Athing Mu - I think I know what is happening

.... Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone experienced it at her first major championship at age 16 and admitted she purposely underperformed. In 1991 having never run high school track, I TRANSFERRED to a college and walked onto the #1 track team in the world. My first indoor race I was for 600 of the 800m race and I was destroying the 800m NCAA indoor runner-up. I was on pace for a sub1:45 indoors. I heard someone say, "he's not supposed to do that". I slowed to a jog and lost all confidence.

An athlete's mentality is MORE important than their physical capabilities. I continued to demolish NCAA scorers in workouts where there was no pressure but never raced to my potential in competition. Athing maybe SUFFERING lack of self belief just as it hindered my short career.

Remember. It is brave to quit.

If she is anxious about not being a good enough runner, how will she react to being criticised as a model?

You spelled criminal wrong

I agree, run the 400. Before you know it she won’t be thinking about sh*t

Why though?

Most people have anxiety because well...they are not that talented.

Mu is probably the most talented runner in the USA in generations (male or female). Assuming she actually marginally trained, she could enter 99.99% of 800 meter races and blow out the field. Sure olympic finals may cause stress so that once every 4 years. But otherwise i don't buy the stress unless she isn't training which is likely the case(she's stressed because she didn't train)

HUGE difference between being a 16-yo high school student in the Olympics and a 22-yo Olympic/World Championship gold medalist running in a three-person race at Cal State-Los Angeles against two people who can't even break 5:00 for 1500m.

I think she either needs to change her coach,or retire. If she retires she will have nothing to prove,as she's won olympic and world titles. Its clear she doesnt enjoy running anymore.

on a hot day at the track, i have this phobia trigger, it sucks, un resolved fear, i suppose at some point we have to perform when we don't want to, really, psychological damage.

on the other hand, it i have a big pressure situation coming up, i feel like warming up, stretching, and go in there fully charged, which is automemory traning from back in the day. in this case, the overall experience is dope, where a bit of fear supplies juice.

with Mu, she overcame everything, and might have been traumatized by expectations and forcing, where prior it was all her idea. i understand this.

these days there is great knowledge out there to unravel how your mind works and get on with your beautiful god given activity less moronic monster ideas that live in your, our heads.

the great Herb Elliot, Snell cut it short for precisely these reasaons.

so lay off Mu, in this regard. go after coach and stupid PR however,

It may even happen on LRC forum to find knowledgeable content:

You won't have to wait any longer folks, I am Jieng/Dinka like her. And a nerd while at it.
The correct spelling is actually Athieng Mou. Athing Mu is an American corrupted spelling of Athieng Mou. Her names start like this, Athieng Deng Tong Mawien Mou. The spelling in Dinka language (Thongjieng) is: Athiɛ̈ŋ Deŋ Tɔŋ Mawiɛ̈n Mɔ̈u.
Here are the meanings:
Athieng in Dinka refers to a cow with a grey-brown shade. This cow is named as such because those colours resemble the colours of a Tiang antelope ( Google Tiang). Tiang is so typical to South Sudan that the Dinka word, Thiang, is the scientific name for this specifies of Antelope. Google Tiang migration. Athieng simply means Tiang-coloured cow. Her dad either paid an Athieng cow as part of his dowry or if she was named after one of her grandmothers, then one of her grandfathers down the lineage had an Athieng cow as part of his dowry.
Mou literally means alcohol, a type that is specifically brewed traditionally in Dinkaland. There is a specific story to that too.
Deng means rain and it is a name that is passed on from grandfathers.
Tong means - war or spear
Mawien comes from wien which is a rope used to tie down cows in a cattle camp (see images of Dinka cattle camps on Google)
A big chunk of Dinka names are derived from cow colors or interrelation of colors on a cow. And those color names are in turn derived from animals that have similar shades.
Note that I explained just her first 5 names, the concept of fixed last names does not exist in our culture. Your names are a chain of your ancestors' names. Her full name is more than 10 names-long (my count goes to 14). But in the West, we are forced to adapt to Western last name conventions. Therefore, she is using Mou as her last name but it is actually the first name of her great great grandfather. We are patrilineal.

This reminds me of Rocky 3, where Rocky is beat by Clubber Lang & he has lost all his confidence. Maybe Keely can show up at her club one day, and they can train & race together for fun, until she gets her love of running & competitive spirit back

Well, he didn't refuse to swim, but he suffered from serious mental health issues and it affected his performance.

olympics.com

Swimming - 23-time gold medallist Michael Phelps opens up on ‘post-Olympic depression’

The five-time Olympian reveals he struggled upon the conclusion of each Games, starting after Athens 2004.

Link:www.olympics.com/en/news/23-time-gold-...

Phenoms all burn out. Cain. Ping. Lane. Tuohy. Mu.

this thread shows how toxic and cocky letsrun is. So you know why Mu doesn't want to be interviewed by your staff lol.

She keeps handing her husband the baby oil, but he just puts it aside. This makes her sad.