Official Day 4 Discussion Thread + Live Reaction Show at 11 pm ET

birdbeard wrote:

what a silly take wrote:

She had no chance at beating those three tonight. They are all proven 4.00 1500m runners or faster. She has yet to prove that capability. 10000m probably her better event unless (or until) she develops a better sprint finish. But good for her for going for it and getting the standard in case one of those three drops the event (more likely ESP).

I don’t think she’ll ever develop the kick. If anything, the speed aspect is what the cross training regime will hurt most. You can get as much aerobic fitness or more, but you can’t replace what just running more does for your economy. Good running economy = late race speed

MattHatter wrote:

wow, Gear is way back.; what the heck?

crete wrote:

nice of valby to agree to pace those 3 to the olys

TheTortoise wrote:

agip wrote:

or if st pierre does just the 1500, valby will get a spot in the 5000

St Pierre should take the spot and then scratch during the Olympics. The meltdown by Valby obsessives would be amazing.

Humidity is my Altitude wrote:

Elise Cranny doesn't have a kid so she SUCKS

Well What Do You Know wrote:

wompwomp wrote:

She got walked the last 400 after naively thinking she could run the legs out of the top pros like they were college kids. It was a nice consolation to get the standard though.

Valby never thought that. You just have a wild, and incorrect, imagination.

Still in shock wrote:

This has probably already been said, but I will say it again. That was probably the most exciting night of track that I have ever seen. Great set of races, amazing performances and so much drama. I wonder how long I will have to wait to feel this excitement again about track.

sp2 wrote:

What The Hall? wrote:

She would've been 3rd at Euros, 234 points behind Thiam, 21 points behind Khlass, 18 points ahead of Vidts.

She's also coming off surgery, you dip-sh*t.

runnerexpert wrote:

Thevoiceofreason wrote:

She ran the race just like most of us predicted. It was her only shot. Whatever that was at the start cost her a little bit, but it wouldn’t have mattered. Not a bad showing for her either way.

Whoever sponsors her will always get the most screen time since she’s always in front, which also means her name gets mentioned at least 100x per race.

Her pro coach isnt going to allow here to go out and do all the work and then get smoked. Her pro coach will have to increase her mileage to get to the next level and then she will get hurt.

runnerexpert wrote:

Thevoiceofreason wrote:

She ran the race just like most of us predicted. It was her only shot. Whatever that was at the start cost her a little bit, but it wouldn’t have mattered. Not a bad showing for her either way.

Whoever sponsors her will always get the most screen time since she’s always in front, which also means her name gets mentioned at least 100x per race.

Her pro coach isnt going to allow here to go out and do all the work and then get smoked. Her pro coach will have to increase her mileage to get to the next level and then she will get hurt.

LarsL11 wrote:

runnerexpert wrote:

Her pro coach isnt going to allow here to go out and do all the work and then get smoked. Her pro coach will have to increase her mileage to get to the next level and then she will get hurt.

In my alternate reality she moves to Norway and starts training with Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal. Grøvdal and her coach understand the threshold system, but are also well aware of the dangers of doing to much volume. This will lead Valby to get numerous international medals both in track and field but also in her new-found interest xc skiing as well as mountain running. All will be well.