Athing Mu added to 3rd section of 1500 at Sound Running Track Fest on Saturday

Well then that’s the race she should be in. The 800. Why isn’t she??

The OTHERS misjudge?? She’s the one who doesn’t know how to run in a pack and misjudges. Don’t make excuses for her causing the issues in the track

How a race turns out is not how you plan for it to turn out - every runner knows this. She likely didn't get the practice she was seeking in those races, which makes the Sound Running 1500 make even more sense. It's moving stepwise closer to actual race conditions.

Remember when Agassi hit the Challenger circuit to regain his mojo and build form & fitness before returning to ATP competition? Mu's current piecemeal return to racing is kinda the same thing, right?

Athing should try running a C section steeplechase.

Mu had more competition at practice freshman year at Texas an and m.

in high school sky was limit.

difference between shooting for stars and lowest hanging fruit.

Smart decision. Heat 1 would crush her. If she runs heat 2, she loses to a high schooler. Heat 3 is the only option. She might have a chance at top-3 in the slowest heat. That is, if she actually sticks her nose in it and races. Could DNF, too. She dropped out of the Millrose mile with only 200m to go a couple years ago.

it's easy at Oxy since she lives down the street in Hollyweird.

Olympic champion needs training wheels to do what she’s paid to do, pathetic. How can you root for somebody who is so transparently afraid to have their ego challenged in any way.

Hey, Brojos, Gault, it would be great if you pressed her on this shenanigans next chance you get and don’t accept her scripted PR answer, push more.

All the clowns here throwing a tantrum and don't even realize that she is already declared to run at Pre. Whatever she needs to do between now and then to be ready is between her and her coach, not you twits that think you know how to coach her.
She's not dodging anyone.

Pre Classic Mutola 800m 💎
Tsige Duguma (ETH)
Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)
Rénelle Lamote (FRA)
Shafiqua Maloney (VIN)
Mary Moraa (KEN)
Athing Mu (USA)
Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)
Jemma Reekie (GBR)
Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA

Now shut up and back to your basements!

this is what nike is paying for? how long is this going to go on for?

800 meters

6:20pm - Women's 800m (section 3)
Kassidy Johnson - 2:02.59
MaLeigha Menegatti - 2:02.19
Ellie Leather - 2:05.04
Mallory Lindaman - 2:02.75
Anna Connor - 2:03.30

6:25pm - Men's 800 (section 3)
Bobby Poynter - 1:46.75
Collin Dylla - 1:46.79
Jonah Hoey - 1:47.05
Grant Grosvenor - 1:47.58
Adam Swanson - 1:47.66
Braxton Bruer - 1:47.87
Charles Shimukowa - 1:47.99
Cain Evans - 1:49.86
Noah Ray - 1:50.11
Gabe Watson - 1:51.00
Cooper Downing - 1:51.14

6:30pm - Women’s 800m (section 2)
Lindsey Butterworth - 1:59.19
McKenna Keegan - 1:59.82
Sammy Watson - 1:59.92
Aurora Rynda - 2:00.66
Alison Andrews-Paul - 2:00.81
Kate Mitchell - 2:01.13
Camille Laus - 2:01.35
Skylyn Webb - 2:01.47
Brenna Detra - 2:01.56
Simone Plourde - 4:04.07* 2:04.34

6:35pm - Men’s 800m (section 2)
Camden Marshall - 1:45.48
Shane Streich - 1:45.85
Mehdi Yanouri - 1:45.97
Luciano Fiore - 1:46.00
Hazem Miawad - 1:46.12
Kyle Langford - 1:46.18
Christian Harrison - 1:46.20
Thomas Staines - 1:46.51
Jaxson Hoey - 1:46.86

1500 meters

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6:40pm - Women's 1500m (section 3)
Gabrielle Wilkinson - 4:09.28
Sadie Sargent - 4:09.65
Melissa Tanaka - 4:09.66
Athing Mu - 4:03.44
Kayley DeLay - 4:11.20
Hollie Parker - 4:12.22
Maddie Mooney - 4:12.70
Casey Monoszlay - 4:12.19
Grace Copeland - 4:15.00
Cailee Peterson - 4:16.60
Sadie-Jane Hickson - 4:33.81*
Nikita Moore - 4:33.83
Eleonora Curtabbi - 4:18.57
Camille Boudreau - 4:19.66
Calene Morris - 4:19.69

Some clowns need to be reminded of old threads.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=12728451

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=11976272

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Athing Mu out of L.A. Grand Prix track meet

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Their coach describes the reasons as “nothing serious” less than two weeks before the event at Drake Stadium. The event, set for next week at Drake Stadium, remains star-studded despite the absence…

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Ok she didn't run pre one year. Your point? She had a bad year last year we get it. Why are you guys dwelling on the negative. For someone who doesn't race alot the threads on her are VERY active. What other former Olympic champion gets repeated hater posts like this? Maybe haters have too much free time on their hands? She doesn't know you guys exist lmao.

What a waste of talent. Instead of showing the 400m women how it's done, she is running distances that make her dislike running.

400m, everyone in their own lane, which perfectly fits her. But nah, she must dodge SML and run in a pack. If I were Athing, I would switch to a different coach and rack up 400m gold medals and potentially get the WR.

Whatever is happening now is just absolutely insane and frustrating.

Yeah, don't stop until she cries!! Journalism!!!!!

I agree; good post! But these meets are too low-key. She should have at least run some normal open college events. I am not sure the gap between what she has been doing up until now and Pre or USAs can be bridged with the Sound Running meet...

at some point she needs to either man up or shut up. She has world-class talent and makes a great living doing the sport. She either needs to step up and start acting like it or don't and retire. All of this bizarre tip-toeing around these weird events is counter-productive and frankly just strange.