Indianapolis – National Championship footraces are inevitably difficult. Still, the more oppressive it is, the better Emily Sisson is.
Example A:
At the U.S. Olympic trials for track and field in Eugene, Oregon last June, temperatures were so hot at the 10,000 meters (up to 87 degrees Celsius) that the race was moved to the morning. All Sisson did was run off the field and set a trial record of 31:03.82.
Example B:
Days after recovering from COVID-19, she set another record. Another of her USA Championship races on Saturday is an American record for the half marathon.
Sisson finished the OneAmerica 500 Festival mini-marathon in 1:07:11. It was the first in-person Mini since 2019, after the annual race was canceled twice during the pandemic.
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Sisson, 30, broke the American record of 1:07:15 set by Sarah Hall on January 16 in Houston.
Sisson was kept pace all the way by male runner Brian Harvey, who finished in 1:07:12.
“The last mile, I needed it,” she said. .here we go!” “
Sisson was consistent over the 21km course, with 5km times of 15:54, 16:03, 15:57, 15:58. The hardest part was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which she called “like a wind tunnel.”
Hall’s time broke the American record of 1:07:25 set by Notre Dame alumnus Molly Huddle in 2018. It marks a breezy morning with temperatures in his low fifties.
Sisson had a choice between the mini and the Portuguese half marathon, aiming for a 1:07:15 record.
“When I chose this race, I said I didn’t want perfect conditions.
She chose Mini seven weeks ago when she felt it was right for her. However, she had endured a case of COVID-19 about five weeks ago and had basically not trained for a month.
“I was a little unsure if this was too ambitious,” Sisson said. “But I’m glad we did it.”
As she said: what’s the worst that could happen? She has already gone twice, so she goes to the record and falls short.
A resident of Flagstaff, Arizona, said symptoms of a lingering illness had lessened after coming down from high altitude to the ocean.
An NCAA and Big East champion while representing Providence, Sisson finished 10th in the 10,000 at the Tokyo Olympics. .
Bishop Chatter graduate Andrea (Kremer) Pomalanski was second to Sisson in 1:13:12.
The 39-year-old Pomalanski, now a Michigan mother of three, broke her 10-year-old personal best. She finished 10th in her marathon at Houston in 2:33:35, making her the third fastest among the native Hoosiers. During her time in Miami, Ohio, she set an American junior record in steeplechase.
The US half marathon was run separately from the main Mini and was won by Mary Munau in 1:11:03. Edinburgh, Scotland, Indianapolis resident Lucy Dobbs was her fifth in 1:17:19.
Please contact Indystar reporter David Woods at david.woods@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWoods007.
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