Is Konstanze Klosterhalfen update?

Sorry, never again make an Olympics. Will be out of sport in 2 years.

Stumbled across this post, not a fan of Konstanze but her progression is nuts!

http://thefasttrack.org/home/2017/7/15/who-dat-konstanze-klosterhalfen

Could be a WR holder in a few years

She has improved an extraordinary amount this year (she has been on the radar for years because she was among the fastest youth/juniors in the world) and her last solo sub 4 indicated to me that she can run 3:56-57 this year in a fast Monaco- or Rieti-style race. Since her speed is still quite a bit worse than the medal contenders, she is going to have to make the pace fast from a long way out. It won't work this year but it can bring some fast times for the field at World's.

portsea7 wrote:

I'm a fan but she might have trouble even making the final in London.

But, next year...and the year after...

Go on then, why would a sub 4 min runner (world ranked #5) that is having a hugely consistent season have trouble making the final?

explain wrote:

portsea7 wrote:

I'm a fan but she might have trouble even making the final in London.

But, next year...and the year after...

Go on then, why would a sub 4 min runner (world ranked #5) that is having a hugely consistent season have trouble making the final?

Well, I don"t think has the turn of finishing speed needed at World Champs level to make the final.

For example, in the European Indoor Champs earlier this year, she only made the final as a fastest loser.

The EIC are a bad example because they are before her outdoor season and the first altitude training camp she made. Apparently this has pushed her to a new level while at the EIC she had no chance against Muir. Now things might look different.

I think we all agree that she most likely will not end up on the podium, but again most likely reach the top 8.

Dat progression doe wrote:

Stumbled across this post, not a fan of Konstanze but her progression is nuts!

http://thefasttrack.org/home/2017/7/15/who-dat-konstanze-klosterhalfen

Could be a WR holder in a few years

Thanks for letting us know you read racist propaganda on the internet, but I would ask that you please not post it here, thanks.

"Sifan Hassan has proven to be too strong so far this year with the top 3 times in the world at 1500 and there are 3 more Kenyans right behind Hassan with faster finishes than Klosterhalfen. That includes 3:50 runner Genzebe Dibaba who is someone that can't ever be counted out."

I know Dibaba has dark skin, and to you and your KKK buddies, we may as well just lump all brown people together, but she is actually from Ethiopia, not Kenya.

Get lost, Trumpkin.

portsea57 wrote:

explain wrote:

Go on then, why would a sub 4 min runner (world ranked #5) that is having a hugely consistent season have trouble making the final?

Well, I don"t think has the turn of finishing speed needed at World Champs level to make the final.

For example, in the European Indoor Champs earlier this year, she only made the final as a fastest loser.

Why does she always look like a 15 year old girl who had just been dumped by her boyfriend?

More racist BS wrote:

Thanks for letting us know you read racist propaganda on the internet, but I would ask that you please not post it here, thanks.

"Sifan Hassan has proven to be too strong so far this year with the top 3 times in the world at 1500 and there are 3 more Kenyans right behind Hassan with faster finishes than Klosterhalfen. That includes 3:50 runner Genzebe Dibaba who is someone that can't ever be counted out."

I know Dibaba has dark skin, and to you and your KKK buddies, we may as well just lump all brown people together, but she is actually from Ethiopia, not Kenya.

Get lost, Trumpkin.

Wow, dude. That was a stupid mistake, not KKK "racist propaganda." It's like if someone called Laura Muir an English runner. In any event, it's perfectly reasonable to lump East Africans together when discussing competitive distance running. There isn't a running journalist in the world who doesn't do so.

Scary arm hair ... bad sign of anorexia nervosa

More racist BS wrote:

Dat progression doe wrote:

Stumbled across this post, not a fan of Konstanze but her progression is nuts!

http://thefasttrack.org/home/2017/7/15/who-dat-konstanze-klosterhalfen

Could be a WR holder in a few years

Thanks for letting us know you read racist propaganda on the internet, but I would ask that you please not post it here, thanks.

"Sifan Hassan has proven to be too strong so far this year with the top 3 times in the world at 1500 and there are 3 more Kenyans right behind Hassan with faster finishes than Klosterhalfen. That includes 3:50 runner Genzebe Dibaba who is someone that can't ever be counted out."

I know Dibaba has dark skin, and to you and your KKK buddies, we may as well just lump all brown people together, but she is actually from Ethiopia, not Kenya.

Get lost, Trumpkin.

She was great in Michael Jackson's Thriller video.

That grain of rice she had for dinner last night burned away at 1300m.

I'd say she's old enough to be a certified hottie

How did she do?

Indoor? wrote:

How did she do?

She didn't!

8:36,01 from the front today in Dortmund breaking the 30 year old national record of Kathrin Ullrich by five seconds

Konnie is back baby

saw her running. very cool. she has everything and a bright future. after lowering NR by five seconds the 4000 crowd sang Happy Birthday to her. She got 21 and a running great.

respect.

8:36 is what Houlihan ran a month ago. Worlds will be interesting, assuming they both run the 3000.