Katelyn Tuohy about to turn PRO !!!!?????

Sounds good. No doping, no achievement.

"Clean athletes cannot compete with dopers". Tuohyvis doomed according to Astro. That is unless she dopes.

Rather than insult me, why not tell us what he really said? Why must Tuohy posters always resort to insulting other posters rather than engaging in a discussion? Seems pretty clear that he said without doping, no chance to compete and may as well surrender.

he apparently said "you want to be a professional runner you have to dope. If not you get completely outclassed. That's it. Save the moralizing for a sport where achievement is not directly correlated to doping results. Clean athletes cannot compete with the dopers in running, and doping is so widespread that there is not much of a choice. If you are not prepared to dope as a pro, don't bother. I think the only difference is degree."

That does not say "no doping, no achievement". It seems to say higher achievement from degree of doping. It may well say "without doping, no chance to compete and may as well surrender." but now you are changing your arguement which started with "How so? If the only way that runners improve after college is by doping, Tuohy has to dope to get faster." and shifted to "Tuohyvis doomed according to Astro. That is unless she dopes."

You are correct. She can improve. She just can't achieve anything the pro level without some amount of doping amd she can't have high avlchievements without significant doping. That makes sense. No doping likely limits her to 15 minutes. Some doping gets her to 14:40. Moderate doping 14:30. Significant doping 14:25. That seems consistent with Astro's posts through the years pertaining to Americans.

so, since her 8:35 seems to indicate 14:50ish, you are saying she is already doping? Or is she an exception to your proclamation that "No doping likely limits her to 15 minutes. Some doping gets her to 14:40. Moderate doping 14:30. Significant doping 14:25."

Prior to Tuohy running that time, Astro would have said every American under 8:40 is doping. I don't think she is but I don't think she can run 14:50. She hasn't done it. She has gotten bigger over the past year which will help her 1500 but hurt her 5000. I will go with 4:02/14:55 clean this year and 4:00/14:45 lifetime clean.

However, for obvious reasons, Tuohy wouldn't be able to do that.

I think Astro has also said he thinks Tuohy is more talented than most Americans (I am reading between his words). I agree 4:02 would be a great time for this year and 4:00 just seems too fast for this year. But I would not bet against her running 14:50 if she somewhere finds the right race for it - but looking around I don't see that race yet.

She's basing her logic on her inside information about Tuohy and how she has gained her progress so far, but she has no actual experience with anyone else.

Possible opportunity for that 14:50?

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You have to be absolutely insane to think Tuohy is doping. That's the funniest thing I've ever read. It has to be a troll, but they won't stop because they get such a great reaction from saying it.

The Sound Running event is May 6th - a week before the ACCs. I don't see her doing it.

I don't think she is doping but any sane person could think she is. That is a reasonable assumption. Why would only an insane person thinkl that?