Today in Zurich, University of Colorado Alum Dathan Ritzenhein breaks Bob Kennedy’s American Record at 5,000m.

You can watch it here. After the add, scroll to the 2 hour, 6 min mark to watch the 5k.

Wow…

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Yesterday was a big day…first day of the 2009 edition of the Boulder Running Camps, but also two great races for Sara and Renee. I have yet to find race video for Sara, but she ran 4:11.39, a three second PR. This was the race that she and I were really hoping for [...]

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Preface: I obviously put off this post because the weekend wasn’t fantastic, yet I’m also worried that it’s somewhat self absorbed to spend a whole post talking about my thoughts on Sara and Renee’s weekend. Feel free to comment below if this type of post is annoying, inappropriate or just plain boring.
Question: What did [...]

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but a very important step in Sara’s development (2:04.75). A couple days before the race I simply asked her what she was thinking in terms of a race plan. “Sixty point.” Saying sixty point and 1:30-1:31 is one thing; doing it is another. The next day she rabbited the first 800m [...]

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Obviously had to give a shout out on the blog to Jenny B. 3:59.90 All I can say is WOW!

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Big PR for Sara at the Nike Mile, a small but well attended meet held on the Nike Campus. I’m really proud of this performance giving that her old PR was 2:11.8…from High School!!! (couldn’t her coach help her run a least one PR since then?) Also excited to see that she [...]

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You knew this was coming, right? Sara Vaughn has run twice in the past week, but more importantly had a nice, solid block of training leading up to these two races. In the coming days I will share not only the training, but the rationale behind the training, as well as a detailed [...]

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Congratulations to Sara Vaughn on a new PR of 4:15.92 (old PR was 4:19.7); you can follow Sara on Twitter @MomVaughn

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