to be fair Ritz in the beginning of OAC was coaching Alicja Konieczek (steepler), Emily Oren (steepler), and Leah Falland (steepler), so he knows what he’s doing.
I love Beamish but he is just probably not gonna make waves at a WC final in the 1500, and in his pod talks about being frustrated having ran last year as basically a 5K specialist. His sweetspot distance seems to be the 3,000, so might as well try that out with the steeple in a couple low key meets. Why not?
To be fair, where are all of those 3 that you mentioned?
Exactly this. I know the groupthink on here has Ritz anointed as Salazar/Wetmore 2.0, but don't let that get carried away in overlooking essential facts. No results from his steeplers up to now suggest he can guide Beamish to being a player on the world stage in the event. Two of those ladies faded into obscurity after joining OAC. Heck, Falland got beat by an athlete with exactly zero individual NCAA titles and exactly one PAC 12 steeple crown. Falland was arguably fitter and certainly more experienced than Constien in that OT final and faltered due to either lacking hurdle technique or a mental lapse. No, the coach doesn't run the race but he or she prepares the athlete to run the race.
Based on the comments here, I was surprised how good he looked in his steeple debut. Relaxed, some stuttering and chopping but not a huge amount, and clearly lots left in the tank at the end. Looking forward to seeing what he can do next!
solid performance, but I don't think theres too much info to be gained. 3k seems like a good distance for him though
Yeah, his hurdling looks OK. Definitely room for some improvement and the water jump was an issue as far as stuttering. We’ll learn a lot more at Sound because it was pretty evident he was just cruising on the running parts and was unpressed.
Falland was arguably fitter and certainly more experienced than Constien in that OT final and faltered due to either lacking hurdle technique or a mental lapse.
Heh.
It's easy to criticize when it's not you in the arena, fyi I'm referencing
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, it looks like she could've gotten at least 3rd. I surmise she momentarily lost focus, since she was only 2 laps from her Olympic dream, and I mean - who among us couldn't have made the same error if we were in the exact same situation! I mean, two more laps to be an Olympian! It's the stuff of dreams. She wasn't as experienced as the two runners in front of her either, who were old pros and keeping their cool, but that's another story.
Falland was arguably fitter and certainly more experienced than Constien in that OT final and faltered due to either lacking hurdle technique or a mental lapse.
Heh.
It's easy to criticize when it's not you in the arena, fyi I'm referencing . we'll never know how she could've done if she didn't trip up & fall, if she could've gotten 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. If you watch the video , it looks like she could've gotten at least 3rd. I surmise she momentarily lost focus, since she was only 2 laps from her Olympic dream, and I mean - who among us couldn't have made the same error if we were in the exact same situation! I mean, two more laps to be an Olympian! It's the stuff of dreams. She wasn't as experienced as the two runners in front of her either, who were old pros and keeping their cool, but that's another story.
The fall is part of the steeple. Her foot hit the barrier cause she was tiring and that's also why she couldn't recover. Think she was barely keeping it together at that pace, which I give credit to her for. That's what they mean by going all out and it is the Trials.
I like Geordie Beamish but your logic is entirely skewed. The goal of any footrace is to run fast.
I hear what you are saying but it isn't actually true. Here are the goals of some races we have all done in which the finishing time was not the #1 priority:
1) qualify for a final
2) take the scalp of a rival I wanted to beat
3) test out my fitness after some time off
4) win some points
5) pace a friend/teammate
6) register a result as part of a qualifying requirement
7) just for experience and to learn the ins and outs of the event
8) to see if I liked the event and would want to actually train for it
9) win some kind of prize based on placing
10) just wanted the win
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Falland was arguably fitter and certainly more experienced than Constien in that OT final and faltered due to either lacking hurdle technique or a mental lapse.
Heh.
It's easy to criticize when it's not you in the arena, fyi I'm referencing . we'll never know how she could've done if she didn't trip up & fall, if she could've gotten 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. If you watch the video , it looks like she could've gotten at least 3rd. I surmise she momentarily lost focus, since she was only 2 laps from her Olympic dream, and I mean - who among us couldn't have made the same error if we were in the exact same situation! I mean, two more laps to be an Olympian! It's the stuff of dreams. She wasn't as experienced as the two runners in front of her either, who were old pros and keeping their cool, but that's another story.
I like Geordie Beamish but your logic is entirely skewed. The goal of any footrace is to run fast.
I hear what you are saying but it isn't actually true. Here are the goals of some races we have all done in which the finishing time was not the #1 priority:
1) qualify for a final
2) take the scalp of a rival I wanted to beat
3) test out my fitness after some time off
4) win some points
5) pace a friend/teammate
6) register a result as part of a qualifying requirement
7) just for experience and to learn the ins and outs of the event
8) to see if I liked the event and would want to actually train for it
to be fair Ritz in the beginning of OAC was coaching Alicja Konieczek (steepler), Emily Oren (steepler), and Leah Falland (steepler), so he knows what he’s doing.
I love Beamish but he is just probably not gonna make waves at a WC final in the 1500, and in his pod talks about being frustrated having ran last year as basically a 5K specialist. His sweetspot distance seems to be the 3,000, so might as well try that out with the steeple in a couple low key meets. Why not?
How many of those did Ritz coach in hurdle technique? All three ran the steeple before going to work with Ritz so they had that background, Ritz just needed to coach them as distance runners. Beamish is going from zero steeple experience, he'll need a specialist hurdles coach.
I'd say Beamish's chances of making a 1500 final at Worlds are better than his chances of making a steeple final.
