Training tip : It’s a good feeling when you can look back at six months of training and see no big holes or gaps due to injuries. I’m confident in the training I’ve done, but respectful of the field.” “I feel like there are 10 people who could make this team. “The talent in the women’s 10K is really deep and I think it’s exciting in a way, because it pushes all of us to perform and try to get to that next level,” Sisson says.
Her Trials qualifying time of 30:49.57 is the third-fastest of those who plan to compete, behind Elise Cranny (30:47.42) and Karissa Schweizer (30:47.99). The fastest three times go on to the Tokyo Games (if they also have achieved the Olympic standard of 31:25). On June 26 she competes in the 10,000 meters, which is scheduled to be split into two heats because so many women qualified to compete. I felt heavy from altitude training, but it was still a PR, which was really promising.” At the Sound Running meet I actually didn’t feel that great. In one of her recent races, at the Sound Running meet in May, she came away with a personal best in the 5,000 meters (14:53.84).Ī post shared by Emily Sisson first track race I ran back in March, it felt rusty to me and foreign because I hadn’t raced on the track in 18 months,” Sisson says. It wasn’t really until 2021 that I started to feel that pep in my step. “Getting my track legs back took a while. “It took my body a really long time to feel pretty good again after the marathon Trials,” she says. RELATED: Here’s Why Emily Sisson’s London Marathon Performance Matters Right Now Then she focused on the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials, but after the race didn’t go well for her (she dropped out after 21 miles on the unrelenting hills of Atlanta), it was back to the oval for another chance to make Team USA in the 10,000 meters. In her first 26.2-mile race at the 2019 London Marathon, she finished in 2:23.08, the fastest American women’s debut on a record-eligible course.
And her body wasn’t so sure it wanted to, either. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Įmily Sisson wasn’t sure she’d ever come back to the track after she turned her attention to the marathon.
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