How can someone hate this girl ? True talent, super humble & sweet.
and she is happy and funny and just the right amount of snappy... i watched every documentary/interview i could find about her on youtube when i realized we had a competitive W800 runner... her family story is the essence of what america means to the world... got a little choked up hearing them talk about how proud and thankful they are to be americans...
Athing Mu might run 1:49 with decent coaching. How many extra yards did she run? There is no reason she cannot start in the back and win it in the last 100. In fact she could stay dead last until the end of the first lap and then slowly move to the front and still win. I am sure there is pressure on anyone who coaches her but it's also a privilege.
Athing Mu might run 1:49 with decent coaching. How many extra yards did she run? There is no reason she cannot start in the back and win it in the last 100. In fact she could stay dead last until the end of the first lap and then slowly move to the front and still win. I am sure there is pressure on anyone who coaches her but it's also a privilege.
1.49? 6 seconds faster than her best. It appears you have to be an idiot to be a fan.
I was waiting for Mary Moraa to do her jump at the end of the race. Didn't come. Must have forgot her jumping pills.
Good point.
I see you watched the race with interest. Regarding the extra metes they run, Mu could have run sub 1:54 and Moraa close to 1:55.
I'm sure you also liked Tsegay and Chebet. And have you seen your friend winning the Mile and the 3000? Nothing special, yes, but not bad either. No doubt you enjoyed the meeting.
I was waiting for Mary Moraa to do her jump at the end of the race. Didn't come. Must have forgot her jumping pills.
Good point.
I see you watched the race with interest. Regarding the extra metes they run, Mu could have run sub 1:54 and Moraa close to 1:55.
I'm sure you also liked Tsegay and Chebet. And have you seen your friend winning the Mile and the 3000? Nothing special, yes, but not bad either. No doubt you enjoyed the meeting.
Now, what about factoring the pressure of leading? If we dismiss the pace-maker, who was yards ahead of the pack, Keely lead for most of the race. Now is it likely that if she'd had been slip-streaming, she might have run closer to 1min54sec?
That’s what I thought. It’s a well known tactic to sit just on the leader’s shoulder in the 800m then go past in the last 100m. I used to do it. Never occurred to me I was running extra meters it was a good tactic to let them pace and get in the slip stream.
Plenty of runners do this and there’s no wittering on about how they could have knocked seconds off their time.
Same here, it was good tactics from Mu for a change to sit back and let Keeley do all the work instead of acting like the hare, which she usually does. I thought at the time that it would be a tall order for Keeley to be towing the rest of such a high class field around and hold on for the win. Even Jakob struggles with that in actual races, rather than time trials.
I was waiting for Mary Moraa to do her jump at the end of the race. Didn't come. Must have forgot her jumping pills.
Good point.
I see you watched the race with interest. Regarding the extra metes they run, Mu could have run sub 1:54 and Moraa close to 1:55.
I'm sure you also liked Tsegay and Chebet. And have you seen your friend winning the Mile and the 3000? Nothing special, yes, but not bad either. No doubt you enjoyed the meeting.
I enjoyed it like a bodybuilding competition or WWE.
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And because our sport is dumb, Hodgkinson is the DL champion despite crossing the line second. I don't think wild cards should be allowed into the DL final (what's the point in having a qualifying system?), but if you're going to let them in, let them win the damn thing.
Well, I would guess that the long term training plan for Keely was designed to have her win in Paris. After all, you can almost see the Eiffel Tower from the top of the CIS building in Manchester! Also, it's virtually same time-zone. and, of course, And, and big and. It shouldn't be that hot. I don'y think anybody has mentioned the effect of heat on Keely ( compared with Athing and Mary.) For example, if the Olympic final was held on a wet day in Manchester in 60 degrees, I'd hand Keely the gold medal right now.
That last bit about humidity affecting Keely in the 800 is just as dumb as the "Keely wasn't sharp" comment. No one, and I mean no one, overheats in a race of less than 2 minutes. Training is one thing, but heat and humidity don't affect the actual race. In fact, like with sprinters, a good 800 runner will prefer those conditions to chilly weather.
