Valby not satisfied with 11th place finish.

+1, also, what do you people want? If she said "I am fully satisfied with my performance" people would judge her for not being hungry. What's wrong with having big goals? Especially when you are in the Olympic freaking final

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda... She showed up on the day and placed 11th. She is 11th. Y'all are a bunch of beta cucks. You're all state employees on a rented 2011 PC while Kyle Valby is redlining multimillion dollar offers for Parker. She slays. Parker IS brat.

Her injuries from when she was 18-19 years old, and experiencing college workouts for the first time are being overblown, IMO. Especially given how rigorous her schedule has been over the past year, while remaining injury free. Many of the top US women either missed the trials or were recovering from serious injuries over the past few months, yet not much is said about it.

I fully expect her to build mileage over the next few years, now that she has more flexibility over her schedule.

I also think she could be competitive in the 1/2 marathon in the next year or two if she wanted to. Look at how easily she made the jump to 10K.

Million dollar question for Valby is whether she will be able to transition from her current program of high volumes of cross training to a more traditional training schedule. If she can, then I would expect to see her times drop a good bit and would expect to see her be more competitive with the E. Africans at Worlds in Tokyo. The problem is that the E. Africans who are currently running the 5k and 10k are some of the best in the history of the sport. No one is going to come out of the US collegiate system and be able to jump right into that level of racing. Valby needs time to develop as a pro. The fact that she is not satisfied with her Olympic debut is a good sign that she has the fire inside her and wants to beat the best in the world. She had previously been candid about being frustrated with injuries and was pessimistic about a professional career. That seems to be completely gone, which is a good thing.

World cross is in her home state in 17 months. Presumably that's a key goal for her.

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Let's look at past 15 months and compare Schweizer, Monson, Tuohy, Frerichs, Coburn, and Valby's injuries.

Just really hoping for factual statements on social media.

That social media post should have been vetted by a minder. This is not on PV.

Her Dad is losing her money. She needs a real agent.

She's got months to find the right situation to sign with. And we've seen the fallout of a lot of bad ones recently, so I don't blame her for taking her time with that.

She just ran the Olympics this month! No need to hurry.

Her Dad is asking for a ridiculous amount of many and basically Nike, Adidas and everyone else said good luck and no thank you. Now that she’s three months post NCAA champs and she has now lost 1/4 years pay. Her Dad is killer career already. She has no guidance and sounded by the wrong people to help her career.

What athlete doesn’t want to improve?

Nike just offered $1M pet year. Her dad is way smarter than the silly agents who have sociology degrees from D2 schools.

She wore the same shoes as every other Nike athlete in the race, so I suspect she had a short term deal to cover the trials and Olympics, at the very least.

Sadly for some, the possibility of Valby becoming the next Carmela Cardama Baez is not completely gone.

She’s not going to learn anything by competing against the best runners in the world, and getting lapped, or scorched over the last lap.

She actually does need to run domestically, and improve her PRs significantly, before she’ll be ready to take on the East-Africans.

Given what most of these sponsors have done to most athletes, I don't blame them at all for demanding the moon. As soon as you sign they start dictating what you can and cannot do.

I certainly wouldn't do that for less than a ransom. She's obviously not starving while she's sitting at home with family, and until she signs she has the freedom to decide what she wants to do and why, as well as pick a sponsor who will give her the terms she wants regardless of the money in question.

Nah

I think she expected to be thrashed by Hassan, Chebet et al, but not badly beaten by Battocletti. She lost three major races post-college and in all of them was out-kicked in the last two laps. We'll see how she handles that in the next year. She might try some 1500s just to see if she can improve at the end of races.

This is the only truth posted. Her Dad had rubbed everyone the wrong way and that’s why there are no real offers. She will eventually take a contract for a surprisingly low amount