"We know Hiltz, who ran 2:34.09 for 1000m two weeks ago (not technically a US indoor record since it was on an oversize track) is fit, but Hiltz hasn’t race above a mile since 2019. Does Hiltz have the endurance to hang?"
Compared to:
"Meanwhile Monson, who set a US record for 3k at this meet last year, is gearing up for a fast 10,000 in March. Does she have the kick to prevail in a close race?"
You can't go through the 800 in 2:16 when your 800 PR is 2:13. That's like saying "I want to lose this race."
I'm not sure that Leachman would have beaten Humphries today no matter how Leachman ran that race. But Leachman would have at least gotten second if she had run smarter.
Running the first 800 in 2:20 or 2:21 would have given Leachman a shot at the win, and second place for sure.
In a way this was eerily similar to the NXN race in that she tried to run at a pace that there was no way she could sustain.....but she learned quickly and came back strong at FL. Amazing she can string together 16 straight 36s but 32.6/33.7 just killed her. I say it is lack of speed, but yes some coaching on what the proper pace for her was would have helped.
Yes, Leachman ran today's race exactly like NXN.
But since NXN, she ran a more or less even pace at 4 races - Foot Locker, an indoor 3k, and then two outdoor 3200's. So I thought her days of going out way too fast were behind her. I guess not.
In any case, she's going to be back at the Armory in a month for Nike Nationals. Whichever event she runs at that meet, I bet she goes out more conservatively.
Feeling a bit more skeptical about saying Nuguse will win but no WR, because now I kinda feel like it's the least likely outcome. I'm sticking by it though.
If he clocks 3:49 like you predicted, he’s very vulnerable. But if he runs 3:47.xx and barely misses the WR, which is a reasonably likely scenario, I like his odds to win that race. Yes, Mills and MGR have run 3:47.65 & 3:47.69 respectively, but it’s doubtful MGR will come anywhere near that given his past year’s indoor results and his stinker 5k at BU. Mills could be in that shape, or it’s possible that 1) he was already a sub-13 5k guy in the late summer and 2) he’s in more of a strength phase/lacks top-end now. As good as Kessler is, a 3:47.xx for him or anyone else I haven’t mentioned would be a significant breakthrough and a fairly shocking result.
You gave me hope, but then a WR went down 3 mins into the broadcast. Maybe today is just gonna be the day.
I swear when they pulled up the start list and showed Susanna Kallur as the WR holder, I thoght to myself, "How in the world is it possible that some random white girl from Sweden has the WR in teh 60mh? That would be a great story for Jonathan to write?"
(But then I got negative and started wondering if the story would suck with drug accusations - to be honest I know little about it but it's tought being a track fan)
No we have a new WR.
But hurdle experts, what's the deal with Kallur? How do you have the 60m WR but no global medals outdoors at 100mh?
"We know Hiltz, who ran 2:34.09 for 1000m two weeks ago (not technically a US indoor record since it was on an oversize track) is fit, but Hiltz hasn’t race above a mile since 2019. Does Hiltz have the endurance to hang?"
Compared to:
"Meanwhile Monson, who set a US record for 3k at this meet last year, is gearing up for a fast 10,000 in March. Does she have the kick to prevail in a close race?"
I wonder why it was phrased so awkwardly.
You know why -- it's because using 3rd person pronouns for people is awkward AF and ain't nobody got time for that.
You know why -- it's because using 3rd person pronouns for people is awkward AF and ain't nobody got time for that.
"they" is way too awkward to say, at least in cases where it's a field full of women. I've started saying e instead of they because it's like he/she without the gender connotation, and it flows soooooo much better.
You know why -- it's because using 3rd person pronouns for people is awkward AF and ain't nobody got time for that.
"they" is way too awkward to say, at least in cases where it's a field full of women. I've started saying e instead of they because it's like he/she without the gender connotation, and it flows soooooo much better.
Or just use she. Hiltz is a woman and she is the proper pronoun no matter what she says.
"We know Hiltz, who ran 2:34.09 for 1000m two weeks ago (not technically a US indoor record since it was on an oversize track) is fit, but Hiltz hasn’t race above a mile since 2019. Does Hiltz have the endurance to hang?"
Compared to:
"Meanwhile Monson, who set a US record for 3k at this meet last year, is gearing up for a fast 10,000 in March. Does she have the kick to prevail in a close race?"
I wonder why it was phrased so awkwardly.
Transphobics would rather get a degree in english before accepting people different than them.