Let's give Alicia Monson her own thread (4:26 mile in workout at altitude)

she's our best hope at a global medal at the 5k/10k.

Also, it's Monson*

Let's change the name of the thread so that her name is spelled correctly…

Cool. She is racing the mile this weekend!

It's a Monson Monsoon!!

Not a fan of the Coffee Club podcast?

Noted at the very start of the video, 4:32 was the opening target?

I think most people are looking towards the younger generation. But maybe one of these old timers can still make it happen! be awesome to see!!!

What TUE’s does she use under the Ritz program?

"Apres le Monsoon, le deluge!"

Alicia Monsoon Monson uses the following TUEs:
- Coffee

- Long runs with the boys

- Morgan's pregame warmup music

- Licks from Gus Hoare

- Channeling angst and using it for workouts and races

Note that TWICE during the trial, Ritz told her she was ready for sub-8:20. Also mentioned Koko twice. Interesting programming strategy.

- A healthy dose of thyroid meds like her coach

…iv l-carnitine?

*Alicia the Monsoon

I agree Monsoon is my favorite runner right now. I thought she would break the 10K American record last year, hopefully this year

If you are going to dedicate a thread to her, at least spell her name right.

Ritz gives a 69.5 400 split and says the final time is 4:26.0 - so 65.5/4:05/8:11 average pace for the last 1200, at altitude. I don’t know if she can run 8:20, but 8:25 seems feasible.

Karissa Schweizer is currently the AR holder indoors at 8:25.70, which is #7 all time behind 6 Ethiopians. If hypothetically Monson ran 8:20i, that would put her #2 all time behind only Genzebe.

If she ran 8:20.00 outdoors that would make her #8 all time - but 4 of the 7 women under 8:20 are Chinese from September 12-13 1993, and one is Francine Niyonsaba. The “non Chinese” outdoor 3k record is Hassan’s 8:18.49. Klosterhalfen clocked 8:20.07 behind Hassan in that race in 2019.

I hope to see Monson make an all out attempt on Schweizer’s AR at Millrose, and it looks like that might be the game plan.