Folks are forgetting we are talking about a 59 year-old FEMALE in question. Not a male. So all these males posting here, go age-grade your times and you’ll see that HER age running that time is impossible as a clean athlete.
Folks are forgetting we are talking about a 59 year-old FEMALE in question. Not a male. So all these males posting here, go age-grade your times and you’ll see that HER age running that time is impossible as a clean athlete.
Lance of course knew he was going to be tested and prepared accordingly. Her as 55 year-old age grouper at CIM in 2018 had a near zero chance of being tested, but was and passed. I don't know what to tell you, but are we suppose to believe your 'hunch' over a passed test?
As another poster said, if you know there is testing at a marathon (she did), you cycle off in advance of the race and pass the test. You're not positive at the race but have benefitted from the training while positive.
Folks are forgetting we are talking about a 59 year-old FEMALE in question. Not a male. So all these males posting here, go age-grade your times and you’ll see that HER age running that time is impossible as a clean athlete.
Folks are forgetting we are talking about a 59 year-old FEMALE in question. Not a male. So all these males posting here, go age-grade your times and you’ll see that HER age running that time is impossible as a clean athlete.
Spot-on. The equivalent age-grade performance is a 53-year-old man qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the marathon. Ridiculous.
Folks are forgetting we are talking about a 59 year-old FEMALE in question. Not a male. So all these males posting here, go age-grade your times and you’ll see that HER age running that time is impossible as a clean athlete.
Spot-on. The equivalent age-grade performance is a 53-year-old man qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the marathon. Ridiculous.
Spot-on. The equivalent age-grade performance is a 53-year-old man qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the marathon. Ridiculous.
No. You people are ridiculous.
Tommy Hughes, ever heard of him?
2.27.52 marathon age 59,
2.30.05 age 61.
Tommy Hughes was an Olympian and 2:13 marathoner in his prime. I'm not saying she couldn't have been the female equivalent, but we don't have any evidence of a similar pedigree from her youth.
Lets face it, the cancer will eventually get spread into masters running. Just gonna take a little longer because there's no money incentive. Many records in masters running (world and national) are 30 years old!!! But some day they will be pummeled with relative ease. Here's a simplification process, whatever your age grade, add 6 to it. So I'm an 85, I' be a 91 with the sauce. Still not even close to 100, but if I were more talented, like a 93 without adjustment, and competing for money, I'd be real upset if I were getting beat by cheats.
BDubs, when athletes cheat, the truth usually doesn't come out. The French were just very very persistant to get Lance. And yeah, I got into plenty of nasty arguments with people about lance.
Tommy Hughes was an Olympian and 2:13 marathoner in his prime. I'm not saying she couldn't have been the female equivalent, but we don't have any evidence of a similar pedigree from her youth.
Does it matter? Some people are happy for her and some people here are seething with jealousy.
Age grading is totally flawed. I'd bet a bunch that if one twin has 100K miles on their legs vs. another twin who started late and has 25K miles on their legs, they aren't going to be performing equally. The 100K mileage runner is going to be pretty cooked while the late bloomer is going to have fresher legs.
102.85 age grading. By definition, 100 is human limits. Even Kipchoge only does 100. Practically all masters world records are around 96.
How many 59 year old women have trained hard for the marathon? Age grading is flawed.
There is a reason that very few women have trained hard for a marathon at age 59...because they break. Only if you have the ability to recovery from hard training can you continue to train hard. This is why this performance is under question. Based on times from 10 years ago, it appears she started training hard 15+ years ago, and she is just PRd at age 59?
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