I would bet if Shelby is feeling good she will continue as long as she can, potentially doing the whole thing. The women's 10k time standard to qualify for Tokyo Worlds is a stiff 30:20, but I doubt many will achieve that so they will then go by world ranking. (they have not published the full qualifying system yet but they will only be taking 3 athletes from the World XC tour events)
If she is feeling good why not keep going and try??? Gives her another option because you never know...
I don't care what Shelby says if she hits 5000m in 15:01 or slightly faster and she feels ABSOLUTELY great..she will continue. Shelby loves racing too much if she's feeling great and think how MONUMENTAL IT WOULD BE IF she was the first Westerner under 30 minutes.
It was a good race between Kelati and Cranny. Kelati tried to draft most of the race moving to the front the last few laps. I told a friend "if she doesn’t drop Cranny by 400m to go, Cranny stomps her in the last 200m." I was wrong in that Cranny went at 300m to go, but the stomping part was correct.
A former suspended drug cheat did a good job of pacing with help from pace lights before dropping out just after halfway. She kinda looked trailer trashy with all these tattoos. Can't remember her name.
The pace slowed a bit after that as Kelati and Cranny realized the record was out of reach and decided to race each other in a tactical battle.
It was a good race between Kelati and Cranny. Kelati tried to draft most of the race moving to the front the last few laps. I told a friend "if she doesn’t drop Cranny by 400m to go, Cranny stomps her in the last 200m." I was wrong in that Cranny went at 300m to go, but the stomping part was correct.
A former suspended drug cheat did a good job of pacing with help from pace lights before dropping out just after halfway. She kinda looked trailer trashy with all these tattoos. Can't remember her name.
The pace slowed a bit after that as Kelati and Cranny realized the record was out of reach and decided to race each other in a tactical battle.
I don't care what Shelby says if she hits 5000m in 15:01 or slightly faster and she feels ABSOLUTELY great..she will continue. Shelby loves racing too much if she's feeling great and think how MONUMENTAL IT WOULD BE IF she was the first Westerner under 30 minutes.
How do you know that she loves racing more than others do? Does she have an “I love to race” tattoo?
I'm surprised you're commenting, I saw your video about Femke Bol (best athlete in the world bar none) and remember you said you generally don't follow women's running. But perhaps you make minor exceptions here or there.
Best female athlete you mean. No woman can be (anywhere close) the best athlete in the world.