I don't get why Brown hypes Willard so much on their website. To me, she is representative of a program that doesn't get it done. Since she left Brown she has improved 7 secs in the 800m, 15-20 secs in the 1500m and like 45 secs in the steeple.
She was good at Brown but became great at Michigan. That would be like a 1:50/3:48/9:00 guy running 1:43/3:30/8:15 a couple of years later.
I would think that any school would brag about accomplishments such as Willard's, regardless of how much they improved after graduation. In Willard's case, the fact that her first batch of dramatic improvement coincided with the arrival of the current coaching staff makes the hype that much more appropriate. Willard has had three big shifts -- pre-Craig Lake Brown to Craig Lake Brown, Brown to Michigan, and Michigan to Mammoth. All parties involved should be proud.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts