I’m all for recognizing the greats of the past, not having short term memory or recency bias, but I don’t know…what Valby has done all year is insanely good. She has a valid case.
Baringer was ‘mid-distance’; nonetheless, 5 individuals in one year is tops for either mid-distance or distance.
It’s going to be overlooked, but great race for Bailey Hertenstein. She closed in 63.18 to scare Olemomoi for 2nd, running a 15:10.98 PB. Great way to close out her college career and suggests she could join the sub-15 club in the future.
It’s going to be overlooked, but great race for Bailey Hertenstein. She closed in 63.18 to scare Olemomoi for 2nd, running a 15:10.98 PB. Great way to close out her college career and suggests she could join the sub-15 club in the future.
Yes, and coming down from altitude, may not be as used to running in warmer conditions.
It’s going to be overlooked, but great race for Bailey Hertenstein. She closed in 63.18 to scare Olemomoi for 2nd, running a 15:10.98 PB. Great way to close out her college career and suggests she could join the sub-15 club in the future.
63.18 to close a 15:10 5k at this level is insanely good. That is faster than some of the women in the 1500m today. How much faster can she go?
She has a lot to celebrate but it is really hard for fans to give praise to everyone when we all have Paris in the back of our minds. My though after the men's race wasn't "good for ______." It was, "Is Grant Fisher racing before the trials because I don't have confidence in Nico Young." Nico should be the third or fourth American but after that, I think even Hocker is looking more likely to go to Paris. But maybe that's just me. Every meet, I'm looking for who's most likely to be wearing red, white, and blue in July.
It’s going to be overlooked, but great race for Bailey Hertenstein. She closed in 63.18 to scare Olemomoi for 2nd, running a 15:10.98 PB. Great way to close out her college career and suggests she could join the sub-15 club in the future.
63.18 to close a 15:10 5k at this level is insanely good. That is faster than some of the women in the 1500m today. How much faster can she go?
But did she look ‘tired’?👀
It’s not like this is an alactic event; conditioning metabolism, genetics (muscle fibers, etc) factor into recovery. Did Graham Blanks flop around on the ground when he set his 5000m PB in Boston? I’m not aware of Valby ever flopping on the ground after a PB, going clear back to high school, except her 10000m debut, when she went to the ground right immediately after the race.
I’m all for recognizing the greats of the past, not having short term memory or recency bias, but I don’t know…what Valby has done all year is insanely good. She has a valid case.
Barringer made 3 world teams in or in the year after college. 3rd fastest ail time @ 1500 and 15:01i in college without the shoe tech. C’mon. Even if her evetual career and medals didn’t made or abundantly clear, are you serious? As studious of the sport as you are?
valby isn't even likely to make a US team in this, her all-time, record breaking year.
I’m all for recognizing the greats of the past, not having short term memory or recency bias, but I don’t know…what Valby has done all year is insanely good. She has a valid case.
Barringer made 3 world teams in or in the year after college. 3rd fastest ail time @ 1500 and 15:01i in college without the shoe tech. C’mon. Even if her evetual career and medals didn’t made or abundantly clear, are you serious? As studious of the sport as you are?
valby isn't even likely to make a US team in this, her all-time, record breaking year.
Also, had an AR as a junior in college in addition to the US #3 AT 1500 — Valby is 25+ and 40+ off an AR. I don’t think it’s a comparison. What are her CRs? Maybe T10 all time for US?
In the collegiate distance arena, no athlete has had the kind of collegiate career (i.e., titles) that Valby just finished, which would almost essentially include winning XC Natty’s to even be considered.
Announcers babbling about cross training and miss Parker’s breakaway
I made a split-second decision to kill the sound just befoe the start of the steeple & 5k finals, thinking these races would be too good to risk getting sullied by insipid, tone-deaf announcing. So glad I did.
Announcers babbling about cross training and miss Parker’s breakaway
I made a split-second decision to kill the sound just befoe the start of the steeple & 5k finals, thinking these races would be too good to risk getting sullied by insipid, tone-deaf announcing. So glad I did.
I haven’t watched it yeah, but Olivia came up big with a PB!😍
That race from Juliette Whittaker was absolutely masterful. Felt like basically everyone in the race was shuffling around, up and down the pack, but she was basically in third/fourth the whole race, perfectly drafting off of 2 runners in front of her the whole time.
Outside of one slight clip early in the race, Roisin Willis ran pretty clean and unimpeded as well, running mostly on the rail. She was surrounded on all sides and completely protected from the wind for most of the race. She made a move around the outside on the last turn three-wide with 2 others and slingshot off of the turn really well to gun down most of the people ahead of her.
I remember Juliette Whittaker was a pretty terrible pack runner in 2022. Even in her Freshman year tbh. But she really looked like she belonged here and indoors. I remember that race at World U20s where she barely lost to that British 800m runner in the semi-finals and was super jittery, running so much unnecessary distance and shuffling up and down the pack the whole time. She lost to a person who she was way better than her because of that. Even in the final, she looked completely frazzled. The one race she looked good in was in the US U20 Championship race where she simplified it and just gunned it from the front.
J.J. Clark absolutely got them locked in on this one.
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