High school freshman in Korea runs 15:38 5000m

Easy prediction here.

Overwhelming pressure + culture with pathological fear of failure + superstition-based coaching (speed due to "strong ankles"??) = Sayonara.

I'll bet you a bowl of kim chee this is the first and last we ever hear of the poor girl.

Stanley Accrington wrote:

http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/05/136_65834.html

LOL at all those wacky annoying banner ads. It's like the Korean version of letsrun.

When you're being ignorant, at least spell 'kimchi' right.

koose wrote:

When you're being ignorant, at least spell 'kimchi' right.

Seeing as how Korean uses a different alphabet, there isn't a correct or incorrect spelling in English. (I know, I know, in Korean culture every question is supposed to have one and only one right answer, so that's gonna be hard to swallow.)

And a lot of people spell it like I did (e.g.,

).

But maybe you can tell me this: is it true that the literal translation of kim chee is "oven cleaner"?

that stuff about strong ankles was probably a combination of the writer's ignorance and something lost in translation...

http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20100511010328330070020

this article says she's just around 5'1" and 83 pounds and has been weight training since this past winter.

joe ledley wrote:

that stuff about strong ankles was probably a combination of the writer's ignorance and something lost in translation...

http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20100511010328330070020

this article says she's just around 5'1" and 83 pounds and has been weight training since this past winter.

Maybe not. I think I recall Lydiard talking about ankle strength and being able to "flick" the ankle powerfully as a major attribute to success with running. The idea being calf power.

I'm impressed. How in the world does she train?

I've lived in Anyang for the last year (right outside Seoul) and it's impossible to run here minus a treadmill. I'd find it difficult to complete a non-stop 5 minute run at 2 a.m.

It's 김치.

pics or it didn't happen.

you should've mentioned in the subject that it was a girl...

why else would it be impressive?

Joe B wrote:

I'm impressed. How in the world does she train?

I've lived in Anyang for the last year (right outside Seoul) and it's impossible to run here minus a treadmill. I'd find it difficult to complete a non-stop 5 minute run at 2 a.m.

It's 김치.

My impression is that she probably trains at a large park somewhere.

obviously wrote:

pics or it didn't happen.

the best i could find

Seeing how I have had the chance to watch this young lady train, I'll give my 2 cents:1) Her coach is young- under 30 and a woman, so superstition based training is out. She has good form and obviously done a lot of drills. Most 'traditional' coaches here just make everyone run... a lot...2) This girl just showed up for practice one day in middle school and said she wanted to run- no one pushed her.3) strong ankles= forefoot runner--> blame the reporter, not the coach for the poor translation from Korean to English.4) She doesn't do crazy workouts from what I have seen- lots of rhythm work, longer intervals. She trains alone, but never leaves it on the track.5) A coachin friend of mine here saw the rce and she went ran 3:07 kms the whole way...oh and it's annyongheekasaeyo over here, not sayonara

YeahRight wrote:

Easy prediction here.

Overwhelming pressure + culture with pathological fear of failure + superstition-based coaching (speed due to "strong ankles"??) = Sayonara.

I'll bet you a bowl of kim chee this is the first and last we ever hear of the poor girl.

I thought you were talking about a boy. Wow! Bottom line is thats crazy fast. More telling would be her speed. Any times below 5k?

Another possibility: madame butterfly.

Contrary go the 'enlightened' modern schools of Pose and Chi running, that have one 'pull' rather than 'push', strong ankle (and calf) flexibility is a commonsense 'old-school fast-running' principle, which has nothing to do with superstition and therefore does not suggest a sloppy reporter translation.

rob cunningham wrote:

3) strong ankles= forefoot runner--> blame the reporter, not the coach for the poor translation from Korean to English.

YeahRight wrote:

Easy prediction here.

Overwhelming pressure + culture with pathological fear of failure + superstition-based coaching (speed due to "strong ankles"??) = Sayonara.

zola budd

she also ran 4:22 for 1500m...

So what? This is still a spectacular mark. Jordan Hasay, while still a great runner, is a college freshman who has not run as fast. It would be a big deal if Hasay ran that fast.