Keely drops to 400m and sets another record!!

XY. wrote:

Well What Do You Know wrote:

Why was Athing Mu in lane two? Was there another runner in lane one the whole time? Or she was just running in lane two all by herself?

She is getting better, only runs in the outside of lane one now!

JO Coach wrote:

Athing's path to success has always been unorthodox. I witnessed her first ever club track race at Northeast HS in Philly. She won the 1500 in lane two the entire race...in sweatpants!

She also never won a single HS State Title in NJ...because she did run any meets for her HS.

With that said, her handlers always seem to make the right call.

Armstronglivs wrote:

JO Coach wrote:

Athing's path to success has always been unorthodox. I witnessed her first ever club track race at Northeast HS in Philly. She won the 1500 in lane two the entire race...in sweatpants!

She also never won a single HS State Title in NJ...because she did run any meets for her HS.

With that said, her handlers always seem to make the right call.

Like getting her to run the Millrose mile?

wiederganger wrote:

Hodgkinson's new PB was run on a relatively sh*t track at a low key meeting. It was worth sub 52.

Let's not forget her final 200m in Eugene at the Worlds was faster than Mu's. Let's also not forget that Moraa has run 50.4 this year as well.

Mu needs to get racing. It's 2 months until Budapest and she hasn't raced for nearly 1 year.

XY. wrote:

wiederganger wrote:

Hodgkinson's new PB was run on a relatively sh*t track at a low key meeting. It was worth sub 52.

Let's not forget her final 200m in Eugene at the Worlds was faster than Mu's. Let's also not forget that Moraa has run 50.4 this year as well.

Mu needs to get racing. It's 2 months until Budapest and she hasn't raced for nearly 1 year.

The best example of converting 52 to 1:52 is Spencer Brown. I hear he is tired of training alone ;)

Since You Wanted To Know wrote:

I wonder what Allie O would say if Spencer started training with Keely.

Armstronglivs wrote:

No one is in "1.52 shape".

Well What Do You Know wrote:

First of all Jelimo is a biological male. Not everyone is aware of that. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Second, Jelimo's 52.14 (June 14, 2012) was only 3 weeks before Jelimo ran an 800 in 1:56.76 (July 7, 2012) . So no, your Jelimo reference does NOT mean Keely can run 1:52.

Well What Do You Know wrote:

code5800 is too obsessed with Keely to be objective.

Yes, Keely is friendly and attractive, but that doesn't mean we should throw logic and common sense out the window!

code5800 wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

No one is in "1.52 shape".

Tell that to every Letsrun user ever. Let's see their common sense.

Well What Do You Know wrote:

code5800 wrote:

Tell that to every Letsrun user ever. Let's see their common sense.

What in the world are you talking about? You are literally the only person on here who thinks that Keely is in 1:52 shape.

You made an Amazing post, and you are dumb enough to realize that you're right and always are code5800.

Well What Do You Know wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

Like getting her to run the Millrose mile?

The Millrose mile was Athing's idea. She really believed that she could compete with the best milers in the country, and admitted she was really upset when she discovered she couldn't.

I don't think for one second that her coach thought Athing was going to be competitive. He's not an idiot. But Athing was a pro at that point, no longer a student athlete, so he couldn't really stop her.

I would have done the same thing if I was her coach. Let her fail at the mile and get it out of her system. It worked. She forgot all about the 1500/mile and went back to the 800 and won the World Championships.

Armstronglivs wrote:

Well What Do You Know wrote:

The Millrose mile was Athing's idea. She really believed that she could compete with the best milers in the country, and admitted she was really upset when she discovered she couldn't.

I don't think for one second that her coach thought Athing was going to be competitive. He's not an idiot. But Athing was a pro at that point, no longer a student athlete, so he couldn't really stop her.

I would have done the same thing if I was her coach. Let her fail at the mile and get it out of her system. It worked. She forgot all about the 1500/mile and went back to the 800 and won the World Championships.

So her coach doesn't have any real influence over her decisions then? A bit difficult for him to "make the right call".

pupil3142 wrote:

Keely Keely Keely

Link:www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/65940011

Is there no end to her talent?

Will she keep improving and beat mu?

Well What Do You Know wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

So her coach doesn't have any real influence over her decisions then? A bit difficult for him to "make the right call".

That was an old coach, not her current coach.

fdggfdg wrote:

Let's be honest, on track surfaces and with spikes from a decade ago, her current PR is only about 1:56.25...