I think it’s more mental. Seems like she was very close to her mom and competing without might be too much? She’s had a wonderful career but i do feel like age is catching up with her.
Dang, Coburn has been bulletproof health wise for quite sometime. Once you get past 30 there always seems to be something hampering you a bit. hopefully Emma can be 100% for Paris.
Laura Galvan's college PB was 16:30 (Kansas State). Somehow world class at age 31.
Kansas State bro. There's a good chance that's their school record. She also qualified for NCAA D1 XC individually.
Not making a doping accusation, I'd just like to see someone ask her how she made such a huge leap in her late 20s after not competing 4 years. If she ran for the US everyone here would be talking about her.
She didn’t compete between 2016-2018 after graduating per IAAF results. Anyone know the story there? Let’s also allow for a little superspikes and faster races adjustment from NCAA to pros.
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What do people think the reasons are for Coburn's fall off? Just burn out from the years of training or something else?
Gettin old in a young person's event.
Where do older Steeplers go to keep competing?? They typically aren't world class distance athletes for the flat events so just moving up distances doesn't exactly work out because they weren't fast enough to start with. ... probably very good at trail running though.
What do people think the reasons are for Coburn's fall off? Just burn out from the years of training or something else?
Gettin old in a young person's event.
Where do older Steeplers go to keep competing?? They typically aren't world class distance athletes for the flat events so just moving up distances doesn't exactly work out because they weren't fast enough to start with. ... probably very good at trail running though.
They post on letsrun.com with the other has-beens and never-weres.