Not to be cynical about athletes coached by a guy with the pleasant nickname, The Chemist. But if I were them, and assuming they are playing the game, I would limit myself to only the olympics and WCs to avoid exposure and racing off cycle.
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astro wrote:
Not to be cynical about athletes coached by a guy with the pleasant nickname, The Chemist. But if I were them, and assuming they are playing the game, I would limit myself to only the olympics and WCs to avoid exposure and racing off cycle.
Except for:
- You ARE Cynical
- You have admitted that you think that ALL top female runners except for Tuohy are on drugs (not just those coached by Kersee)
- Athing and Sydney DON'T just race in the Olympics and The World Championships
Wow. So many things wrong in your post. Try to do better.
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"McLaughlin-Levrone may also race a flat 400m at the USATF New York City Grand Prix on June 9, Kersee said."
Odds at 10% she actually runs it? Also says she might run the mixed 4x4 at the Olympics. Easy medal chance for her I guess.
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UkrainianHunk wrote:
"McLaughlin-Levrone may also race a flat 400m at the USATF New York City Grand Prix on June 9, Kersee said."
Odds at 10% she actually runs it? Also says she might run the mixed 4x4 at the Olympics. Easy medal chance for her I guess.
I mean she ran it last year…
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We can only hope she goes back to her former coach Milton Mallard who knows how to coach her as 400/800. Such a waste of talent. There is no guarantee she'll be able to run when it's convenient - she needs run while she can. Look at Donovan Brazier. Any athlete can be sidelined at anytime by injury or life events. Maybe she has decided all of this herself but I think its likely she's received bad advice.
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Winnername wrote:
Hold that thought, she might be back in in the next 30 minutes.
Syd got a lot of criticism last week for not publicizing her appearance at Oxy but it was the smart move. Mu opening her season against a world class field is a poor strategy from her team, I agree this was always going to happen
Something still doesn't make sense. If Kersee didn't want Mu running against a top 400 field, then he could have switched her to another event, like what Sydney did. So something else is going on.
This theory that I completely fabricated doesn't make sense. I call shenanigans on myself.
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garmischgirl wrote:
We can only hope she goes back to her former coach Milton Mallard who knows how to coach her as 400/800. Such a waste of talent. There is no guarantee she'll be able to run when it's convenient - she needs run while she can. Look at Donovan Brazier. Any athlete can be sidelined at anytime by injury or life events. Maybe she has decided all of this herself but I think its likely she's received bad advice.
I hate how the narrative pops up every time she doesn't race. Mu not racing is obviously a huge problem for the sport considering how talented she is, but from a training perspective Kersee knows what he is doing. She literally ran a huge PR last year.
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john track and field wrote:
garmischgirl wrote:
We can only hope she goes back to her former coach Milton Mallard who knows how to coach her as 400/800. Such a waste of talent. There is no guarantee she'll be able to run when it's convenient - she needs run while she can. Look at Donovan Brazier. Any athlete can be sidelined at anytime by injury or life events. Maybe she has decided all of this herself but I think its likely she's received bad advice.
I hate how the narrative pops up every time she doesn't race. Mu not racing is obviously a huge problem for the sport considering how talented she is, but from a training perspective Kersee knows what he is doing. She literally ran a huge PR last year.
Didn't know 0.1 seconds was a huge PR...
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john track and field wrote:
from a training perspective Kersee knows what he is doing. She literally ran a huge PR last year.
No, Mu did NOT run a "huge" PR last year.
And if it were only about the training, then Mu wouldn't have been in, then out, then in, then out over the past 4 days. Something else is going on.
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garmischgirl wrote:
We can only hope she goes back to her former coach Milton Mallard who knows how to coach her as 400/800.
Mallard is now a college coach in El Paso. It seems unlikely that wanna be model Athing Mu will leave Los Angeles to go live in El Paso.
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Athing Mu going to pull out of prefontaine as well! Watch this space!! She is just not excited about running anymore!
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Max and Seb started the UCLA GP to pivot attention away from the 2022 WC Eugene disaster which is the biggest flop in international T&F history. Masback, Diack, etc had always shied away from the West LA and Hollywood area due to required entertainment industry costs associated. It doesn't appear that Max and Seb have enough funds to pay for Olympic Gold Medalists such as Athing Mu.
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Missing In Action wrote:
astro wrote:
Not to be cynical about athletes coached by a guy with the pleasant nickname, The Chemist. But if I were them, and assuming they are playing the game, I would limit myself to only the olympics and WCs to avoid exposure and racing off cycle.
Except for:
- You ARE Cynical
- You have admitted that you think that ALL top female runners except for Tuohy are on drugs (not just those coached by Kersee)
- Athing and Sydney DON'T just race in the Olympics and The World Championships
Wow. So many things wrong in your post. Try to do better.
Not in this case. He is spot on. They have an incredibly odd and suspicious coach and their behavior is incredibly odd and suspicious. Sometimes 2+2 really does just equal 4.
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Why is Kersee letting them do this? I can't believe he is orchestrating this. Just drop them.
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Athing Mu going to pull out of prefontaine as well! Watch this space!! She is just not excited about running anymore!
I really want her to run - mainly because her and Keely run better together against Moraa. I think Keely runs better with Mu in the race. Moraa messes with her head a little.
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