Valby 5K SEC championship

Can run the race then warm down to her favorite arc machine for 3 hrs with no fluid to complete the pday.

The athletes have entered the last inning of training before the big Trials dance.

Graduation is behind her. All of the other distractions need to fall away. You show up to work each day, and then you have three race-practice sessions remaining. You dial-in the sleep, the diet, and the race-day ritual for these three sessions.

Coach may put a pacer out there in at least one them so that she can get practice in a hyped environment following on the rail, while running at 3min/k pace, learning how to relax in her long stride while following for a while. The purpose is not to throttle and slow her down. It is to practice following while still opening up the stride and relaxing. 😎

Three race-practice sessions in four weeks, then a 3-week recovery-prep before the Big Dance.

If records fall in any of these race-practice sessions, so be it, all in a day’s work, and move on.

It is all prep for the bigger fish fry that still remains.

^this may seem a bit harsh. This is her ‘first one-last one’ on her home track. There will be excitement, photos, expectations.

And then Prelims at Kentucky, with more excitement and media.

Then the long trip to Eugene for Natty’s, another big race, with media, excitement, photos, etc.

It could be draining.

Sports Psychology 101: Each of these three races are big hard sessions in the training block. Keep some powder dry; that is all.

Yesterday, Alabama’s Lemngole demonstrated she can run in the heat and kick like a mule, closing her steeple race in 71 and 68. Valby would be well-advised to run her race and not get complacent.

But should she break the Outdoor 5000m record tonight, you-know-who will almost guaranteed pop off with his usual schtik, “she was just running reckless in order to break the record…and she showed no signs of fatigue, either!”

😂😂😂

The red flags are there. That is not a schtick, just a fact. No natural athlete runs the way she runs. If someone does not run like a clean athlete, I will notice it, especially in college. Nor are the explanations remotely credible. Her fellow athletes have noticed it. Simple fact is nothing prevents a college athlete from doping and UF is a perfectly place for it. We already know the top college sprinters do it.

You should look at that former NCAA runner who was much bulkier than her competitors who stopped running once she entered the testing pool.

It's not the heat -- it's the humidity.

Run to win, not for time will leave her fresh for the whole season.

Many great distance races happen in the rain or right after a rainfall when humidity is very high. Only slow runners think it is an issue.

Depends whether it is a cooling rain.

The key metric is something called the “misery index”, which is a summation of the temperature and dew point.

Only for slow runners. Parker will look great tonight.

The misery index is forecast to be 12pnts lower at 8:00pm tonight compared to last night (138deg vs 150deg), so some relief.

* Brand Ambassador for Nick Bare Performance Nutrition "supplements" - check!

* Never taken a single drug test by USADA despite competing at a national level for nearly 10 years - check!

* Been a pro for over five months and hasn't even hinted at a possible race - check!

You gotta be kidding. No way; when did that happen??

The winning time in the SEC 10K: 33:47.19.

Look at her instagram. She has about 8 stories up right now filming with BPN.

Are they really going to run 58 people in one heat of the 5000???

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Last. Individual event everyone enters no doubt some will elect not to run.