Is Athing Mu ever going to race?

Huh, I was commending Tim for 2017-2021 when he basically led out every race and won most of them .

If you don't race, you don't get tested.

I have spent enough time watching track and cross country to realize that I know nothing about the future. I don’t know anything about the personal lives of the athletes or anything about how their training is going so I’m just going to appreciate and accept what ever results appear before me. I will celebrate the achievements and lament the unexpected downfalls, but life goes on, either way.

Track, for all but a few, doesn’t provide a return in dollars for the effort spent - at least not beyond paying for college tuition in the US. For the rest of us, we find other ways to make a living and so need to appreciate the efforts and genetic improbability required to become pro in this relatively unpopular sport.

That said, I will never underestimate the potential for one athlete to beat another nor second-guess the training methods used to do so. Infrequent racing and taking time off seem reasonable to me for the very top athletes because I can’t imagine the mental and physical efforts involved with shooting for world record performance.

That is possible, that she realy doesn't love running. It hard for athletes not to compete.

I myself am 800m runner. Now I have injury and can't run PB.

So I went for 500m and 2000m races, where I have weak PB's and easly can improve them even being out of shape.

That helps mentally through harder periods.

Mu could have run 300/500/600/1000 indoors.

Sounds like Mu is following Kersee playbook and will make you fools wait for the big races.

Yes, she is following our playbook where we hide our athletes while we create individual micro dosing templates to suit each runner. Some need to start earlier than others and we don't want to risk exposure.

i would have to agree with you, I sense the same thing from them,

Wouldn't you love to have this resume?

2 x Olympic Champion

1 x World Champion

2 x Diamond League Winner

2 x NCAA Champion

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I know we all want to see Mu race, but it is a long season, so right now we dont know what her plans are. I would think she will race in the US a few times, do Worlds and a few Diamond League races.....definitely will be a Pre. Should be an exciting year...especially if she opts to run a 400M race or two, along with Sydney and Femke Bol, that would be great.

I guess when you DNF a race you were bound to lose, that's one way to keep your win streak alive.

Not indoors

There are two major championships this year and next.

Putting in meaningful blocks of uninterrupted training of base, speed, base, speed, base, speed, base instead of indoor racing may be precisely what Mu needs to be faster, swifter and stronger than all other competitors.

If it's endurance (duration, volume) Kersee's after trying to build up while having Mu maintain her speed, Mu doesn't need indoor racing to achieve this goal.

It's the same for LA kids you know: UCLA here and there, West LA CC, Mt Sac Relays, and assorted Beach, Triton, Cerritos, UCR, ... Then The OLYMPIC Games. Acting school, Dancing school, Voice Lessons, JAVA Certificate, Singing School, audition, Block Chain Ceritifaction, audition, little TV commercial gigs, MBA studies. The same story likely for Athing.

Track season hasn't started yet...

Exactly why people don't watch this sport. These athletes train 12 months a year and run 3 races? I guess they enjoy getting paid to train?

The only payday is the Olys. Other than that they run the historic L.A. training circuit. Crisper Investigators (genetics) pays very well and can be learned through online studies. Talent may get movie parts and a recording contract for 1 in a million. That's life in Hollywood.

How many races has Mu ran since wining World's? 1 race??

If you only raced the events the general public care about, you would race once every four years.

Neither have I