HEALTHY, HAPPY, HUNGRY FOR MORE
WITH ALLIE KIEFFER
photo credit: @jamisonfoto
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What helps a person become happy, healthy, and hungry for more? Allie Kieffer shares with A to Z Running how she returned to a good place after injury. Allie gives practical insight into her healthy return physically as well as how she has kept her drive and passion.
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MAIN TOPIC: HAPPY, HEALTHY, HUNGRY FOR MORE
Main Topic: Happy, Healthy, Hungry for More
Allie Kieffer wrote after the 25k US Championships that she was “happy, healthy, and hungry for more.” Isn’t that what we all strive for? Naturally I reached out to Allie for more on the topic. Allie gives practical tips for her healthy return physically as well as how she has kept her drive and passion.
About our Guest: Allie Kieffer
Photo credit: @jamisonfoto
Allie Kieffer is a runner, coach, and nutritionist. After collegiate running at Wake Forest and Arizona State, Kieffer had an early launch into high level running in placing 10th at the USA Cross Country Championships and earning a spot on the Team USA Cross Country team for the NACAC Championship. The team won.
Throughout the years Kieffer has had many high level finishes at US Championship and international events.
Notably, Kieffer was 5th in 2:29:39 at the 2017 New York City Marathon and 7th at the 2018 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:28:12.
Allie was injured in 2019 and has found herself back at it as driven as ever.
Follow Allie:
IG: @kiefferallie
Facebook: @alliekieffer
WORLD OF RUNNING
#1. New Half Marathon World Record… by 1 second!
Reported by World Athletics
- Jacob Kiplimo took 1 second off Kibiwott Kandie’s (Kenya) astounding half marathon record (remember that Kiplimo was second to Kandie in that same race by only 5 seconds)
- Unofficial record 57:31
- Sunday, November 21 in Lisbon
- His time through 15k was also nearly 40 seconds faster than the current WR at that distance (held by countryman Joshua Cheptegei)
- At 5k: 13:40, 10k: 27:05 (13:25), 15k: 40:27 (13:22)
- He won by over 2 minutes
- Recall: Kiplimo competed in his first Olympics in 2016 at age 15, won the world HM champs in 2020, and earned a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics 10,000m (as well as finishing 5th in the 5,000m)
#2. NCAA Cross Country Championships…
Men’s 10k race, reported by Letsrun
- While we don’t spend a lot of time covering cross country, the NCAA XC champs is always worth noting, as year upon year, top XC finishers frequently prove to be names of note on the track and roads for years to come.
- Conner Mantz of BYU is one.
- His second NCAA XC title (and first American man to repeat in decades – in fact, in the last 50 years, according to Letsrun, the only other two Americans to do this were Steve Prefontaine and Bob Kennedy)
- Perhaps the best part of Mantz’s victories is how hard he had to fight for both…
- According to Letsrun: “When he won title #1 in Stillwater in March, he was dropped three times before finally dropping the hammer himself with two kilometers to go. Today, Mantz was gapped in the final straight, but grimaced his way through it, reeled in Kioko, and streaked his way to a second straight NCAA crown.”
- Northern Arizona University won the men’s title in defense of last year’s victory
- Marks their 5th in 6 years, as well, and only two other men’s programs have ever accomplished that
Women’s 6k race, reported by Letsrun
- Whittni Orton of BYU also won the women’s title, becoming the first female XC victor from BYU
- NC State won their first team title
- An interesting tidbit about this team in particular:
- Their top 2 finishers (Kelsey Chmiel and Katelyn Tuohy) placed first and second at the high school Nike Cross Nationals two years straight (2017, 2018) before joining each other as teammates in 2020 at NC State. Since becoming NC State teammates, they have finished second and first, respectively for team finishes
#3. JFK 50 Miler
- Adam Peterman debuted and won first 50-miler, running away with the title in 5:19:38. Which is the JFK’s No. 2 all-time performance.
- Sarah Cummings won the women’s race after an unfortunate wrong turn.
- At the 2020 JFK Sarah took a wrong turn on the Appalachian Trail that caused her to run an extra couple of miles.
- In 2021 she ran the #3 all time performance on the course.
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