What's next? Maybe orthodontia?
What's next? Maybe orthodontia?
I don't think moving up is the answer. The time to move up is in your prime.
Jenny strikes me as someone who is addicted to exercise, like Ryan Hall. The only way I see her hanging them up is if she decides to have a kid. If thats not the route shes going, I'd expect her to be racing for the next few years. Maybe not a full (3 years) olympic cycle, but I bet she thinks she can still make a team. Heather and Cory ran great, but you can't tell me that Jenny thinks they're actually better than her when shes ready to go.
At this point she may have lost the top end speed necessary to compete in the 1500, especially given the current depth of talent.
I would be interested in seeing how she would do at the marathon. She's a bit old for peak marathoning ability, but she's about the same age as when Shalane won New York so success isn't out of the question. She's always been a strength based runner and would probably still have decent enough speed for the marathon if her body could take the training.
Even then, ultra running is getting faster, more and more are joining because they want to, not because they couldn't hack it on the oval or roads. A washed up marathoner would probably get spanked in a competitive ultra. See Kara Goucher. A notable exception would be Salazar.
bigmig19 wrote:
hobbyjogger18 wrote:
Move up to 5k? 10k? Maybe do some stuff on the roads? We know she isn't known for longer stuff. Maybe time to hang it up and coach she would be an amazing one. Definitely in the GOAT conversation for both American women distance running and American running in general.
I'm a bit of a Jenny apologist but is there the possibility that she just wasn't fully back from her injury and in peak form? I mean yeah she's at the end of her career for sure but in the 1500 final she was more or less off the back right from the get-go. It's not like she got kicked. I mean you know she could have kept up with that pace for at least a few laps or three. Or maybe it is Father time and three rounds just kicked her butt.
Jenny Simpson isn't in 100% shape right now. She can run a few seconds faster in the 1500 next year. With Shelby Houlihan out, that might be good enough to make the team for the 2022 World Championships. I think she will run the 1500 at least one more year before switching to another event or retiring.
she could do well in real estate or politics or business.
Would be interesting to see her run some 5k races this year if she still has the desire to keep training. Sometimes people choose to pursue other endeavors in their lives once the wheels start coming off. She has already left an indelible mark on the sport regardless of what her next decision becomes.
underactive thyroid is next
She wasn't quite ready. She'd gone down from 4:11 to 4:06 in the heat but still a month away from top fitness. I'd still give her a shot at World's next year, assuming Houlihan doesn't win her appeal.
Deliver medical supplies and pharmaceuticals?
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
She'd be a better announcer than Kara Goucher.
She is too "diplomatic" to be an interesting commentator. Shannon Rowbury would be a far more interesting commentator.
hobbyjogger18 wrote:
Move up to 5k? 10k? Maybe do some stuff on the roads? We know she isn't known for longer stuff. Maybe time to hang it up and coach she would be an amazing one. Definitely in the GOAT conversation for both American women distance running and American running in general.
She is going after the 50k women’s WR
I didn't say she would do well. I was implying it was a cash grab like the person who used to run for hansons
ecoAnPac wrote:
I didn't say she would do well. I was implying it was a cash grab like the person who used to run for hansons
Do you mean the “faux” Boston Champ that has chosen to focus on both Boston and NY?
double dipping wrote:
ecoAnPac wrote:
I didn't say she would do well. I was implying it was a cash grab like the person who used to run for hansons
Do you mean the “faux” Boston Champ that has chosen to focus on both Boston and NY?
Thank God someone finally gets it. Being able to withstand bad weather doesn't make you good, it just makes you durable.
equestrian.
ecoAnPac wrote:
double dipping wrote:
Do you mean the “faux” Boston Champ that has chosen to focus on both Boston and NY?
Thank God someone finally gets it. Being able to withstand bad weather doesn't make you good, it just makes you durable.
Guys, guys. Desi Linden won that race. She was the winner of the Boston Marathon, one of the world's most prestigious races. Get over it.
Hold my Hot Pocket wrote:
ecoAnPac wrote:
Thank God someone finally gets it. Being able to withstand bad weather doesn't make you good, it just makes you durable.
Guys, guys. Desi Linden won that race. She was the winner of the Boston Marathon, one of the world's most prestigious races. Get over it.
Had a better designed jacket and wore shorts instead of tights and/or runderwear. not the runner
Last time I checked - which was actually quite recently - the the first to cross the finish line is considered to be the winner of the Boston Marathon. Jackets are allowed. Des Linden was the first female that year, so she was considered (rightfully) the women's winner of the Boston Marathon. There is nothing "faux" about that.
Anyway, even in normal conditions, she wasn't exactly the longest of longshots. As I recall, she'd had several top 5 finishes in major marathons. Wasn't she 2nd in Boston or NY one year? I suspect that you, for whatever reason, just don't like her, and thus refuse to recognize her accomplishment. If one of your favorites had won, I bet you would have had no problem with it.