Sir, I just want to salute you for actually stating the result and linking to it in your post, unlike the vast # of posters on the LA Grand Prix thread.
No, that's not how it works. Indoor efficiency does not always directly translate to outdoors. But don't worry, Bol and her coach are now planning to run some 200s as well. Coz you know they will be copying everything Sydney does.
She’ll run the 400 or 400h + she’ll be in the 4x400 pool. She’ll win either of the individual events she’ll be in. She’s currently the best in the world at 400 & 400h. Nobody else has a chance in either of those events. I mentioned in another thread and will say it again, Syd is going to be the best we’ve seen her this year.
Steiner has nothing to worry about. She’s on the right track in her recovery from surgery. She’s got nothing to worry about unless she is injured again.
Thomas is a bit of a surprise.
Gabby needs to change coach.
Whereabouts would you locate such a coach. Finding someone for Gabby could be difficult
Syd can run a faster 200m, but the training to do so would be at the expense of the 400/400h. She is not cycling; she is still in a somewhat 400/400h stride pattern which is difficult to get out with training to sprint. Btw, Syd won this race partially because she put a lot of pressure on the other athletes early. They knew she was going to be strong at the end, but when she was leading early it was a surprise.
Gabby .. seems very inconsistent though, she'll run a 22.80 one week and then throw down a 22 flat the next week. Very odd.
To be fair, both Thomas and Steiner ran the 100m "B" heat earlier. My guess is this meet is part of Gabby's heavy work load early in the season with doing 2 races. She seemed to do well at the World Relays, coming back from the 4x100 final to do the 4x400 duty as well.
Syd can run a faster 200m, but the training to do so would be at the expense of the 400/400h. She is not cycling; she is still in a somewhat 400/400h stride pattern which is difficult to get out with training to sprint. Btw, Syd won this race partially because she put a lot of pressure on the other athletes early. They knew she was going to be strong at the end, but when she was leading early it was a surprise.
She mentioned her "long stride" in the interview...
Syd can run a faster 200m, but the training to do so would be at the expense of the 400/400h. She is not cycling; she is still in a somewhat 400/400h stride pattern which is difficult to get out with training to sprint. Btw, Syd won this race partially because she put a lot of pressure on the other athletes early. They knew she was going to be strong at the end, but when she was leading early it was a surprise.
I don't believe it would damage her 400M. She has to run 300s and 200s for speed work for the 400 anyhow as well as the 600s she's probably doing for strength. Now if you were talking about the 100M i could see that.
Incredible run from her. I too was surprised that she led off the turn.
Syd can run a faster 200m, but the training to do so would be at the expense of the 400/400h. She is not cycling; she is still in a somewhat 400/400h stride pattern which is difficult to get out with training to sprint. Btw, Syd won this race partially because she put a lot of pressure on the other athletes early. They knew she was going to be strong at the end, but when she was leading early it was a surprise.
Nothing you wrote is accurate. She can run faster and the training and 400 impact is irrelevant. She had a dismal reaction time (opposite of putting pressure on early). She won the race because she was faster. No such thing as putting pressure on early as a reason for winning. She pushed the pace she should have, period. A good reaction time could have bagged her a 21.7 flat. She ran into a slight wind, a tailwind of 1.0 or if lucky 2.0 could have got her 21.5 combined with a hood start. She’s two months from a peak and didn’t get pushed to the line. So yea, she can run faster not at the expense of 400h training but because duh….
It's a pedestrian 200m time, but her coach is Bob Kersee, so she'll run at least 47.x if she's in 22.0 "shape" in May.
It’s an elite all-time type performance. With a .548 start alone 22.07 is crazy. Then into a slight wind, 2 months before peak with no one that close in the race. This could have been a 21.5 performance today if she didn’t walk out of the blocks and had a 1.0 wind.
I don’t buy that reaction time. She moved at the same time as the women in the lanes next to her. It would’ve been a noticeable difference with the large reaction time difference. Steiner was also listed as .5+
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