDO UNION 4:10.29 6 4 CHAVEZ, COBIE 11 TEMESCAL CANYON 4:14.78 5 5 FITZGERALD, JAMES 11 RIO MESA 4:16.70 4 6 VELASQUEZ, ADOLFO 10 BALDWIN PARK 4:21.72 3 7 PEARSON, ALEX 12 SAUGUS 4:22.91 2 8 DE MELLO, JIMMY 11 WESTLAKE 4:25.09 1 9 WALSH, WES 11 CANYON/ANAHEIM 4:36.45 |
Event 14 Boys 1600 Meter Run D 3 ======================================================
Name Year School Finals Points ====================================================== CIF Finals 1 TAMAGNO, AUSTIN 10 BREA OLINDA 4:09.95 10 2 GIDABUDAY, SYDNEY 12 EL MODENA 4:10.40 8 3 KORYTA, BRENNON 12 BREA OLINDA 4:10.51 6 4 IRISH, MILES 12 PALOS VERDES 4:11.27 5 5 ERNST, WILLIAM 11 SAN LUIS OBISPO 4:13.81 4 6 ESTRADA, BRANDEN 11 ST. JOHN BOSCO 4:16.45 3 7 LETWIN, LUKE 12 PALOS VERDES 4:20.45 2 8 SHELLITO, AUSTIN 11 BREA OLINDA 4:24.48 1 9 HERNANDEZ, CAMERON 10 CABRILLO/LOMPOC 4:24.60 Event 13 Boys 1600 Meter Run D 4 ======================================================
Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================CIF Finals 1 DOMINGUEZ, RUBEN 12 DON BOSCO 4:13.92 10 2 YOHO, ALAN 12 FLINTRIDGE PREP 4:15.90 8 3 VANSCOTER, JACK 10 FLINTRIDGE PREP 4:19.69 6 4 MENDOZA, JESUS 12 FILLMORE 4:22.04 5 5 BROSSY, COSMO 11 BRENTWOOD 4:22.63 4 6 LOZANO, ISAIAH 10 ST. BONAVENTURE 4:26.19 3 7 PINO, SEAN 11 CREAN LUTHERAN 4:27.52 2 8 FONG, TYLER 12 FLINTRIDGE PREP 4:29.96 1 9 RUSSELL, ANDREW 12 LINFIELD 4:35.75 |
The facts: (4) Century League runners are moving on to CIF Masters meet. Keep in mind that the Century League is being represented by different sized schools.The results above show how deep the Century League was in the the year 2014, with Four different athletes running for division 2 and 3 sized-schools... all four were from the same league, and all could have been a CIF Champion in Division 1. Only sophomore Austin Tamagno can claim he is a CIF Champion in the 1600m, as Garret Corcoran placed 2nd in the 1600. The D1 CIF Champ, Estevan De La Rosa was ranked in the top 5 runners in the country his junior and senior year, while also competing for the USA Junior XC team. Four Century League athletes ran a faster 1600 than De La Rosa.
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Former El Dorado runner, --> Cerritos College --> Scoring at Big West in the 1500. Hard work.
6 Quotes of the Week (that weren’t quote of the day)
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“It’s not a mystery event anymore. … It’s a different world, you can’t compare. Kenyans and Ethiopians don’t have anything to lose. They can take risks. Americans are afraid to take a risk, so they go into a race already losing.”
- American marathon record-holder Khalid Khannouchi talking to Toni Reavis last week (December2013).
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“I don’t run for a paycheck, for fame, or to meet others’ expectations. I run to test the limits of my God given ability and go after the dreams. He has put in my heart – big dreams. I make choices in training that I believe are going to be the best thing for me to meet those goals – both in the short term and long term. But I also push the envelope, I’m not afraid to take risks. I’m not trying to train conservatively to run 2:09, I’m preparing to run 2:04. That has meant unfortunately I haven’t made it to the starting line of every marathon I was entered to run, just as the Kenyan guys who also train to run 2:04 experience.”
