cxvzzcvx wrote:
This is a good solo performance for her. 61/64, essentially (2:04.96), out in the lead the whole time. This does show that she has much more endurance than speed for a 4:26 athlete to run 2:05. You would figure that with a pacer or better competition, she'd knock at least a second or two off this. You'd also figure that she would not run her absolute best 800 of the year shortly after running a huge pr at the 5000m. She would need to do more speed work to maximize at 800 this year. The training is not that similar. Also, the 5000m tells you that she can run faster with competition. She dropped from 15:13 to 14:57 in part by having a pacer for 2600 and then people to chase in the last 800 after the collegians finally stopped drafting off of her. So, between the training and the lack of faster comp, she could still run 2:02 this year.
She might be thinking a 2:02 is possible, since she opened with a 61. I’d like to see her take another shot running behind some experienced and consistent sub-2 types.