Triathlete Gwen Jorgensen to run NY Marathon

DQ for jumping off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and swimming to Brooklyn.

Let me row back on that never run further than 10 miles. Article says she's never raced further than 10k.

Will be interesting to see which of the pros she beats. Huddle? Conley?

Who?

I am guessing somewhere around 2:40

On a fast course, 2:30; NYCM 2:35.

She'll be fine as long as she goes her own pace and doesn't get sucked into racing..

This should be interesting to watch. Obviously a great runner, ran 31:41 during a tri. But who knows, maybe a short course. But she's definitely a 32 minute 10k gal which translates to 2:30ish.

So if she had 6 months to train, I'd say that'd be aggressive but attainable. But with so little time to get the body conditioned for racing 26 miles, I'd say she'd be lucky to break 2:40.

What will be interesting to see is that if she feels she's accomplished enough in the tri and is actually transitioning (no pun intended) to a running career. Anyone that's watched her run knows she's got the gait to be a successful road racer. Too early to say at the marathon distance, but I'd be shocked if she couldn't break 70 in the half within a year if she made the switch.

She's so dominate in the tri I have to imagine she's getting a bit bored. Now that she's got her gold, which should be her second if not for a flat tire in London, it's probably a good time to move on.

2:52

interesting. i think she's confident of going fast (maybe like 2:35), or she wouldn't bother signing up.

2:40ish but perhaps closer to 2:45 since the article implies she may not be doing any specific marathon training and run off her tri training. I actually don't buy that; I'm sure like many triathletes she's very obsessive about her training and will want to do well in the marathon.

Tactical Chunder wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/sports/olympics/two-events-fewer-16-miles-more.html?partner=IFTTT

Predictions? Apparently she's never run further than 10 miles before.

I'd say it's a bit of a stretch to say that she would have won gold in London if not for that flat tire...she was not the triathlete then that she is now.

I think she's confident of making a huge amount of $$$ in appearance fees and sponsor bonuses...

My guess is that now that she's won gold she's moving up to ironman.

Thats where the big money is these days. I predict she has the tools to become ironman world champion.

It's an ASICS event, she's an ASICS athlete. Not a huge surprise...definitely will generate a lot of buzz.

Jorgensen was never likely to win London 2012, flat tire or no flat tire. She'd never won a world series race up to that point.

She did improve massively in the year after though.

N. Spirig wrote:

I'd say it's a bit of a stretch to say that she would have won gold in London if not for that flat tire...she was not the triathlete then that she is now.

True, but regardless she's beyond dominate at this point.

And maybe it's just a throw-away quote for the article, but if she loves running as much as she says, why would she want to do IM?

Well I mean it wouldn't have been her second Gold.

2012 was well before Gwensanity took over...

IM?

IM for Jorgensen would be a huge risk at the moment, and she probably wouldn't fare as well as she does at Olympic distance because although she's definitely improved her bike she'd lose massive chunks of time due to the no drafting rule.

She's 30. So probably got one Olympic cycle left.