Amen me too I think in a race paced at 14:50 with Valby and Tuohy in it, we'd see them both under 14:50. I feel like there's not a good chance of it tho :/
Amen me too I think in a race paced at 14:50 with Valby and Tuohy in it, we'd see them both under 14:50. I feel like there's not a good chance of it tho :/
they say the race was only paced for 15:20s ? thats awful
Both Valby and Tuohy are front runner types so there will not be such a large difference between their performances in paced races and ones they have to lead. I wonder how successful past predictions for track times from XC have been. People also don't seem to realize how far from 15:10s and how good 14:40 was considered until a few years ago. Until 2016 the US RECORD for women was 14:44!
Sub 14:50 is faster than Frerichs, Kastor, Sisson, Infeld, Goucher, Purrier or Simpson have ever run.
Sure, the supershoes might be worth 5 secs or even more in the 5 k but 14:49 is still quite a way from just dipping under 15 although of course sometimes people have improved 20 secs. or more in the 5k within a season, especially around 20. But this was usually by having focussed more on the 1500m before and cranking up volume, adding altitude etc.
a. Weren't you praising Tuohy (and belittling Valby) because Tuohy was so smart and ran the tangents while Valby didn't? Thank you for the picture that shows Tuohy not running the tangents.
b. If I were Katelyn Tuohy, I would be very worried about an obsessive "follower" like you.