BU season opener predictions

Sus wrote:

It is, and I mean this with the utmost disrespect, absolutely terrifying how obsessed the old white men on these boards are with Tuohy. It’s genuinely not normal and I feel like Letsrun should do something to discourage it.

I really didn't read anything before your post that was creepy or inappropriate. I'm really not sure what you're talking about. She is a gifted athlete and this is a running forum. What sort of things should people be commenting on here? Isn't more creepy that people are n Whittni Orton's Instagram page and commenting on her tattoos? Isn't kind of creepy that people are commenting on Evert Silva's personal life?

Katelyn Tuohy is a gifted young woman that many people have hated on and I, for one, am glad to see that she is doing well. If you think occasional comments about her performances are being "obsessed," then you're the one with a problem.

Taylor roe 858... roe was 10 sec faster than touchy at cross.. but fast track, but NC state just won nats... I'll say 904... Orton 1524 ish....

ContextisKing wrote:

Taylor roe 858... roe was 10 sec faster than touchy at cross.. but fast track, but NC state just won nats... I'll say 904... Orton 1524 ish....

858 is right, but she ran it 303, 302, 254 so I am pretty sure she could have run faster off a faster pace.

Oh the woo pig classic is one demand on ESPN app... what about this meet flotrack? Will it be on youtube?....

Anyway Sydney thorvaldsen look like she was in pretty good shape. Looks like she's been hitting the weight room and maybe slightly taller than high school but her form looked a little off. Not as smooth and upper body her arms didn't look like she was using her upper-body effectively

Also Chrissy gear had the strangest lap of pacing I've ever seen where she looks like she was in involved conversation with the girl she was pacing. She seems like a character that kind of marches to the beat of her own drummers so to speak

Yeah Taylor could have went faster if she was in a well-paced race.

Katelyn Tuohy!! Got out kicked pretty badly at the end but wow, 8:54 is a 6-7 second PB. is this an U20 American record?

Holy mackeral. BU magic.

Yes unless I missed one.

collegiateathlete101 wrote:

Katelyn Tuohy!! Got out kicked pretty badly at the end but wow, 8:54 is a 6-7 second PB. is this an U20 American record?

With her teammate bush right on her tail with a big close

Bush has a very good kick.

7empest wrote:

Jake from the Olympics wrote:

You are correct. This is silly. Tuohy will lose by 15 seconds.

Tuohy will not win. She is not as fast as she was as a HS sophomore or when she ran 9:01 as a junior. She will be out kicked as she has her whole career. She only wins when she can out run everyone in the front, but this is not HS anymore! She has no finishing speed and will get out kicked.

Easy prediction! Smoked by three woman at the end and almost a fourth…… Bush just missed beating her.

why is it strange to encourage your friend in the middle of a tough race...

But broke the U20 US record. The three runners that were expected to finish ahead of her did so. And I would not jump to conclusions yet. Tuohy had a good kick in relays. She is just running against older, more developed runners.

astro wrote:

But broke the U20 US record. The three runners that were expected to finish ahead of her did so. And I would not jump to conclusions yet. Tuohy had a good kick in relays. She is just running against older, more developed runners.

What relay did she have a good kick? Who was the anchor leg she beat in a kick?. Tuohy has a ton to learn. She was a horrible racer in HS. However, she was the best time trial HS runner of all time.

7empest wrote:

7empest wrote:

Tuohy will not win. She is not as fast as she was as a HS sophomore or when she ran 9:01 as a junior. She will be out kicked as she has her whole career. She only wins when she can out run everyone in the front, but this is not HS anymore! She has no finishing speed and will get out kicked.

Easy prediction! Smoked by three woman at the end and almost a fourth…… Bush just missed beating her.

Give me a break. Name another underclassman who has run 8:54, and clearly your prediction wasn’t “easy” as she run way faster than 9:01. She did great

7empest wrote:

Jake from the Olympics wrote:

You are correct. This is silly. Tuohy will lose by 15 seconds.

Tuohy will not win. She is not as fast as she was as a HS sophomore or when she ran 9:01 as a junior. She will be out kicked as she has her whole career. She only wins when she can out run everyone in the front, but this is not HS anymore! She has no finishing speed and will get out kicked.

Breaks the U20 record in a heat but boy does she stink. Tough crowd. Look up the NB DMRs for example. Of course she has things to learn. That is why she is running.

astro wrote:

Breaks the U20 record in a heat but boy does she stink. Tough crowd. Look up the NB DMRs for example. Of course she has things to learn. That is why she is running.

I am so happy for her. She seems to have recovered fully from her surgery. That time is pretty impressive, and is clearly faster than she ran in high school. Training with the NC State ladies seems to be agreeing with her.

astro wrote:

Breaks the U20 record in a heat but boy does she stink. Tough crowd. Look up the NB DMRs for example. Of course she has things to learn. That is why she is running.

I am interested to see how she follows up in the 5000. She is on the start list for heat 2. That was a big effort in the 3000, and it doesn't look like there is much time in between.

Slo-Jo wrote:

astro wrote:

Breaks the U20 record in a heat but boy does she stink. Tough crowd. Look up the NB DMRs for example. Of course she has things to learn. That is why she is running.

I am interested to see how she follows up in the 5000. She is on the start list for heat 2. That was a big effort in the 3000, and it doesn't look like there is much time in between.

I think she is just doing some pacing duty in the 5000, but could be wrong.