I think it is very interesting Kyle Valby is going to negotiate the waters in this shady sport; maybe Nike felt they could low-ball her (🤷🏼♂️)?
I figured one thing a connected-insider agent could do is be the clout for preferentially getting athletes into meets. But if Valby plans to go to the marathon relatively soon in her career, is getting into meets that important?
(Caveat: Take my potentially erroneous random thoughts on this topic loosely.)
Yes, a pretty dumb move. Reminds me of when Sally Kipyego was coming out and nike badmouthed her to everyone saying she would never make it in the pro circuit. All the shoe companies backed off and made no offer. nike signed her with a lowball offer. Kipyego took the WC silver in the 10K two years later. Great BLM supporters those nike people are.
I think it is very interesting Kyle Valby is going to negotiate the waters in this shady sport; maybe Nike felt they could low-ball her (🤷🏼♂️)?
I figured one thing a connected-insider agent could do is be the clout for preferentially getting athletes into meets. But if Valby plans to go to the marathon relatively soon in her career, is getting into meets that important?
(Caveat: Take my potentially erroneous random thoughts on this topic loosely.)
Yes, a pretty dumb move. Reminds me of when Sally Kipyego was coming out and nike badmouthed her to everyone saying she would never make it in the pro circuit. All the shoe companies backed off and made no offer. nike signed her with a lowball offer. Kipyego took the WC silver in the 10K two years later. Great BLM supporters those nike people are.
We don’t know whether it’s dumb move in this case, since we don’t know all of the particulars.
Parkervalby .com is available to buy. Could be a great investment to sell or rent out at a later date. I’m surprised she didn’t lock that down already.
Georgia Bell is also 30, runs a much shorter event where the mileage may not matter as much, is not American, and is likely not going to even make the British team for the Olympics, so most people on here don’t care. Do you not realize how badly us Americans would want a pretty, blonde, All-American girl with a great personality like Parker Valby to be successful? We’re just very skeptical of the level of dominance when combined with her training volume. She is going to win NCAAs in both the 5K and 10K this week and is going to sign a big endorsement deal. Is she truly a clean runner that can step up to the World stage? I would love for her to prove me wrong.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t care, but it matters that we have independent evidence for high performance in distance running on low mileage supported by determined cross-training. Keep in mind that you are making accusations against Valby without evidence.
Bell has an almost identical 3000m PB to Valby and recently ran 15:35 for 5000m, but I accept there is a disparity in their 10000m ability.
This was the key quote from the article, reminiscent of Valby’s situation in college.
Katy Barden wrote:
…[Bell’s] US collegiate experience taught her that high mileage isn’t for everyone: “I was doing around 50 miles/week and I was constantly dealing with issues. I was in a boot for a lot of that time, I had bad shin splits and stress fractures, and I just think that whenever I go above 30 miles per week now I still feel really uneasy that something is going to pop up again,” she says.
I think Bell will make the Olympic team at trials by the way, as her only competitor for the third spot behind Muir and Snowden is Revee Walcott-Nolan, making Bell an even money prospect in my book.
Not bad for 25-30 miles per week of running.
Not bad at all. Bell wins British trials ahead of Budapest finalists Muir, Snowden and Courtney. Off to the Olympics. Job done.
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