if you watch the start again youll see a paltry effort at the gun. i think she was aiming for a race that she could sit back in.
She always sits back off the gun. She knows it doesn’t work for her to go out too fast. She has a killer kick in the 1500 and 1500m is her race/distance. She could have taken the easy route and ran the 1500 this time but chose to challenge herself against a tough field. But the reality is she’s an 800/1500m runner.
I think she just wasn't ready for that fast of a race. When a Kenyan NR is set, you know the pace is quick.
I'm sure she'll regroup and we'll see a sharp Muir this summer.
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EXACTLY. There's nothing wrong with Miur, she ran 8:25:which before the race would have been 10th or 11th all time indoors. She just wasn't ready for a pace that quick, especially after the 400m in 64. She made a decision that they would continue suicidal pace and she slowed. They continued fast enough to rop her out of contention, her thought process was her downfall not her fitness.
Women's 1500 won in 4.01 with winner doing low 59 last 400. Hypothetically would have suited Muir very nicely. And of course I realise she's the best placed to judge her build up to Paris OG.
I believe she moved back to Australia to be with her husband and family.
Lots of Australians do altitude camps at Falls Creek, which is roughly 1550-1600m high (not too far off the elevation of boulder).
LOL
Boulder sits in a low spot at the base of mountains that literally lift up to 14,200 ft!!
Yeah, but no one's sleeping in those mountains (which is where the vast majority of the benefits of altitude come from, hence the term "sleep high, train low" and why people use altitude tents, etc).
Also, Falls Creek is also at at the base of a bunch of mountains (mountains that are used for training runs).
Women's 1500 won in 4.01 with winner doing low 59 last 400. Hypothetically would have suited Muir very nicely. And of course I realise she's the best placed to judge her build up to Paris OG.
That's a legit question. Put Muir in that 1500 and she's probably favourite, second favourite at worst, but with a very good shot at gold. In the 3000, she was never going to be able to compete with Tsegay. I guess she can say this is all about building for Paris but it's a medal passed up because I don't for a second think that both Hiltz and Mackay are beating Muir over the 1500.
At least Muir was there. So many less accomplished British athletes slipped these games, people like Katie Snowden, Max Burgin, Matt Stonier, Elliot Giles, George Mills, Daniel Rowden. None of them have any accolades and could have been competitive in Glasgow. Massive missed opportunity for those athletes.
Women's 1500 won in 4.01 with winner doing low 59 last 400. Hypothetically would have suited Muir very nicely. And of course I realise she's the best placed to judge her build up to Paris OG.
That's a legit question. Put Muir in that 1500 and she's probably favourite, second favourite at worst, but with a very good shot at gold. In the 3000, she was never going to be able to compete with Tsegay. I guess she can say this is all about building for Paris but it's a medal passed up because I don't for a second think that both Hiltz and Mackay are beating Muir over the 1500.
At least Muir was there. So many less accomplished British athletes slipped these games, people like Katie Snowden, Max Burgin, Matt Stonier, Elliot Giles, George Mills, Daniel Rowden. None of them have any accolades and could have been competitive in Glasgow. Massive missed opportunity for those athletes.
Yep where were the rest of them? And other athletes travelled across the world..
Laura has gone up in my opinion (and it was already high) she knows she could have easily won the 1500m in front of a home crowd. But she chose the harder race with her eyes on the summer.
That's a legit question. Put Muir in that 1500 and she's probably favourite, second favourite at worst, but with a very good shot at gold. In the 3000, she was never going to be able to compete with Tsegay. I guess she can say this is all about building for Paris but it's a medal passed up because I don't for a second think that both Hiltz and Mackay are beating Muir over the 1500.
At least Muir was there. So many less accomplished British athletes slipped these games, people like Katie Snowden, Max Burgin, Matt Stonier, Elliot Giles, George Mills, Daniel Rowden. None of them have any accolades and could have been competitive in Glasgow. Massive missed opportunity for those athletes.
Yep where were the rest of them? And other athletes travelled across the world..
Laura has gone up in my opinion (and it was already high) she knows she could have easily won the 1500m in front of a home crowd. But she chose the harder race with her eyes on the summer.
Re UK middle distance absentees (note , those named are all English not Scottish!), there's a case that with the OG selection going to be amazingly tight , they might think that peaking for Glasgow then backing off then rebuilding then effectively needing to peak for UK trials and hold for Paris is too much over 5 months. Fine margins and tbh we'll never really know what effect presence vs absence at Glasgow has further down the line in 2024.
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