Molly, Will have to lose Muscle to be a good marathoner.

minong wrote:

This thread is the worst of letsrun.

You must be very new here.......

Bruh, no top HS runners would choose to run those distances. Just because she was the best (and one of the few) HSer running those distances doesn't make her a top HS runner.

It's similar to the claim that ultramarathoners are top distance runners. You can make the "at that distance" claim but nobody takes it seriously. Just like nobody outside of your mom's basement thinks that Hadley was a top HS runner.

DoritosLocosTacos wrote:

...where's this booty?

I can't be the only one who read that in a pirate voice.

That actually wasn't one of my many questions. I asked if she DOES pullups, as in, does she do pullups as part of her regular training routine. I didn't ask if she CAN do pullups. The point of the question was to inquire as to whether her back muscles are just 'big' relative to Sally's, or if she is doing something to make them big. It is a valid question.

Your analogy about Tania Tiger Kitten doesn't apply, fyi. But it is funny, if that's all you were going for.

What results are you looking at? Her road 5k PR is run by freshman hs Stars over grass!

The video shows Molly doing pullups in training.

Lanni Merchant has a PR of 2:28 and ran 2:33 at NYC. Diane Nukuri has a PR of 2:27:50 and ran 2:33 at NYC. Joyce Chepkirui has a PR of 2:24:11 and ran 2:29 at NYC. Aselefech Mergia has a PR of 2:19:31 and ran 2:33 at NYC.

Molly finished ahead of all of them in her debut marathon.

The only women ahead of Molly were 2012 Olympic silver medalist Sally Kipyego (14:30 5K, 30:26 10K) and Mary Keitany (1:05:50 half-marathon PR, 2:18:37 marathon PR, 2nd fastest woman of all time after #1 Paula "The Perfect Britexit" Radcliffe…of Monte Carlo, Monaco).

Paula did her Britexitâ„¢ (from British taxes)... a long time ago . Paula also was talking during the NYC marathon on TV. I had to mute Paula by turning her volume completely off.

Go Molly Huddle!!!

minong wrote:

This thread is the worst of letsrun.

Agreed. People who think Huddle needs to lose any muscle, weight, or whatever have some really unhealthy perceptions about people's bodies.

too much booty wrote:

Looking at her vs. Sally Kipyego at the finish today , Molly even though she is tiny and really lean, shes still too muscular to be 2:19 etc. She can do pullups, even though that's sexy, too much back muscle for marathon. Muscle is a very metabolically demanding tissue the more you have the more blood flow it demands. Her butt is too muscular, good for that 10k kicking speed, maybe bad for the marathon. You have to basically look like the Kenyans - stick figures.

She does look like the Africans. Maybe a TINY bit more muscle. Dude, your powers of observation are weak.

Have you seen Bekele's legs? As in the WR holder in the 5000, 10000, and 2nd fastest marathoner ever?

No no no no...... wrote:

News Flash!

Molly just finished 3rd in the NYC marathon and her last 6 miles were the fastest of all female elites.

Duh....silly fool...that's very good for a first ever marathon, which means Molly is already a World class marathoner, faster than you, and can keep her buttocks!

A world class marathoner? She is 13 minutes off the WR. 13 minutes! A male 13 minutes off the WR is a 2:16. Is a 2:16 guy world class?

Yes! wrote:

I'm not seeing where Molly is huge compared to Sally?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/24/22/2B9FDC4400000578-3209144-POUT_Sally_Jepkosgei_Kipyego_of_Kenya_and_Molly_Huddle_of_the_U_-m-26_1440452152413.jpg

Why is Mary always crying or appears to be on the verge of crying?

dems always for party wrote:

Yes! wrote:

I'm not seeing where Molly is huge compared to Sally?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/24/22/2B9FDC4400000578-3209144-POUT_Sally_Jepkosgei_Kipyego_of_Kenya_and_Molly_Huddle_of_the_U_-m-26_1440452152413.jpg

Why is Mary always crying or appears to be on the verge of crying?

Yes. Mary cried a lot.

Why are you bringing Mary and her crying into this Molly thread?

Mary had lots of things to cry about.

For example:

1) In 1996, at the age of 37, as she qualified for the 5000 meters at the Atlanta Olympics, Decker became involved in controversy. A urine test taken in June at the Olympic Trials showed a testosterone to epitestosterone (T/E) ratio greater than the allowable maximum of six to one. At the time of the positive test Decker was being coached by Alberto Salazar. In June 1997, the IAAF banned Decker from competition.

2)

OK?

Huddle will be at the front of marathons for the next several years.

NY barely tested her...barely.

Shes much faster.

You guys should be so lucky a talented and beautiful new elite just broke through to the top. US marathoning is falling off significantly after this year...

Do you realize that Paula herself was 8 minutes off the WR in each of her three NYC appearances?

dems always for party wrote:

No no no no...... wrote:

News Flash!

Molly just finished 3rd in the NYC marathon and her last 6 miles were the fastest of all female elites.

Duh....silly fool...that's very good for a first ever marathon, which means Molly is already a World class marathoner, faster than you, and can keep her buttocks!

A world class marathoner? She is 13 minutes off the WR. 13 minutes! A male 13 minutes off the WR is a 2:16. Is a 2:16 guy world class?