Athing Mu now running the mile at Millrose - let the predictions begin

St. Pierre, KK and Hall are on another level and will be racing each other; however I fully expect Mu to be in that mid-4:20s second group. She is definitely not a miler, but if you can win the Olympic gold medal in the 800m, you can probably hand with second tier milers.

4:24:90

Expect Great Things!!!

Remember when we used to think Tuohy was good at the mile?

youawarebrah wrote:

I live near nyc and was just going to buy tickets.....holy cow they are expensive! (200 bucks)

nevermind, no wonder this is a dying sport

Waaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaa@ They want me to pay for tickets... Waaaaaa!

And they are not $200, you could get a ticket for $30, $35, $65, $110, $115, $170, ... it just won't be premium seating, but I get it, you want to be on the finish line and not pay for it. It's the "fans" that hurt the sport. I don't hear people crying about the cost of an NFL playoff ticket. Milrose is stacked... PAY FOR IT or shaddup.

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moo moo wrote:

My son ran 49 and 4:10 in HS and he was the fastest on his team in the 400 and the mile. I guess It makes your point that a faster 400 results in a faster mile.

Your son does not exist.

industrial wrote:

I’d predict her running something in the 4:22-4:24 range, I think that you are underestimating her aerobic capabilities quite a bit. Like an earlier commenter made for comparison, Raevyn Rogers has run a 4:29 mile. Ajee has run a 4:05, equivalent to about a 4:23 or so.

You think she'll run 15 secs faster than last week. What a fantasyland this place is. Why not 20 or even 30 secs? It's all just numbers here.

moo moo wrote:

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=4821795

DUDE THIS IS WHO I THOUGHT OF WTF NO JOKE

HOW CAN YOU BE KARISSA SCHWEIZER’S PARENT AND HAVE SUCH A LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF TRACK PERFORMANCES

I LIVE IN DES MOINES

CRAZY

moo moo wrote:

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=4821795

Boom! Kid is bad! Good job dad.

moo moo wrote:

My son ran 49 and 4:10 in HS and he was the fastest on his team in the 400 and the mile. I guess It makes your point that a faster 400 results in a faster mile.

So your son Ryan Schweizer was a 49”/1:50 guy.

Aaron Stockstell, former Iowa prep standout from Mid Prairie was a 47”/1:50 guy. Brennan Davey of Indianola his junior year was probably capable of the same.

Let’s say for the sake of argument that Kibiwott Kandie is a 51”/1:50 guy.

What do you think the finishing order would be if those three (at peak) raced a mile?

1. The 51” guy

2. Your son

3. The 47” guy

Right? Follow the trend lines.

Should be fun. I bet she is much higher than 12th. This is a generational talent. And this should keep the race from being slow. Who'd want to have a 49/1:55 athlete waiting to kick on all these 54-58 runners?

midpackgal wrote:

I noticed that Nikki Hiltz is listed with a USA affiliation instead of Adidas. Their Instagram bio also no longer mentions Adidas.

I'm shocked that Hiltz is in the women's divsion and not the men's or non-binary.

I'm shocked that Athing is ducking Wilson..... Wilson never loses in the Armory.

Ok. I don't believe either of those two statements - i'm just trying to be funny.

Why did your daughter's performances fall off so much after burritogate?

moo moo wrote:

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=4821795

If the poster is actually Ryan Schweizer's father (as well as Karissa's father) and not a troll - we probably should give him an official login, no? At least let him register "moo moo".

This could be interesting. Some female milers have a little turnover, but only one of them can drop a :48.

zvcxzcvx wrote:

Should be fun. I bet she is much higher than 12th. This is a generational talent. And this should keep the race from being slow. Who'd want to have a 49/1:55 athlete waiting to kick on all these 54-58 runners?

Mu is running over twice her best distance. It may not be as exciting as you think.

moo moo wrote:

So the slower the 400, the faster the mile? I can run a 400 in 65. I should be able to run 4:20 I guess.

Imagine Joe Biden saying "cmon man" to you.

800 runners are either 400/800 or 800/1500.

He's saying her 400 time indicates she's more of a 400/800 type, so she may not do as well at the mile.

runnER/DR wrote:

moo moo wrote:

So the slower the 400, the faster the mile? I can run a 400 in 65. I should be able to run 4:20 I guess.

Imagine Joe Biden saying "cmon man" to you.

800 runners are either 400/800 or 800/1500.

He's saying her 400 time indicates she's more of a 400/800 type, so she may not do as well at the mile.

yup. this should be common sense. a 52/1:55 is going to be more strength oriented than a 49/1:55, and thus have a better mile time. no questions asked.

when Mu gets her 800 down to 1:52, now we have something to talk about. I still think she will be upper 4:20s.