Elite 1500m runners are truly tiny, that is something you do notice.
It holds true in women's sports in general. I've attended tennis tournaments and in recent years many LPGA events. It's unbelievable how thin those girls are, to the point it almost looks like a 50% impression of the televised version.
Swimming is different. Those women are thin but with huge shoulders.
Sorry I skimmed over the less enlightened responses. She was wearing normal street clothes but with a Nike t shirt. The store sells all sorts of sportswear/clothing/equipment so she or her love ones might want to wear something or use something other than Nike gear. The city I live in is a Rugby League town - so a very accomplished runner isn't even a blip on the radar. Before the Olympics there were huge banners of Jakob and Mu and no customer or staff member had ever heard of them either.
Yes. Elites when you see them in person, they're all very small. They look bigger on TV I think because they're mostly surrounded by other elites and have muscle tone. They're built different.
What happened to all the posts? She's highly suspect and that comes with the territory.
Because this is a thread about a fan's interaction with her at a store. It's not a thread about whether she's doping or not. We like one thread per topic and also don't want individual threads going off topic. So every thread on Hull or Houlihan or Kiprop isn't necessarily about doping.
But it's perfectly OK for every thread about Valby or Wiley to immediately go off topic.
Did you ask her out? Or at least attempt to mutter something mildly funny? She's a smokeshow and at the top of her game. I hope you didn't blow your one chance dude...
He should have asked how she dropped 7 seconds off her PB, and they could have had a good laugh together.
I work at a major sports retailer here in Australia and coming into the store I immediately recognised her. She seemed quiet and well spoken and polite. I was surprised how petite she was. No other staff and no one in the store recognised her. I'm a grown man and don't do social media so no selfies etc. I just congratulated her on a great season. She said she was on a break and will start up again in a couple of weeks to prepare for the World's.
Are you Jack Bruce, and did you run for Arkansas?
Jack is a lawyer in Brisbane, not a shop assistant in Sydney.
I work at a major sports retailer here in Australia and coming into the store I immediately recognised her. She seemed quiet and well spoken and polite. I was surprised how petite she was. No other staff and no one in the store recognised her. I'm a grown man and don't do social media so no selfies etc. I just congratulated her on a great season. She said she was on a break and will start up again in a couple of weeks to prepare for the World's.
I too met her at work yesterday.
I met her in the US yesterday. My brother saw her in Europe. I heard she also was in Japan, China and Ethiopia yesterday.
I work at a major sports retailer here in Australia and coming into the store I immediately recognised her. She seemed quiet and well spoken and polite. I was surprised how petite she was. No other staff and no one in the store recognised her. I'm a grown man and don't do social media so no selfies etc. I just congratulated her on a great season. She said she was on a break and will start up again in a couple of weeks to prepare for the World's.
Elite 1500m runners are truly tiny, that is something you do notice.
Unlike most of you I haven’t been around many elites. I remember meeting Bernard Lagat in person and all I could think was, “oh, so that’s why my free safety genetics never had a chance at being an elite distance runner.”
Because this is a thread about a fan's interaction with her at a store. It's not a thread about whether she's doping or not. We like one thread per topic and also don't want individual threads going off topic. So every thread on Hull or Houlihan or Kiprop isn't necessarily about doping.
But it's perfectly OK for every thread about Valby or Wiley to immediately go off topic.
It's perfectly OK for every thread to reference Valby.
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