The BTC Ladies had a bad showing

That really sucks if she's injured so close to trials.

Not gonna lie I was stunned to read that article. Houlihan's own agent saying she has had a nagging injury for months that particularly flares up with big workouts? Why would you want your agent sharing that weakness with LR...

If I'm Purrier, or frankly any competitor I'm getting even more fired up. Houlihan unable to do big workouts with injury flare up and we are barely a month out from trials. Blood in the water stuff.

another perspective wrote:

Not gonna lie I was stunned to read that article. Houlihan's own agent saying she has had a nagging injury for months that particularly flares up with big workouts? Why would you want your agent sharing that weakness with LR...

Stephen Haas, everybody ...

She picked up a small injury before Doha. She didn't race between USA's and world's (probably wouldn't have anyways considering no other bowerman women who qualified for world's didn't race) but anyways... she still went on to finish 4th in 3:54. If she's getting an injury further away from Tokyo and it's just small it might work out better.

Remember, Centro picked up a small injury in 2016 and didn't open up well at all... went on to win the olympic title.

What does it matter? It's not like running is a sport where competitors can target your weakness. In tennis, if you tell people you have a problem moving to you left, then opponents can exploit that. Running is about what you can bring on the day so Purrier's race doesn't change, whether Houlihan is fit or not, she just needs to bring her best performance

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another perspective wrote:

Not gonna lie I was stunned to read that article. Houlihan's own agent saying she has had a nagging injury for months that particularly flares up with big workouts? Why would you want your agent sharing that weakness with LR...

Stephen Haas, everybody ...

Avocado Man....

As some others pointed out, GDS ran a PB of 2:00.03. Not bad for a 3:56/14:44 runner.

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Just a hunch... Jerry knows much better how to train his athletes to be ready when it matters.

Better than anonymous letsun posters? How is that possible?

Interesting. From Jorgensen's instagram, Infeld, Fraser, and Hall are now all at sea level in Portland.

Looks like the rest staying up in Park City.

Also RE: why does it matter if people know you're injured? Track is very mental, both in a race but also in training. It's a huge grind. You hear a month out from a big race that your main competition is struggling it can give you a real boost to keep attacking workouts. Alternatively on the start line it can give you additional confidence that might otherwise be lacking.

Case and point Sinclaire Johnson. She just ran a 1:59, beat Purrier in an 800 in February plus won multiple races convincingly in the winter season. Unless she has picked up an injury last week, she has no business running 4:12. That's mental, someone who gave up mid race.

I was under the impression that everyone who runs for BTC has nagging injuries for months. From interviews with Gwen, Emily, Karissa, etc it seems the norm is to train through things and only stopping when you need surgery.

Hopefully Shelby can be ready for the Trials. Wouldn't be the same without her.