Personally I’ve run marathons well on flat courses and bonked hilly courses. I live on the side of a mountain so plenty of hill training I’ve done. It’s just that my legs are done by 10-15 miles on a hilly course. It’s not an excuse as much as it’s reality. Glycogen depletion is a dirty business.
The old NYC half course was pretty flat actually. They changed it up now. Back then it was basically pancake flat besides a few hills at the beginning. The winning times for the men used to be low 60s
It really doesn't matter anymore. just water under the bridge now. You people really need to get a life if you worry about this kind of crap.
Grilled cheese sandwiches after her runs.
fact checker 642572498 wrote:
the all time worst take in history wrote:
Congratulations, you win!
Seriously, in horse racing there's an expression, "horse the the course". She just wasn't a good fit for the ATL course. Like a previous poster said, some runners prefer certain surfaces and conditions.
YOU CAN"T CHANGE THAT
A mudder is a mudder, they can not be made to love a fast track.
You can train them all you want, but it WON"T work.
Not even the great Superior JS can pull off that feat.
Except that's BS. The course really wasn't that hard, the hills weren't big at all. Many people ran significant personal bests.
Humans aren't horses. It's not complicated to fix biomechanics so that you aren't horribly inefficient on hills. If she wasn't interested in learning how to run different courses, she should have stuck to the track.
Ray Treacy was outcoached by a 25 year old hardware store worker with no coaching experience (Molly Seidel's coach). It's that simple.
Wrong again, and your take still is all time pungent.
Humans like horses are animals. How many times do people drone on these boards about fast twitch versus slow twitch runners, etc. Genetics, etc.
Exactly, everyone is different and a bad day happens to all of us.
the all time worst take in history wrote:
fact checker 642572498 wrote:
Except that's BS. The course really wasn't that hard, the hills weren't big at all. Many people ran significant personal bests.
Humans aren't horses. It's not complicated to fix biomechanics so that you aren't horribly inefficient on hills. If she wasn't interested in learning how to run different courses, she should have stuck to the track.
Ray Treacy was outcoached by a 25 year old hardware store worker with no coaching experience (Molly Seidel's coach). It's that simple.
Wrong again, and your take still is all time pungent.
Humans like horses are animals. How many times do people drone on these boards about fast twitch versus slow twitch runners, etc. Genetics, etc.
The course was significantly hilly, with no ability to gain rhythm. I’ll also add that the wind in the long straights was also a factor. Total beatdown of a day.