Elise Cranny On How She Went From Injured To 14:48 for No. 7 U.S. All-Time for 5,000m, Patience As A High School Star, Re-Living Stanford Success
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🗓️ 8 July 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
On July 1, Elise Cranny ran 14:48.02 to become the 7th fastest American woman in history for the 5,000 meters. The race was run in Portland, Oregon in front of no fans and just against her teammates. The time counts toward the all-time lists because USATF recently announced they will be counting times and marks set at USATF sanctioned events from April to November toward next year's U.S. Indoor Championships and Olympic Trials. This is arguably her biggest performance as a pro but was also very accomplished as a high school star out of Niwot High School in Colorado and then a 12-time All-American at Stanford.
In this episode, we run through her start in sport with influence from her parents who were avid triathletes. We touch on the pressure of being a high school star and a patient transition into college training and development. Elise takes us through some of the biggest races of her college career including her runner up finish at the 2017 NCAA outdoor championships 1500 where she was .004 seconds off the win. Then she gives us the behind-the-scenes of being injured at the start of the year, her recovery process and then how that 14:48 came together. Plus, she'd one of the young and rising stars benefitting from the Olympics getting postponed.
You can watch the 14:48 race on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhFnc4xEwe0&t=3s
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| 1:16.9 | run gooder legs are feeling good eyes are looking gooder. My guest for this episode is Elise Kranney. |
| 1:26.0 | She's a member of the Bowerman Track Club and just ran 144802 |
| 1:30.0 | to become the seventh fastest American woman in history for the 5,000 meters. |
| 1:35.0 | The race was run in Portland, Oregon in front of no fans and just against her teammates. |
| 1:39.0 | The time counts toward the all-time list because USATF actually just recently announced |
| 1:43.9 | that they will be counting Times and Marks set at USATF sanctioned events from April to |
| 1:49.1 | November and all those marks will count toward next year's U.S. Indoor Championships or the Olympic trials. |
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