Georgia Bell 1500m progression

the cherry wrote:

We should add:

2021: Age 27

2024: Age 30

yeah, no.....

wrooong wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

They do. But these days it isn't simply about talent and training.

Wrong.

Dommy wrote:

Georgia Bell's 1.56 800 PB by 3 and a half seconds at the London DL also didn't get as much attention as Keely and Reekie set big PBs ahead of her.

According to coach Painter, Bell has made massive improvements because she has only been concentrating 100% on the track since May, taking a sabbatical from her office job

GB has definitely benefitted from being in Keely's training group and the coaches have said that the two of them are pushing each other to new levels.

I know that the cynics on this board don't buy any of it, but that's their problem.

Dommy wrote:

Coach Meadows has said that GB might have a crack at the WR in the coming DL weeks such is her improvement. I can't wait to see your meltdown then.

Dommy wrote:

Georgia Bell's 1.56 800 PB by 3 and a half seconds at the London DL also didn't get as much attention as Keely and Reekie set big PBs ahead of her.

According to coach Painter, Bell has made massive improvements because she has only been concentrating 100% on the track since May, taking a sabbatical from her office job

GB has definitely benefitted from being in Keely's training group and the coaches have said that the two of them are pushing each other to new levels.

I know that the cynics on this board don't buy any of it, but that's their problem.

Armstronglivs wrote:

wrooong wrote:

Wrong.

Kiprop, Ramzi, Houlihan - the list goes on - disagree. And so do all the championship athletes who admitted to doping in a confidential survey.

Libel is as libel does wrote:

EvilRunner wrote:

Impressive!

2021: 4.48.18

2022: 4.42.93

2023: 4.12.16

2024: 3.52.61

can’t even say “it’s the shoes” because they existed in 2021.

wow!

These are always stupid and mean nothing. Only stupid people don't care about context or external factors. You have no idea what her training load was, who she was being trained by, whether she was injured or even taking the training seriously. You have no information at all about the millions of other factors that determine whether she was running fast or slow and certainly not enough to make a valid comparison, yet you try to make some meaningful connection between these numbers. To sit there and think that this woman just decided to come back into the sport and start doping is absurd.

WTF is wrong with you people?

malmo wrote:

GBarbie wrote:

So a jump from 4.36 at 13 to 3.52 at 30 is normal when all years in between were mediocre to bad?

Being great is never "normal." Breakthroughs happen.

Dommy wrote:

Good answer, some thoughts... Progress for everyone isn't linear. Correct me If I'm wrong but have we ever seen a running/cycling age grade world champion duathlete go back into running. Maybe the way forward is to cycle more? We have never seen something like this before, true.

As a Brit I would be devastated if any of our mid distance runners were doping. We may have a bit of a holier than thou attitude to doping here. I can't for the life of me though understand why an athlete of Meadows who lost medals to doped Russians was doping. Where would the drugs be coming from, how many people would know about it and have to cover it up?

And for purely selfish reasons I'm hoping for WR's in DL Brussels as I'll be there....

Huwang wrote:

malmo wrote:

Being great is never "normal." Breakthroughs happen.

You admitted to taking PED’s, your argument is moot.

Huwang wrote:

malmo wrote:

Being great is never "normal." Breakthroughs happen.

You admitted to taking PED’s, your argument is moot.

Poppppppppp wrote:

malmo wrote:

1. Wejo didn't drop 2min he dropped 20s, the culmination of 2years of dedicated training.

2. There is no drug that improves your time by 2 minutes.

3. Excuses, excuses, excuses.

29:49 to 28.06 isn’t 20s..

Cather Lombard suggests 3 mins is more like the EPO effect

And since past posts suggest you struggle a bit with comprehension: how many people here think wejo is a doper cause of the mega performance versus hard training. Why wouldn’t you think other people would also respond to training?

wrooong wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

Kiprop, Ramzi, Houlihan - the list goes on - disagree. And so do all the championship athletes who admitted to doping in a confidential survey.

Cool. Now do the list of those who agree.

Poppppppppp wrote:

29:49 to 28.06 isn’t 20s..

Cather Lombard suggests 3 mins is more like the EPO effect

And since past posts suggest you struggle a bit with comprehension: how many people here think wejo is a doper cause of the mega performance versus hard training. Why wouldn’t you think other people would also respond to training?