What would it be like to run competitively for years and years and years, and then suddenly, out of no where, find all this ability? Ability to do other worldly things that you couldn't do at any other point in your life...you know, the life you spent competitive running.
Georgia got back into running during the pandemic after a long break and started with park runs. Now she's an Olympic medalist. She ran 3:52. That's a time Jenny Simpson never touched in her career. Nor Shannon Rowbury.
Why is Hassan in that group? She ran 1:56.8 and 3:56.0 pre-superspikes. She was already in the A group. Not particularly comparable, you could say Mo was a better comp to Jess not Hassan.
What would it be like to run competitively for years and years and years, and then suddenly, out of no where, find all this ability? Ability to do other worldly things that you couldn't do at any other point in your life...you know, the life you spent competitive running.
Georgia got back into running during the pandemic after a long break and started with park runs. Now she's an Olympic medalist. She ran 3:52. That's a time Jenny Simpson never touched in her career. Nor Shannon Rowbury.
People mature at different rates. Particularly women dealing with changing hormone levels. There's clearly something to be said for doing a modicum of training and racing while younger but not overdoing it, and then coming back to the sport when physically mature and hitting training hard.
Jo Pavey had a similar progression. Constantly injured in her early twenties, pretty much dropped out of the sport and did trail running and hiking and then only really became elite at the age of 25 once her injuries cleared up. Won a European championship 10000m on the track at 40 and went to the Olympics at 42 but didn't break 15 minutes at 5000m until the age of 25 and ran her pb at 32.
There's also plenty examples of athletes changing event in their mid twenties and doing well. Dafne Shippers was a heptathlete until specialising in sprinting.
And not every athlete trains to their maximum. Some are lazy trainers and bad eaters and need a particular coaching set up to get them out of that and fulfill their potential.
Does anybody else think the track in the video sounds hard? Maybe that's why Bell got so injured there.
People actually think this is on the level? This board always finds a way to explain the incredible. It is a gift. Like I say, after this and Hull etc you have to be insane not to dope in this sport because no matter how ridiculous and suspect the progression, people will still try to explain to you how it is clean.
I think at this point we need names. I know Cal for a long time was viewed by man coachews a graveyard where big talents went to die but this is next level. Do we know who was coaching her when she was there?
When I coached, I was quietly pleased that no one I ever coached went on to much better success elsewhere, meaning I did a pretty good job.
But how does a coach not even get Bell to score at Pac 12s when she is that talented?
What a year she has had.
4th World indoors, European silver, Olympic bronze, 2nd in DL final and pbs of 1:56/3:52
Or improve their supply source. She clearly is on something new.
People actually think this is on the level? This board always finds a way to explain the incredible. It is a gift. Like I say, after this and Hull etc you have to be insane not to dope in this sport because no matter how ridiculous and suspect the progression, people will still try to explain to you how it is clean.
But if your favorite runner ran a 14:10 tomorrow you would be very quiet.
People mature at different rates. Particularly women dealing with changing hormone levels. There's clearly something to be said for doing a modicum of training and racing while younger but not overdoing it, and then coming back to the sport when physically mature and hitting training hard.
Jo Pavey had a similar progression. Constantly injured in her early twenties, pretty much dropped out of the sport and did trail running and hiking and then only really became elite at the age of 25 once her injuries cleared up. Won a European championship 10000m on the track at 40 and went to the Olympics at 42 but didn't break 15 minutes at 5000m until the age of 25 and ran her pb at 32.
There's also plenty examples of athletes changing event in their mid twenties and doing well. Dafne Shippers was a heptathlete until specialising in sprinting.
And not every athlete trains to their maximum. Some are lazy trainers and bad eaters and need a particular coaching set up to get them out of that and fulfill their potential.
Does anybody else think the track in the video sounds hard? Maybe that's why Bell got so injured there.
Georgia Bell is one of one. There is no precedent and I’m not really sure why people try to make comparisons. She runs 15-30mpw and does 100mpw biking and is one of the fastest in history after less than a year of serious training. She is beating women who run 2-3 times as much with 8x the base. She raced a ton this year and gotten better and stronger as she went. So she’s either one of the greatest talents ever, or biking is more effective for building endurance than we think (and maybe better than running), or it’s something else. Only she really knows, but there’s a reason Meadows says 3:49.0 is realistic. How could it not be?
People actually think this is on the level? This board always finds a way to explain the incredible. It is a gift. Like I say, after this and Hull etc you have to be insane not to dope in this sport because no matter how ridiculous and suspect the progression, people will still try to explain to you how it is clean.
But if your favorite runner ran a 14:10 tomorrow you would be very quiet.
It hasn't happened so it doesn't justify Bell's progression.