One guy was making it awkward by essentially implying that something wasn't right in her progression, sounding like a certain poster on this website, and then going over for the nth time the fact that she cross-trains.
Actually, I don't think she did anything wrong. They were just completely out of sync with each other. I am not sure she was paying enough attention to the interviewer but he also had no ability to reel it back in. It was just hard to watch.
She's a lot better than Marshawn Lynch at interviews. But ya'll should leave her alone. She's in a position to give insight and interviews because she's an accomplished individual who commands attention.
Yes, Parker, I have a question: "Is there a se-secret in your success 'cause the way you have come out...you you were...you know, you were good coming, you know, as a high school runner but ya ya, now as a you're borderline world class and-and to see you improvement has been, uh, leaps and bounds, what can you attribute that to er, so-so quickly?" (that was word for word that morons question)
she is fine. I hope that she doesn't attempt 5/10k double at NCAA's and coach prioritizes her making the Olympic team which I think she can do over 5k.
Hey there. Maybe we should discuss it some more later. Bye for now.
The interviewers were terrible. Stammering, stuttering idiots, asking dumb questions for way too long.
God seriously it was painful. So awkward and insistent on interrupting her and redirecting her to answer their completely dumb@ss questions in whatever way they felt they should be answered.
How is the journalist “astute” if he asks a question that has already been asked and answered multiple time in previous interviews?
And the information is not just from answers in her interviews. The gal that was calling the race tonight on the SEC network discussed it tonight, and has done so in the past on previous broadcasts. So how is a journalist “astute” in asking the same question?
We did get a little bit of new info color from another question regarding what was the breakthrough for her confidence-wise. She replied it was the 2021 cross-country SEC’s where she got 4th, and wore spikes for the first time. (Did she mean the first time in cross-country spikes, or the first time ever in any spikes?) Here are results of top finishers in that race:
1 Mercy Chelangat 19:55.2
2 Joyce Kimeli 20:04.1
3 Krissy Gear 20:08.1
4 Parker Valby 20:11.9
5 Tori Herman 20:13.2
6 Vissa 20:16.7
7 Flomena Asekol 20:20.6
8 Amaris Tyynismaa 20:21.0
Some of the athletes in that list had already been running more years than Valby at a higher collegiate level. Some of them, like Gear, are mid-distance oriented.
In 2021, Gear was roughly Valby’s current age, and ran a 4:09 1500m. She then plateaued for 2-3 yrs, only to quite recently drop a 4:03.65. One can look at the other athletes to compare progressions.
Solinsky had gotten Valby up to 70 miles/wk at the end of the cross-country season. She broke her foot that winter, and started her journey with cross-training. Her story, whether one chooses to believe it or not, is that she had latent untapped talent (and started serious training later than the teen phenoms), got consistent in training, and then added the cross-training.
Her cross-training angle has been discussed multiple times on this forum for almost two solid years, now. Are there more specific questions about it that need to be asked/answered?
night of Fernando wrote:. Her story, whether one chooses to believe it or not, is that she had latent untapped talent (and started serious training later than the teen phenoms), got consistent in training, and then added the cross-training.
There is nothing about that story that is disputable, no? She displayed latent talent by running a 10:10 2mile as a raw, relatively overweight high-school junior. Her old and new coaches say she trains very hard.
Yes, Parker, I have a question: "Is there a se-secret in your success 'cause the way you have come out...you you were...you know, you were good coming, you know, as a high school runner but ya ya, now as a you're borderline world class and-and to see you improvement has been, uh, leaps and bounds, what can you attribute that to er, so-so quickly?" (that was word for word that morons question)
but yeah Parkers answers were the problem.
So someone who noticed the obvious, even if he wasn't particularly articulate in expressing it.
night of Fernando wrote:. Her story, whether one chooses to believe it or not, is that she had latent untapped talent (and started serious training later than the teen phenoms), got consistent in training, and then added the cross-training.
There is nothing about that story that is disputable, no? She displayed latent talent by running a 10:10 2mile as a raw, relatively overweight high-school junior. Her old and new coaches say she trains very hard.
But not by running. Unlike most runners who excel.
You have overtly demonstrated repeatedly ad-nauseam on this forum a lack of critical thinking skills with a heavily biased perspective, incapable of honest debate.
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