USATF Juniors: Katie Miale 11th in racewalk

Although it was relatively early in the morning, the intense sunlight played a role in this morning’s 10,000-meter racewalk. There’s something different about the sun out here. I know that sounds odd. But it feels like the sun is about 10 feet above your head. There is no protection, and the intensity of the direct sunlight led our other athletes here to scurry to find what little shade they could during the long race. AND THEY WEREN’T RACING. Imagine what it was like, then, for our own Katie Miale, for the 25 searing laps. It was tough. Early in the race, she was in major distress. We thought she might drop out. It seemed imminent. But, as you’ll see in the race splits below, she was able to summon herself to some faster laps, especially after the 5km mark. I tried to enlist the old ultra motto of “it never always gets worse” to keep her encouraged and going around the track. She battled and persevered and got to the finish line. Nowhere near the time that she was looking for, but as was the case with all our athletes this weekend, it was more about the effort and the experience than the time and place.

USATF Junior Championship, Day 3

Sunday, June 25, 2016

Veterans Memorial Stadium

Buchanan High School, Clovis, CA

Women’s 10,000-meter racewalk

11. Katie Miale 1:04:01.82

Official race splits

2:17.191 (2:17.191)     4:32.745 (2:15.554)     6:47.341 (2:14.596)

   9:06.116 (2:18.775)    11:35.197 (2:29.081)    14:10.943 (2:35.746)

  16:46.864 (2:35.921)    19:24.267 (2:37.403)    22:02.175 (2:37.908)

  24:42.997 (2:40.822)    27:18.403 (2:35.406)    29:51.759 (2:33.356)

  32:24.787 (2:33.028)    34:58.175 (2:33.388)    37:32.712 (2:34.537)

  40:11.767 (2:39.055)    42:48.746 (2:36.979)    45:30.304 (2:41.558)

  48:12.250 (2:41.946)    50:54.481 (2:42.231)    53:38.342 (2:43.861)

  56:20.726 (2:42.384)    59:00.430 (2:39.704)  1:01:36.632 (2:36.202)

1:04:01.819 (2:25.187)