Frank Shorter here wrote:
Planet of the Apes wrote:
Yawn. It’s a weak record at an odd distance. There are at least 20 other women in the world who would crush her in an actual race at the distance.
If one distance is odd, it has to be Marathon. 42.195k or 26.2 miles?
50K is an odd distance. In Olympic races, the next distance is doubled, tripled or quadrupled from the previous one. The 50K is 20% farther than the marathon and any marathoner is going to be equally competitive at 50K. Desi is probably in about 2:30 shape and there are dozens of runners that could beat whatever time she runs and some by over 10 minutes.
This is not a criticism her as I doubt she really considers it to be a meaningful WR.