First work on race tactics. Second again work on race tactics.
He was in perfect position after the first lap in the mile but then starts doing his weird yo-yo thing where he drops back, then surges up again, and then runs half the race in lane 2. Confusing guy to figure out.
The meet ends the day on a bad note : ( Even if you're not an Arkansas fan. Also, the final exchange mess up, I guess the anchor legs each had to run past the official who was holding them back. what a cluster---.
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What happened to Silan Ayyilidiz in the mile? She set the collegiate record with a 4:23 last month and now she's running 10-11 seconds slower? I know the race was somewhat tactical but 10 seconds in the mile is an eternity at that level of competition.
What happened to Silan Ayyilidiz in the mile? She set the collegiate record with a 4:23 last month and now she's running 10-11 seconds slower? I know the race was somewhat tactical but 10 seconds in the mile is an eternity at that level of competition.
They kept it very slow since she and Wilma had run dnr legs the night before. Perfect tactics for team points.
he looked really uncomfortable out there. he got bumped and went almost to the back of the pack and could never recover. he's gotta be kicking himself. No Strand, no Martin, a 3:53 winning time which he can run in his sleep and he finishes 8th.
Sahlman is a perplexing athlete. Like I just can’t figure out what his path to winning these races are. He has 1.45 speed, a pretty large endurance threshold because 7.40 is also very strong - and yet in a race like that where I figure he should at least be in a position to challenge, he’s just way out of it. So does he need a brutal sustained pace from the start to outlast guys? Not sure about that either. Just a confusing athlete to understand.
Mike Smith gives bad race tactics advise. Sahlman blew NCAA’s last year and so did Nico Young. They both had bad tactics. NAU runs poor when it counts the most
since I can't post in the day 1 thread I will add this comment regarding Sam Whitmarsh. "Sam Whitmarsh 1:45.7 split!!! He let you all have some fun indoors, be ready to watch him go 1:43 outdoors!"
I was standing near him when his coach (I believe) told him his split and he was elated and I believe said "that did not feel like a 1:45". I recall he did not really make a move until his final lap and then moved up a lot.
Where is the guy who predicted the A&M victory in the DMR though?
What happened to Silan Ayyilidiz in the mile? She set the collegiate record with a 4:23 last month and now she's running 10-11 seconds slower? I know the race was somewhat tactical but 10 seconds in the mile is an eternity at that level of competition.
Well, first she ran mile heat and qualified.
Second, she ran anchor on dmr getting 8 points for Oregon.
Third, she ran mile final. Once field let's it get slow...then it's slow for everyone.
Sahlman is a perplexing athlete. Like I just can’t figure out what his path to winning these races are. He has 1.45 speed, a pretty large endurance threshold because 7.40 is also very strong - and yet in a race like that where I figure he should at least be in a position to challenge, he’s just way out of it. So does he need a brutal sustained pace from the start to outlast guys? Not sure about that either. Just a confusing athlete to understand.
Mike Smith gives bad race tactics advise. Sahlman blew NCAA’s last year and so did Nico Young. They both had bad tactics. NAU runs poor when it counts the most
Coaches need to give athletes the freedom to find their own tactic. Sahlman this year and Nico last year have both been around long enough to have an idea of how they can find their best chance of success in a race.
This comment from Gjert has always resonated with me:
Gjert also revealed that he did not have a strategy for Jakob for the final. “I am not allowed to talk with Jakob about tactics,” Gjert said. “He said, ‘This is my race. And I don’t want you to interfere to mix up my head.’ So he decides for himself.”
Be there to answer questions, to bounce things off of. I like to have them tell me what they are anticipating for the race. And I definitely like to talk about it after the race. But ultimately, it's their race, and they need to trust themselves. They are the one who has to live with it. This is one of the reasons it's good for developing kids to race fairly often. There is a learning curve.
First work on race tactics. Second again work on race tactics.
He was in perfect position after the first lap in the mile but then starts doing his weird yo-yo thing where he drops back, then surges up again, and then runs half the race in lane 2. Confusing guy to figure out.
He’s now a Junior. He still runs like a HS kid. it’s the moving out to lane 2 and 3 that gets to me every time
who would’ve thought that a team with zero sub-4 milers until last year would be in the mix in a DMR? great runs by the aggies
I know. It's like Texas A&M has some kind of relay magic. Watching their 4x4 men's team bring it home a couple weeks ago at the SEC conference meet was a sight. Their anchor leg wasn't even a 400m runner, LOL. Usually it's Aumaud Robinson, but they've been mixing it up with Farquarson on anchor, who is a 800m runner.
Arkansas lost the meet because their distance runners ran like crap!
Isn't Yaseen Abdalla fasting for Ramadan though?? I don't know how he's able to train at a high level while fasting like that. Surely, fasting every day will affect him.