Coburn steeples while chewing gum?

Noticed it during the final the other day, too. Does anyone know if she ever disclosed what kind of gum she is chewing?

It's Run Gum. The L-carnitine flavor.

It wasn't gum, it was a critical mass of hate.

Takes skill to steeple and chew gum at the same time.

It was some tasty chewing tobacker

Gum is gross.

Gravvvy wrote:

It's Run Gum. The L-carnitine flavor.

For what it's worth I laughed, however L-Carnitine is something that takes a while to load in your body. She would have had to have been chewing this gum for months in large doses in order for it to have any effect on her for this training cycle.

I've noticed this in previous years too. She seems to chew gum every race.

The one time I tried running with gum, I accidentally inhaled it and choked.

I chew gum sometimes during my runs, usaully just for easy recovery jogs.

I thought that was odd as well.

For what its worth, I was super impressed with how controlled, smart, and composed she raced. Although, if I had to criticize, it looked like she has some gas left in the tank.

What, you can't steeple and chew gum at the same time?

Might help her to keep from tensing up. A lot of people reflexively clench their fists and/or grit their teeth during exertion, which ends up causing the rest of the body to tense. Having something to chew on might just prevent her from allowing her jaw to clench.

We're all overthinking this gum thing here.

Goucher Needles wrote:

I noticed Emma Coburn chewing gum on the start line of the steeple final (and never spit it out). She finally, covertly, spit it out during the post-race interview.

A. I couldn't race with gum in my mouth.

B. Is this the new caffeinated gum or Orbit or what? She should disclose this.

C. I find it intimidating. The message is both sassy and confident.

Yes she has disclosed this in an instagram comment a few months back, she says she just chews orbit

Yeah, I noticed on the starting line and thought it was odd, but was shocked to see her still chewing it right after the race. Honestly, I've been running a long time but don't think I could do that.

consider me impressed wrote:

I thought that was odd as well.

For what its worth, I was super impressed with how controlled, smart, and composed she raced. Although, if I had to criticize, it looked like she has some gas left in the tank.

+1

Very odd. Dont think she took this race too seriously. But shes from a cowboy town in Western Colo so it could be chewin' tobacky.

Or maybe she got some khat, its available there.

She is trying to quit smoking.

It could be nicotine gum. Nicotine does provide stimulant properties that would be advantageous in a competition and it is not on the banned list.

The gum is TESTO gum.