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And here I was thinking you'd spoiled the race for me. When I saw them go through in an absolutely insane 55, I thought, maybe they'll come back to her, but she was badly beaten in over 4 minutes, so what exactly is the mf for, finishing? That was not a very good performance for her at all. Over three seconds off her pr in a 3:52.96 race on a super fast track with plenty of drafting available where just by backing off the pace and running 2:08/3:12, you'd be in contention for a big pr? Very underwhelming, 4:01.6.
They went through in 58, not 55 The split time was wrong and Goucher corrected herself.
One more point on Johnson: she started the year with a PB of 4:03. That's now down to 3:58. Anyone who thought she was getting down to 3:55 is basically saying that she's a likely doper because anyone taking 8 seconds off their PB in a single season to get down to 3:55 is suspicious as hell. Even Houlihan only took 6 seconds off in her suspect 2018 season
Amazing race for 6th in a STACKED field. In a couple years she will be a serious medal threat.
NOBODY would have predicted this out of her a year ago. Same place as Cole Hocker in the 2020 Olympics.
Solid run, but multiple seconds off her PB, in a fast race, in good conditions. Sure, would deserve the MF middle name if this was 2021 SJ, but this race was nothing special from a 3:58 woman.
Despite only getting 9th, I thought Karissa’s run was much more impressive. Granted she is older and has more experience in world class fields.
But in my opinion, Karissa was racing for a medal(and I know she fell quite short but pr-ed by 30 seconds) and Sinclaire was racing for 4th and got 6th
Yes, to your surprise I have. I have raced with women in that race. My perspective is coming from the championship mindset. When it comes down to a championship race, you have go with the race otherwise game over… it’s as simple as that.
You raced with women in that race? Well obviously you're too slow to be in the Worlds so basically you messed up your races to be left out and now you're an armchair quarterback pretending you would have done something different. Keep your day job and stop judging
Despite only getting 9th, I thought Karissa’s run was much more impressive. Granted she is older and has more experience in world class fields.
But in my opinion, Karissa was racing for a medal(and I know she fell quite short but pr-ed by 30 seconds) and Sinclaire was racing for 4th and got 6th
If you don’t think there is anything to learn from that race for the Americans then your not understanding why a vet like Laura Muir has become the runner she is. Every chance to race in that type of race is a learning experience
I will point out that Sinclaire's first lap yesterday was 61.3. She went through in 62.0 in Pre when she ran 3:58.
Yesterday she ran 64.0s for the final lap while at Pre she closed in a 60.5.
Basically the main difference between her Prefontaine run and yesterday was she didn't have the same kick on the last lap as she did in Pre. Fair enough as Pre was on fresh legs while this was off of rounds.
Definitely needs a bit more aerobic strength to maintain speed through the rounds. With that close being compromised I doubt she medals even in a slower race.
Solid run, but multiple seconds off her PB, in a fast race, in good conditions. Sure, would deserve the MF middle name if this was 2021 SJ, but this race was nothing special from a 3:58 woman.
1) How often do you think she's going to run anywhere near her PR? Jenny Simpson first ran under 4:00 in 2009. She didn't run that fast again for five years.
2) This was not a good race for running fast for most of these women. To run fast times, most of these women need time trials. They need to have faster women running near them who they can use as pacers. The fastest women went out so fast that nobody else could key off them.
Only one American woman has ever broken 4 in an Olympic or World championship race. Johnson's effort of 4:01.63 is excellent for an American. I think that the American women rarely see a fast international field and just don't prepare for it.
Only one American woman has ever broken 4 in an Olympic or World championship race. Johnson's effort of 4:01.63 is excellent for an American. I think that the American women rarely see a fast international field and just don't prepare for it.
Houlihan and Simpson both broke four in the 2019 world champs. Though I guess Houlihan has an asterisk.
Ya’ll are wildn, go watch her let’s run interview and you can hear her say she is disappointed in the way the race played out from the start. 6th in your first world champs is amazing, but when you run with the best you always strive for the medals and that seemed to go out the window within that first lap
No I think you’re right. As a spectator of many of these championships over the years I was just disappointed to see the race be a race of 4 right from the gun. Maybe I’m just used to seeing Jenny, Shelby, or Shannon be in the mix every year. This is a really good learning experience for Sinclair for her future appearance at world events
None of those you listed is running sub 59 first 400m either. You've demonstrated so far in this thread that you're a blowhard who knows little about the sport.
Yes, to your surprise I have. I have raced with women in that race. My perspective is coming from the championship mindset. When it comes down to a championship race, you have go with the race otherwise game over… it’s as simple as that.
Dave Wottle would like to have a word with you.
And so would everyone who has ever gone into oxygen debt and died a painful death after overcommitting too early.
Clearly the best way to run this race (for everyone who didn't medal) was to run the fastest pace possible and hope that two of the four leaders died and a bronze or better would be possible. One of the four died. The other three didn't. It is what it is.