How fast can Emma Coburn go?

The steeplechase, properly run, is a lesson in energy management. The barriers and water jumps take a huge toll out of the athlete, and if not run with some caution, the last couple laps feature hurdles and barriers that seem much higher than the early laps.

#Regram @bencrawfordphoto Almost a new American record for Emma Coburn tonight
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The problem is, the women’s steeplechase is going through a revoluntion. Celliphine Chespol, the U2 world record holder, just whipped Ruth Jebet, the current WR and Olympic champion. Not too far behind them is one Emma Coburn.

Emma Coburn took the Olympic bronze, but also the American record in Rio last summer. On Friday night, at Joan Samuelson Night at Hayward Field, Emma Coburn ran a masterful race, and her last lap, 69.13, was faster than the three athletes in front of her, has she flew around the lap, and finished inches out of her American Record!

How fast can Emma Coburn go? RunBlogRun believes that Ms. Coburn can break nine minutes, and we could see that quite soon. We are so happy to see an American woman battling the world’s best. The Pre Classic race, for Emma Coburn, should be a true confidence builder.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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