- American Ryan Hall, the fastest American-born marathoner in history, blogging about how he does take risks but how that also is a reason why he doesn’t always make the starting line (Hall wasn’t responding to Khannouchi as his blog came out before Khannouchi’s quote).
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“It’s not a mystery event anymore. … It’s a different world, you can’t compare. Kenyans and Ethiopians don’t have anything to lose. They can take risks. Americans are afraid to take a risk, so they go into a race already losing.”
- American marathon record-holder Khalid Khannouchi talking to Toni Reavis last week (December2013).
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“I don’t run for a paycheck, for fame, or to meet others’ expectations. I run to test the limits of my God given ability and go after the dreams. He has put in my heart – big dreams. I make choices in training that I believe are going to be the best thing for me to meet those goals – both in the short term and long term. But I also push the envelope, I’m not afraid to take risks. I’m not trying to train conservatively to run 2:09, I’m preparing to run 2:04. That has meant unfortunately I haven’t made it to the starting line of every marathon I was entered to run, just as the Kenyan guys who also train to run 2:04 experience.”
- American Ryan Hall, the fastest American-born marathoner in history, blogging about how he does take risks but how that also is a reason why he doesn’t always make the starting line (Hall wasn’t responding to Khannouchi as his blog came out before Khannouchi’s quote).
“I think there’s not a lot to tell them if they are here as these guys are competitive naturally and they know how to run races. They have kind of innate instincts about how to run races and (follow) the flow of races. Often times I have great strategies and race plans that go unfollowed and we get wins out of it.”
“I’ve kind of learned more and more especially this time of year that the less I say the better they are going to do. Let great athletes do their thing. So we don’t have very elaborate plans and strategies except everybody has a job to do. Focus on your one job and run smart at the start and hard at the end and let the chips fall where they may.”
- Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith talking about his team’s race plan (or lack there of) for Saturday’s NCAA Championships.
“I’ve kind of learned more and more especially this time of year that the less I say the better they are going to do. Let great athletes do their thing. So we don’t have very elaborate plans and strategies except everybody has a job to do. Focus on your one job and run smart at the start and hard at the end and let the chips fall where they may.”
- Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith talking about his team’s race plan (or lack there of) for Saturday’s NCAA Championships.
Former U.S. Olympic Marathoner Brian Sell.
"Meb's excellence and longevity may surpass anyone's. He is an absolute testimony that all of us believe about this sport: Consistency is important. Everyone is going to hit a pothole and he's certainly had his. But if you have patience and do the right things, you can get back on your feet, back to where you were and back to contending for Olympic medals and personal records. He's such a shining light for everybody because of the personal path he has followed."
- Runner's World editor and 1968 Boston Marathon champion Amby Burfoot talking about Meb Keflezighi in an article comparing him and Ryan Hall.
Quote Of The Day: "The first evening after I moved in (to a house in Kenya), I was getting ready to go to the cinema with some mates. I went downstairs to see if any of the Kenyans wanted to come. They were getting ready to go to bed. I looked at my watch. It was half past eight. I was woken up at 6 am the next day by the sound of church music.
The Kenyans would go out for their first run of the day no later than 7 am. I remember shaking my groggy head clear and staggering out of bed to join them. By the end of the session I was knackered.....
After food, they’d sleep. In the afternoon, they trained again. In the evenings they ate, rested and went to bed early. They did this every day. It was an almost monk-like existence....
It was like a switch had been turned on inside my head. Like that, I knew what I had to do to win."
-2012 Olympic 5000 and 10,000 meter Champion, Mo Farah.
The Kenyans would go out for their first run of the day no later than 7 am. I remember shaking my groggy head clear and staggering out of bed to join them. By the end of the session I was knackered.....
After food, they’d sleep. In the afternoon, they trained again. In the evenings they ate, rested and went to bed early. They did this every day. It was an almost monk-like existence....
It was like a switch had been turned on inside my head. Like that, I knew what I had to do to win."
-2012 Olympic 5000 and 10,000 meter Champion, Mo Farah.