I see you watched the race with interest. Regarding the extra metes they run, Mu could have run sub 1:54 and Moraa close to 1:55.
I'm sure you also liked Tsegay and Chebet. And have you seen your friend winning the Mile and the 3000? Nothing special, yes, but not bad either. No doubt you enjoyed the meeting.
I enjoyed it like a bodybuilding competition or WWE.
You are also an WWE "expert"? Great! - You spent how many hours per week watching your 2nd favorite sport - 10?
How can someone hate this girl ? True talent, super humble & sweet.
and she is happy and funny and just the right amount of snappy... i watched every documentary/interview i could find about her on youtube when i realized we had a competitive W800 runner... her family story is the essence of what america means to the world... got a little choked up hearing them talk about how proud and thankful they are to be americans...
can't see how anyone cannot absolutely LOVE her
She’s fine I’m sure. It just doesn’t feel like America organically “produced” this talent. I know I know, it’s not about that. But I just can’t help but feel we just lifted this talent from another part of the world. Would I feel like we “showed Kenya that American distance is the best” if Faith Kipyegon decided she wanted to run for the US? Not really.
and she is happy and funny and just the right amount of snappy... i watched every documentary/interview i could find about her on youtube when i realized we had a competitive W800 runner... her family story is the essence of what america means to the world... got a little choked up hearing them talk about how proud and thankful they are to be americans...
can't see how anyone cannot absolutely LOVE her
She’s fine I’m sure. It just doesn’t feel like America organically “produced” this talent. I know I know, it’s not about that. But I just can’t help but feel we just lifted this talent from another part of the world.
Your ancestors, and Athing Mu's ancestors, both came from another country. So I'm not sure what your issue is.
Sure. I mean I know Noah Lyles has ancestry from Africa, but he feels like home grown talent to me. Other times I still feel like the talent was “imported”. I guess Mu just falls in that category for me
and she is happy and funny and just the right amount of snappy... i watched every documentary/interview i could find about her on youtube when i realized we had a competitive W800 runner... her family story is the essence of what america means to the world... got a little choked up hearing them talk about how proud and thankful they are to be americans...
can't see how anyone cannot absolutely LOVE her
She’s fine I’m sure. It just doesn’t feel like America organically “produced” this talent. I know I know, it’s not about that. But I just can’t help but feel we just lifted this talent from another part of the world. Would I feel like we “showed Kenya that American distance is the best” if Faith Kipyegon decided she wanted to run for the US? Not really.
pretty sure i understood correctly that she is second generation - she was BORN here, went to school here, her entire life has been here... i'm happy to have her and her parents and her whole family... try watching this
Watch more track & field films here: http://flosports.link/3szeQPBAn inside look at how Athing Mu has developed into one of track and field's brightest young...
and tell me you don't like her and her whole family... watch every interview, watch the longer form show about her life and family - she is 100% american - and....................... LOVING IT.....
So don't go getting your hopes up and start thinking, "gee, next time when she runs in lane 1, she'll be able to run 1:53:xx."
It's not gonna happen, because she'll run in lane 2 next time as well, and the time after that, and the time after that, and so on.
Short of someone sitting her down in front of a board and explaining; big circle = long, little circle = short - she'll continue being the world's best female 814 metre runner.
So don't go getting your hopes up and start thinking, "gee, next time when she runs in lane 1, she'll be able to run 1:53:xx."
It's not gonna happen, because she'll run in lane 2 next time as well, and the time after that, and the time after that, and so on.
Short of someone sitting her down in front of a board and explaining; big circle = long, little circle = short - she'll continue being the world's best female 814 metre runner.
Athing Mu said a few days ago that her coach HAS sat her down and explained to her that she should run next to the rail because it's a shorter distance but she said that she still insists on running a longer distance just because she feels like it. It's stunning that someone is that stubborn!
