Allie Buchalski - How This Pro Runner Adjusted Her Thinking to Step Up Her Racing
That thinking helped Buchalski run 14:57 in the 5,000 meters at the Sound Running Invite in San Juan Capistrano, California, on March 6. It was a PR by 25 seconds, good enough for second behind Emily Sisson (14:55) and for the Olympic standard. And as of publish, it’s the fourth-fastest 5,000-meter time in the world. “If I had really looked at the clock and got in my head about how I’m feeling and how much further I had to go, I don’t know if I would have felt as confident to [keep up] with Sisson and dip under 15 [minutes],” Buchalski told Runner’s World.