This morning, Becky Wade competed in the USA 20K National Championships in New Haven, CT. She finished 7th in a stacked field in a time of 1:12.42.

Just so you'll know, that is 12.4 miles, AVERAGING 5:51.8 per mile!

Pre-race interview of Becky.

WRC, any chance that she will ever run in the Diamond League? I have been watching so much of it this year.

(09-01-2014 06:40 PM)seniorowl Wrote:  WRC, any chance that she will ever run in the Diamond League? I have been watching so much of it this year.

Nope. For now, it's all road racing. The Chicago Marathon in October is the next big race.

Roger. I brain farted and forgot how well she did in the marathon.

Sounds good. Looks like she could be lining up a good improvement in her marathon time. Was that a hilly course in CT?

(09-01-2014 08:31 PM)gsloth Wrote:  Sounds good. Looks like she could be lining up a good improvement in her marathon time. Was that a hilly course in CT?

Not super hilly, but after training at altitude in dry conditions all summer, it was a little too humid. But, she never tapered for this race - she used it as a training run to see about her fitness.

You should watch that video. She is really a great representative of Rice University.

She is, thanks for posting it.

I've enjoyed posting about our track & field and cross-country programs and athletes, as I think they do an outstanding job in relative anonymity.

From this point on, I feel that dragon2owl will do a great job with updates on these athletes.

Take care and GO OWLS!

(09-02-2014 09:31 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  I've enjoyed posting about our track & field and cross-country programs and athletes, as I think they do an outstanding job in relative anonymity.

From this point on, I feel that dragon2owl will do a great job with updates on these athletes.

Take care and GO OWLS!

Are you resigning from the board?