Mhm, and Jeremy Wariner should move up to the 800.
Has the letsrun hive mind ever wanted an athlete to move down in distance?
Several people think Cain should have focused on the 800... Normally it is easy to see some isn't fast enough for the shorter distance (tough to run sub 14:30 if you can't break 4) but you can always wonder if they happen to be good at the longer distance (that 31 min 10kerbwho can run 2:18). It rarely works out but the dream is always there...
Mhm, and Jeremy Wariner should move up to the 800.
Has the letsrun hive mind ever wanted an athlete to move down in distance?
I was starting to think I was the only one to think this. Threads constantly surface about Syd in the 800. Recently, what could Alexa have done if 5k, or even 10k, was her main event. Salazar was a big proponent of moving up. Give him a good 1500 runner and he figures he has a world-beating 5k/10k doubler. Sometimes it worked. Hassan was Farah-esque in her prime. But Cain wasn't. She really was a natural 800/1500 runner. Al never, however, convinced a primarily 5k runner to get into the 800. He never looked into what any of his crowd could have done in sprints. It took his disgrace and disappearance before Donny Braz went down to 400.
For every Deena, who got better the longer she went, we don't see the opposite: a runner initially 10k-focused who ends up trying the 1500 and eventually ends up an 800 specialist. When 'moving up' threads start to overrun the Board, I've thought of starting this one:
"Cheptegei to the 400!"
Instead of the usual:
"If she can run repeats at :50 per lap, and probably do half a dozen, what could happen at :55? Two in a row certainly, MAYBE FOUR!"
I'd post:
"If he can do 60 second laps for a dozen in a row, and run :50 after running 24 with no rest, WHAT COULD HE DO IF HE ONLY RAN ONE!!"
Can you even imagine what amazing feats we'd see if the top runners all MOVED DOWN?
Looking at her body type and how she responds to weight training (like a fast-twitch runner), I do NOT see the marathon as, potentially, her best distance. I think the 5k is it.
Looking at her body type and how she responds to weight training (like a fast-twitch runner), I do NOT see the marathon as, potentially, her best distance. I think the 5k is it.
let katelyn do the 1500m -5000m at ncaas!! jacob ingebrigtsen agenda!
also,what are the possibilities of the national high school record holder in the mile.. runs a mile race this indoor season after 3 years of not running a single mile race ???
Alberto Salazar won the New York City Marathon and still had College eligibility which he used the next semester he ran 2:09.41 at age 22 and 2:08.13 T(he course was 148 Meters short when remeasured to see if it was the World Record at_ age 23, no reason someone can not run fast at a young age providing they are also excellent at 5 and 10k
A lot of great marathoners have discipline and patience when competing. She's running the shorter distances for now but she does appear to have the discipline, focus and patience needed.
Alberto Salazar won the New York City Marathon and still had College eligibility which he used the next semester he ran 2:09.41 at age 22 and 2:08.13 T(he course was 148 Meters short when remeasured to see if it was the World Record at_ age 23, no reason someone can not run fast at a young age providing they are also excellent at 5 and 10k
It wasn't 148 meters short the way he ran it...Alberto got a bum deal on that race. David Katz has agreed on that point in the past.
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