Keely Hodgkinson fan? You'll like this!

I don't say this often, but this thread is full of

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Also, she says she tried "nutball" before running. What in the world is nutball?

I see Keely is running in the 800m at Birmingham UK Müller Indoor Grand Prix on Feb 19th. At the same meet, Laura Muir is aiming to break the indoor 1000m record

If course, it would have been great ti have seen Keely in the 1000m also, as many fans seem to think she has great 1500m potential ( she was a XC champ as a young teen )

portsea57 wrote:

Well, I'm surprised at the negativity displayed in most comments,

After all, Keely must be doing something right. For example, in 2021 she competed in four important finals: The European Indoor Championships, the UK Olympic Trials ( against Muir and Reekie ), the Olympic 800m final, and the Diamond League 800m final, and she finished first in three of them and second in the other, and she was named UK female athlete of the year.

When, someone as successful as that even farts, I think it would be worth paying attention.

This post nails it.

The boys and men of LetsRun consistently respond in this way to anything a woman does.

In spit of repeated feedback, the site has not improved much in this regard.

nothing new here wrote:

portsea57 wrote:

Well, I'm surprised at the negativity displayed in most comments,

After all, Keely must be doing something right. For example, in 2021 she competed in four important finals: The European Indoor Championships, the UK Olympic Trials ( against Muir and Reekie ), the Olympic 800m final, and the Diamond League 800m final, and she finished first in three of them and second in the other, and she was named UK female athlete of the year.

When, someone as successful as that even farts, I think it would be worth paying attention.

This post nails it.

The boys and men of LetsRun consistently respond in this way to anything a woman does.

In spit of repeated feedback, the site has not improved much in this regard.

Yea I’m confused. It was a nice video coming from an elite 800m runner. I trained in an elite camp and olympians did many of these exact drills and warm up routine. I never would have thought these would be the comments lol

The fact that American are asking for English translation give me confidence.

British English is harder to understand than American in pronionciation.

But I have done a lot of progress having everything around me (including the Operating System) translated to English for more than 20 years.

Good luck to the young British runner.

portsea57 wrote:

BTW, my favourite reply is from the chap who said "get out and run", He didn't really mean that warming-up isn't very, very important...did he?

The best way for a runner to warm-up is to run, slowly.

not "nutball," netball

like UK version of hoops

$$$baby wrote:

not "nutball," netball

like UK version of hoops

Far far more participants than t and f; on tv every day last week.

A version of it is seen in the USA called Bisketball

Forty Tennis Mustard wrote:

Is her accent particular to a demographic in England? I don't think I've heard that version.

Not so much a demographic, but a region. Northern part of West Midlands. Not a particularly strong one, but very detectable.

She looks very fit. To me, she is very beautiful. Dang, my 800m PR is 1:58.13. I still have her beat at 1,500m with a 3:57 PR, but at 60 years, I'm not getting faster.

High hopes wrote:

For all the people throwing shade on this, look at the context. It's part of a series aimed at helping the general public improve their fitness. It's just a fun thing for a very local online TV channel.

She comes across well and seems really grounded considering she's probably the best mid-d athlete in the country and one of the best in the world

+1

Also she's a 19yo kid who is still developing and under full supervision of a coach. I'm not sure what crazy WU people are expecting, at this age so much of the emphasis still needs to be placed on the athlete enjoying themself, so they stay with it long-term

The negativity on this thread is insane

Portsea Percy. wrote:

portsea57 wrote:

BTW, my favourite reply is from the chap who said "get out and run", He didn't really mean that warming-up isn't very, very important...did he?

The best way for a runner to warm-up is to run, slowly.

What you're all missing is that right at the start of the video it's written very clearly:

"REMEMBER TO STRETCH AND WARM UP BEFORE DOING ANY OF THE PHYSICAL EXERCISE YOU SEE ON THIS SHOW"

So what you're seeing is not a warm-up, it's a series of exercises carried out after you've warmed-up.

And how does a middle/long distance runner warm-up for those exercises?

Answer: By jogging/running slowly then stretching.

Only an idiot would go in cold to do those exercises, seems there could be a few of those on here.

original liar soorer wrote:

$$$baby wrote:

not "nutball," netball

like UK version of hoops

Far far more participants than t and f; on tv every day last week.

A version of it is seen in the USA called Bisketball

LOL

As to not understanding Keely. Well, I had problems and I worked in the area where Keely comes from for 20 yrs, and I only live 30 miles away now. BUT, 30 miles is a long way when UK accents are concerned.

For example, writer Bill Brydon once said that there are more variation in accents in a small part of Yorkshire, UK than the whole of the US. Quite amazing.

But, again, I think the main problem with understanding Keely is the more to do with the poor audio quality. For example, I've never had problems understanding her in any post-race interview.

Explosion in a shingle factory wrote:

She looks very fit. To me, she is very beautiful.

Agreed. You folks who dislike her so much have a jealousy problem.

original liar soorer wrote:

$$$baby wrote:

not "nutball," netball

like UK version of hoops

Far far more participants than t and f; on tv every day last week.

A version of it is seen in the USA called Bisketball

I believe LeBron calls it “bassetball.”

portsea57 wrote:

But, again, I think the main problem with understanding Keely is the more to do with the poor audio quality. For example, I've never had problems understanding her in any post-race interview.

yes, she is hard to understand but one recognizes the language. There was a post race with Reekie a few years ago where I had trouble identifying the language. Someone called it "posh scots accent" or sth. like that.

I had no trouble understanding a slight scottish accent like Muir's but Reekie was hopeless for me. I could not understand what she said.