Are there any American lady runners who could shock the running world like Gidey did today?

No.

Sadly, no. We had a possible candidate but she likes authentic Mexican cuisine too much and now won't get the chance.

...and that is why it's a massive existential threat to the ego.

Cue the accusations...shoes...P...

Capy short finger wrote:

Maybe not like a 62:52 but how about a low 64 minute? Or even a high 2:15?

No. Not by time, but of course if they ran naked or similar.

The American record for women is 1:08:31. That is almost 6 minutes slower. That is a bit embarrassing. That would be about a mile and a half behind Gidey.

American runners male and female have weird diet obsessions.

Not with a time, but Seidel's bronze was pretty shocking

Capy short finger wrote:

The American record for women is 1:08:31. That is almost 6 minutes slower. That is a bit embarrassing. That would be about a mile and a half behind Gidey.

You have to wonder what is wrong with American women. The American men's record is 2 minutes behind the World Record. That American women's record is 6 minutes behind. Can American women not sustain a fast pace for more than a few miles?

Capy short finger wrote:

Capy short finger wrote:

The American record for women is 1:08:31. That is almost 6 minutes slower. That is a bit embarrassing. That would be about a mile and a half behind Gidey.

You have to wonder what is wrong with American women. The American men's record is 2 minutes behind the World Record. That American women's record is 6 minutes behind. Can American women not sustain a fast pace for more than a few miles?

I don't think most top American women have "time trialed" a HM. They usually run a HM as a tune-up for a marathon, and don't chase the clock. If their sponsors offer hefty bonus for a half marathon AR, someone may try that.

BTW, I think Rupp could have run sub-59 if he had really tried under the right circumstances. But he never did, and I don't know if he still has that potential.

Capy short finger wrote:

Capy short finger wrote:

The American record for women is 1:08:31. That is almost 6 minutes slower. That is a bit embarrassing. That would be about a mile and a half behind Gidey.

You have to wonder what is wrong with American women. The American men's record is 2 minutes behind the World Record. That American women's record is 6 minutes behind. Can American women not sustain a fast pace for more than a few miles?

They would be running very close to their PRs for the first 5000m, so maybe not.

To answer the question in the title, Mclaughlin and Mu.

Emily Sisson needs to just break the American record for the half and get it over with. No reason she shouldn’t already have it

It would require a dedicated epo doping regime. I think the net effect of Balco, Jones and the Armstrong indictment was to seriously chill US based doping activities, and the Shelby case is another one. While doping still goes on, it eliminated the type of all-in, supercharged doping needed to pull off elite performances in distance running. In his doping heyday Armstrong's doping doctors were based in Europe.

Woman who owns the world records in both the 5000 and 10000 on the track and the 15K on the roads and has a bronze from the World CC Championships, a bronze from the Olympics, and a silver from the World Championships breaks the world record in the half Marathon = Not a shock

Woman who has never run a marathon finishes runner up in the Olympic Trials to make the team and then earns a bronze medal in the Olympics in only her second marathon = Shocked the world

Us Rules the Track wrote:

To answer the question in the title, Mclaughlin and Mu.

+1

I wonder if the guys on let'ssprint in Ethiopia are this concerned about the inability of Ethiopians to do well at 100m/200/400m.

Shelby did shock us. In time, I expect Gidey will, too.

Capy short finger wrote:

The American record for women is 1:08:31. That is almost 6 minutes slower. That is a bit embarrassing. That would be about a mile and a half behind Gidey.

Uhh, no. It's 1:07:25, which is four and a half minutes slower, not six (Molly Huddle, Houston 2018). Where did you come up with 1:08:31?

Yes she would be called galen rupp