![]() ![]() “I’d like to see her make a run at sub 4:30 in the mile and sub 9:00 in the 3k this indoor,” Lynn said. Lynn added that Oren’s training for the half-marathon is part of her training for the coming indoor and outdoor track seasons. Moving forward, Oren said she hopes to run indoor track and post a time fast enough to qualify for the 2017 U.S. “I’m really proud of her not only because of the tremendous job she’s done in this training we’ve done this fall, but in doing all this while working a demanding full time job.” “We’ve really focused on getting her out of her comfort zone and into situations that not only are challenging physically, but also involved a great deal of mental focus and resiliency,” Lynn said. Oren’s coach, Joe Lynn, who coached her for two years as Hillsdale’s assistant distance coach before leaving the program this past summer, said Oren’s race is a testament to the training she’s put in this fall. “That’s what made the last mile so hard, I knew if I held it together, I had it won,” she said. “I think I did that a little bit before mile 10, so by the end I was a little bit tired, but I still negative split the whole thing,” Oren said.Īlthough Oren was a steeplechase specialist in college and she admitted that trying to find the right pace was a little bit “weird,” she eventually found the right rhythm, and didn’t even look at her watch after mile six.Īfter a surge in the second mile, Oren began to separate from the race’s lead pack of women, and then she said she began to separate from the second-place woman at mile six. Oren’s plan going into the race was to push herself a bit more during miles five through 10, and finish hard in the last 5k. “I wasn’t starting off in a sprint or anything.” “I talked with the people around me and it was surprising how it didn’t seem to drag on,” Oren said. She finished the race in 1:19:48, averaging just over six minutes per mile. Oren said that after the gun went off and she got over her pre-race nervousness, the race was “pretty chill,” as she slowly cut down her pace to well below six minutes per mile over the distance of the 13.1 mile competition. But it didn’t matter for the 2016 graduate and nine-time NCAA division II National Champion as she beat out over 6,900 other women to win the race by more than two minutes. (Photo: Joe Lynn / Courtesy)Įmily Oren had never run a race over six kilometers before she ran the Detroit Half Marathon last Sunday. Both are coached by former Hillsdale Assistant Distance Coach Joe Lynn. Emily Oren, who won the women’s half-marathon, poses with Alan Peterson, who won the men’s marathon. ![]()
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