Gwen Jorgensen Quitting Tri, Going Full Time Marathon.

Gwen,

If you're really looking to make a change, would you please consider running for President of the United States in 2020?

and desiree linden

gwen will need to gain some serious strength and speed

We just merged two threads on this together if you just noticed an extra page of posts.

Because of her weight, she would get blown off the bike in Kona.

Wise move. Olympic games are the BIG thing.

B Bower wrote:

shoe me this wrote:

When did she leave Asics?

She clearly hasn’t (yet). ASICS shoes are featured prominently in her announcement video...

“I haven’t made a final decision about a coach or group, but I know I need a group environment, and I need to train with my direct competitors,” she said. “I need to train with the best in the world and with people who will push me.”

I had forgotten about he crazy tri she did the week before NYCM. Point is if you're basing your opinion of her as a runner off of 2:41 is not very indicative.

She hasn´t got all those miles in the legs, but she´s got that Cardiovascular work history thorugh bike and swimming.

The fact that she hasn't run that many miles, puts her in a slight advantage compared to other runners.

A little too soon Sarah?

https://twitter.com/sgroffy/status/927935405269204992

I would say it puts her at a disadvantage. Somebody like Jordan Hasay has basically been training for the marathon since she was a teenager

I always thought Paula Radcliffe was a really tall marathoner, and Gwen has two inches on her. Any precedent for a 5'10" woman marathoner breaking 2:25? She seems like a really great athlete, but doesn't strike me as the next great marathoner...

Good luck with her transitioning.

I'm excited by this development but I'll admit when I heard about this , I immediately thought, "This doesn't end well." She reminds me of myself about 15 years ago and basically every single athlete under the age of 30 (yes I know 31 but since she's changed sports so many times, she's the equivalent of a 25 year old athlete). When your only experience in sport is you go all in and you work hard and you get better, you think that's all you have to do. The concept of genetic limit doesn't really exist. It likely will soon. But now that I'm refreshing my memory on how good of a runner she was, I'm getting more optimistic. I forgot how much of a natural she was for running.

LetRun's 2016 NY preview wrote:

In her prep race at the U.S. 10-Mile Champs last month, she beat Sara Hall, among others, finishing 3rd overall in 53:13.

Jorgensen is a super talent. Her primary athletic focus was always swimming until midway through college but she quickly became very good (she ran a 4:21 1500 just months after joining the Wisconsin track team after the swimming season concluded during her junior year of college), making three NCAA finals for Wisconsin (15:52 5k pb) and finishing 19th at NCAA XC in 2008. Jorgensen is better at running than the two other triathlon disciplines, swimming and biking, but she’s still very good at those two — in addition to her Olympic gold, she won a record 13 straight World Triathlon Series races from 2014 to 2015. The previous longest streak? Three.

A Voter wrote:

Gwen,

If you're really looking to make a change, would you please consider running for President of the United States in 2020?

She's not old enough. She was born on April 25, 1986 meaning she is ineligible for the Presidency until April 25, 2021.

rojo wrote:

(yes I know 31 but since she's changed sports so many times, she's the equivalent of a 25 year old athlete).

No, she's 31. She's been training 30 hours a week for the last decade -- if anything, she's an "old 31".

minong wrote:

Never said it wasn't a significant commitment. There's just a huge difference in 12-14 hours of training per week and 30+, especially for a parent.

Not to mention in triathlon you have to fly around the world to win enough points to qualify

By that point, perhaps a mere two months of age or so won't seem like such a big constitutional issue.

From the RW article...

" Before New York, her longest training run was only 16 miles, and her peak weekly mileage was 57 miles. "

Thinks it's hard to have any idea what she's really capable of at this point. Exciting to see her go for it and be bold about it instead of just going through the motions at the top of the tri circuit.

BantamWeight wrote:

Because of her weight, she would get blown off the bike in Kona.

Wise move. Olympic games are the BIG thing.

WTF are you talking about? Because previous Ironman Champions like Chrissie Wellington are soooooo heavy?

Hardloper wrote:

minong wrote:

Never said it wasn't a significant commitment. There's just a huge difference in 12-14 hours of training per week and 30+, especially for a parent.

Not to mention in triathlon you have to fly around the world to win enough points to qualify

I'm sure the logistics of training for a marathon are easier than training for a tri, but the notion that marathoners are only spending 12 to 14 hours a week (or just one-third of the time of a triathlete, as mentioned in the post above) working on their craft is ridiculous. Let's see how much time she has to spend sleeping and working on core, physio, etc., when she's running 120 miles/week.