What the hell is up with Sydney McLaughlin

Lenny Leonard wrote:

[quote]birdbeard2 wrote:

[quote]racefanwatcher wrote:

I want to see what she could run in an 800. I'd bet she could flirt with 2:00.

Okay, now you've crossed the line. Might as well add the marathon while you're at it.

There haven't b een a lot of 400H races this year, but I was thinking more maybe running a 400 or a 200 just to make her sponsor happy. Keeping athletics going and making new fans and getting people to come to track meets means get the top athletes out there racing. A lot of kids who were her fans at this point probably just forgot about her.

Yeah, I’m wondering if this has something to do with how in 2019 the top guns on the male side only ran ok in the final. Karsten ran his top times in a relatively short span last year. So maybe the thought is to compress the schedule. For the women who knows, but making the USA team is absurd when the top 3 in the world are probably American.

Four-hundred metre dash is a long sprint. McLaughlin does not need to ground herself into hamburger in the manner in which many on here train. She set a 100mH personal best this weekend. McLaughlin now is tied for 99th fastest 100mH athlete All-Time. Maybe by July, she will be 75th fastest 100mH athlete All-Time. I will not be surprised if McLaughlin will decide to get her 200m personal best lowered before July. I like the way she is racing.

My bad. Sydney ran short indoor hurdles in HS, not UK.

racefanwatcher wrote:

Lenny Leonard wrote:

[quote]birdbeard2 wrote:

[quote]racefanwatcher wrote:

I want to see what she could run in an 800. I'd bet she could flirt with 2:00.

Okay, now you've crossed the line. Might as well add the marathon while you're at it.

The 400h and the 800 are basically the same race.

Back me up, rojo.

Lenny Leonard wrote:

racefanwatcher wrote:

Okay, now you've crossed the line. Might as well add the marathon while you're at it.

The best 600 yard dash athletes usually were 400m specialists or 440 yard specialists. We can go back to Lon Meyers (Meyers was first person known to sprint sub-50 440 yards). The best 600m athletes tend to be 800m specialists. Forecasting 800m greatness for 200m/400m athletes usually will disappoint. Note: I do not believe McLaughlin ever raced 600m indoors while in college.

The 400h and the 800 are basically the same race.

Back me up, rojo.

ummmmmmmm wrote:

My speculative guess is that she's making more appearances in these meets because of the contract but doesn't want to be racing a 400 hurdle all the time as it will interfere with her training so she's using these appearances to fulfill her contractual duty while getting in some work.

Supposedly she was running the 100h leading with her off leg this last race.

^This. Too many 400 hurdle races also run a higher risk of injury. This also helps her develop her hurdling technique, which actually isn’t as important in the 400 hurdles. She’s still a very heavy favorite for silver in the 400 hurdles at the Olympics. She’ll be fine.

not over hyped wrote:

She is one of the most talented athletes in women's sprinting, she could likely run and event execept the 100m with some level of success. How is she overhyped

She is working with William and Morris agency. If you haven't noticed it...

They are trying to promote her everywhere (TV, articles) as the new face of track and field. The problem is she's not even the best at her event, let alone not even close to the best at the flats or the more competitive 100m hurdles. They're trying to do back to back events or do the 100m hurdles and saying she's "leading with her off leg". BS, she's overhyped.

The real answer to the title of this thread is..."Her bank account".

The 100h hurdles is not just a speed event but a technique event (much more so in the men's 110mHH, but that's another story), which really helps with her 400m hurdles. I'd like to see her run the 800m. 400m hurdlers make excellent 800m runners and running the latter's good for their endurance.

paris2024hawk wrote:

It's just coaching wrote:

I've noticed that she has toned down her social media. Is this because she found religion or a boyfriend?

She is likely focused on training as the Olympics are in a few months

That isn't what I am talking about. She used to wear more revealing clothing and dress up with makeup and hair extensions and the whole deal. Now you see her track outfits and what she is wearing is totally different.

racefanwatcher wrote:

Lenny Leonard wrote:

[quote]birdbeard2 wrote:

[quote]racefanwatcher wrote:

I want to see what she could run in an 800. I'd bet she could flirt with 2:00.

Okay, now you've crossed the line. Might as well add the marathon while you're at it.

I believe McLaughlin could run at least 2:02 this year if that were inexplicably her goal, and she altered her training accordingly. 1:59.x after a couple years of training would not surprise me. 52.23 for 400h pretty much shows she was good for ~64” for 500 and ~1:22 for 600.

She has always been religious, not new. She was very sensitive about the comments made about her makeup, but I’m not quite sure if she cares so much she would change it.

Could be the boyfriend. Most likely she is just older and focused on the track.

I think she could run 2, but she has noted that she hates the 800 so probably not going to happen!

johnnycake wrote:

Is she even trying? A 100 hurdle 4th place finish and not much else. I thought she would at least run a open 400.

she runs 12.65 in the hurdles which is a world class time

and a 52.23 in the 400 hurdles which rumor has it is a bit better than a world class time

and yall are going nuts on this thread as if she were running slower times than her high school PRs

but oh, thats right, this is letsrun where more than half of you that post on here probably dont even know which side of the hurdles you're supposed to face when running!!!

waxonist wrote:

but oh, thats right, this is letsrun where more than half of you that post on here probably dont even know which side of the hurdles you're supposed to face when running!!!

I think the side with the 'legs' is supposed to be facing you when you hurdle, but I wouldn't bet my child's life on it.

maybe now that she got her 1.5 million she wants to rebrand as an Olympic medal caliber athlete who could also be a model versus a model who could be an athlete.

I'd rather see her on Instagram holding a medal.

It's obvious that a lot of the LRC sh*tposters have been pedoing over her since she was 16 and love to degrade her and her career. Most of you are mediocre distance runners who don't know anything about sprint training and racing, especially at her extraordinarily high level. Pack it up.