VALBYMANIA GOES HOME DEVSTATED

All I know is that my daughter had like 12 of her HS friends over to watch the race and they were all super stoked for Parker. They all seemed happy and thought she was a bada$$ for taking the lead. Nike should give her a shoe. Finally fix the Pegasus and call it the Parker.

Well, I am not an american. By all means. Very well executed by a 21 year old woman. You ought to be proud.

That's right. She ran fine in a race that was new to her and different. Very slow at times and then rapid but fairly brief accelerations, and then ends up being a 400m sprint which is not really her forte.

I thought this was great experience for her.

I look forward to see her progression in the next few years.

Her only "fail" in this race was not making the top 10 but I mean she made the freaking Olympics, there's no fail in any of that

I think she was capable of 5 seconds faster and she knows she has no kick so she should have built 5 seconds into that last 800m

The splits for this race are just so so weird, 82 second first lap, 75s second and of course they are dropping sub 60s for the last.

2016 Rio has ruined me for 10,000m excitement, Molly Huddle's 30:13 without super-shoes was stunning

Can’t compete globally in a 10k with all that xtraining stuff, would love to be proven wrong

let me get this straight

Parker Valby has a PR of 30:50.43 with a 15:30/15:20 split

And 4 months later she runs 30:59.28 with a 15:51/15:08 split

That's such a better performance, honestly impressive considering her earlier fitness

Hopefully they put artwork of her doing her classic duck face on the shoe 🦆

yeah she ran her 30:50 with 15:30/15:20 5k splits and this one she ran 30:59 with a 15:51/15:08 5k split, im much more impressed with this out of both performances, next year she could shave off a bunch of time from her PB

She finished 2 seconds ahead of a 30:24 runner, Sarah Chelangat

Valbymania, Norwegiantrashytattoosmania, and Femkemania.

You are iterally commenting in a thread about a woman who just competed at the Olympics. Huh????

Except I think she might be an obvious doper. But on that subject this board would not have a clue if it fell on it from orbit.

She is a mixed genes. More favorizing conditions for unique talents.

Look at the examples of Mbappé and Yamale.

Anyone mind explaining for the non Americans what the deal is with this woman? Why the hype?

What are the odds she can develop a world-class kick?

Good looking

I think it comes down to this: She is attractive, she is a college runner (until recently), she gives funny interviews that are clearly not scripted talking points, she seems more relatable than a lot of elites, and she has a cadre of young ladies who love her style.