Since the women's marathon is the last day of the 2024 Games, should she try? The schedule does allow for an attempt.
It would "one up" Emil Zatopek's triple. It would be to her benefit should the marathon be a slower tactical race. With her speed, all she would have to do is be ready for a strong finish. If we learned anything in London is that she has "a lot left in the tank" for the marathon.
The women’s marathon is very competitive and even if she skipped the track races, I don’t see her winning a medal.
It's competitive just like the men's 5000 and 10,000 are competitive. There are a bunch of fast times produced by many different runners. The similarity lends to mythology that they are all great. I burst out laughing in Eugene last year when the commentator said 7 different runners could win.
Last I checked, Jakob is in the field. And he matter of factly described it perfectly after the race. He knew he was by far the best in the field so he wanted to gap late and leave no doubt.
If Hassan is in the marathon field, it's the same thing. She simply has more ability than the others. Lotsa luck clutching that list of personal bests when they're all running together over the final miles. Go back to Tokyo and substitute Sifan Hassan for Molly Seidel. A fresh Sifan Hassan. What happens? That's what the marathon specialists would be dealing with. Their only chance would be to risk a very fast pace that Hassan might not be capable of.
The women’s marathon is very competitive and even if she skipped the track races, I don’t see her winning a medal.
Was the London marathon not very competitive? I’m not sure what you are talking about?
Anyway, a long time until Paris. Let’s first see what happens this summer. Hassan benefits greatly from being Dutch and therefore not having to sweat out qualifying for any of these events as opposed to her countrymen. She has no national competitors. Obviously not true of the Kenyans or Ethiopians.
Hassan is now past her prime. She will have a real challenge winning one gold.
She's slightly past her prime but now that Niyonsaba is out of the picture she doesn't have anyone who can match or surpass her late kick, other than Kipyegon at 1500. That's why she'll bypass the 1500. Otherwise she can toy with Gidey and others down the stretch.
The Eugene examples mean nothing. Hassan conceded she tried to get away with half ass training last year and that Eugene taught her that raw ability alone isn't enough without the foundation.
Hassan will be 31 in Paris. Elite athletes can still thrive in that age range. Bolt and Phelps had their final Olympics in Rio during their early 30s and then wisely bowed out instead of being a shell of themselves at mid 30s.
Hassan is now past her prime. She will have a real challenge winning one gold.
She's slightly past her prime but now that Niyonsaba is out of the picture she doesn't have anyone who can match or surpass her late kick, other than Kipyegon at 1500. That's why she'll bypass the 1500. Otherwise she can toy with Gidey and others down the stretch.
The Eugene examples mean nothing. Hassan conceded she tried to get away with half ass training last year and that Eugene taught her that raw ability alone isn't enough without the foundation.
Hassan will be 31 in Paris. Elite athletes can still thrive in that age range. Bolt and Phelps had their final Olympics in Rio during their early 30s and then wisely bowed out instead of being a shell of themselves at mid 30s.
After last year you could certainly argue that she might be too far past her physical prime or too mentally burnt out and over it to medal again, but after Sunday, I don’t see how you can argue this. She won the damn London marathon against a quality field without an optimal buildup and crazy race behavior. That did not look like a woman incapable of winning a global medal. The last time we saw Gidey, was she not crumpled on the ground 30 meters from the finish of world cross? Outside of the 1500, Hassan is almost a lock to medal and a strong pick for gold in any of the distance events she cares to enter.
She's slightly past her prime but now that Niyonsaba is out of the picture she doesn't have anyone who can match or surpass her late kick, other than Kipyegon at 1500. That's why she'll bypass the 1500. Otherwise she can toy with Gidey and others down the stretch.
The Eugene examples mean nothing. Hassan conceded she tried to get away with half ass training last year and that Eugene taught her that raw ability alone isn't enough without the foundation.
Hassan will be 31 in Paris. Elite athletes can still thrive in that age range. Bolt and Phelps had their final Olympics in Rio during their early 30s and then wisely bowed out instead of being a shell of themselves at mid 30s.
Agree with this. She should do the 5/10/Marathon Triple. The 1500 is frankly not going to happen — she might not even medal given that Tsegay, Kipyegon, Muir and some up-and-coming Ethiopians are in the mix.
The Marathon is at the end of the program, which is ideal. It being hilly means the race will possibly be slow and tactical, also ideal. What might actually might be the worst case scenario for her is if Chepngetich runs for Kenya and goes out suicidally anyway.
Hassan is now past her prime. She will have a real challenge winning one gold.
She's slightly past her prime but now that Niyonsaba is out of the picture she doesn't have anyone who can match or surpass her late kick, other than Kipyegon at 1500. That's why she'll bypass the 1500. Otherwise she can toy with Gidey and others down the stretch.
The Eugene examples mean nothing. Hassan conceded she tried to get away with half ass training last year and that Eugene taught her that raw ability alone isn't enough without the foundation.
Hassan will be 31 in Paris. Elite athletes can still thrive in that age range. Bolt and Phelps had their final Olympics in Rio during their early 30s and then wisely bowed out instead of being a shell of themselves at mid 30s.
Yeah well it is not obvious to me that the current version of Hassan can outkick Gudaf Tsegay at 5000m. It would be the fight of her life, or at any rate, one of them.
Agree with this. She should do the 5/10/Marathon Triple. The 1500 is frankly not going to happen — she might not even medal given that Tsegay, Kipyegon, Muir and some up-and-coming Ethiopians are in the mix.
The Marathon is at the end of the program, which is ideal. It being hilly means the race will possibly be slow and tactical, also ideal. What might actually might be the worst case scenario for her is if Chepngetich runs for Kenya and goes out suicidally anyway.
Do you think Hassan even runs another marathon between now and Paris? Will she try and defend her London title next year? Too fast a turn around between London and Paris for a woman doubling or tripling?? Before she won on Sunday, Hassan made it seem as though she might not bother with the marathon again until 2025, if ever…..
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She looked liked she was one step away from journeying to the afterlife after she won the 10k in Tokyo. The 1500/5k/10k triple was insane considering how different the events are, and considering how miserable she said she after that, I'd be shocked if she even attempted a 5k/10k/Marathon triple.
Do you think Hassan even runs another marathon between now and Paris? Will she try and defend her London title next year? Too fast a turn around between London and Paris for a woman doubling or tripling?? Before she won on Sunday, Hassan made it seem as though she might not bother with the marathon again until 2025, if ever…..
It's a good question. London will throw a gazillion dollars at her. There's a week and a half between Ramadan and the Marathon, so the schedule works better. I would probably argue that with the Olympics not being until August 2nd, she would be confident she could recover enough from an April 21 race. Would it excite her doing London again? I think she does things for the challenge. Trying to win Boston might actually intrigue her more. I don't think a 5/10K Olympic double would do much for her. I'd bet on her running the Olympic marathon.
It is too bad for her the women's 10k is on 8/9 and not 8/2 like the men's. Women's marathon is on 8/11 and if she had the 9 day gap, I'd say the 10k/Marathon double will be more than doable at least. Otherwise I'm thinking she should just go back to the 5/10 double.
Do you think Hassan even runs another marathon between now and Paris? Will she try and defend her London title next year? Too fast a turn around between London and Paris for a woman doubling or tripling?? Before she won on Sunday, Hassan made it seem as though she might not bother with the marathon again until 2025, if ever…..
It's a good question. London will throw a gazillion dollars at her. There's a week and a half between Ramadan and the Marathon, so the schedule works better. I would probably argue that with the Olympics not being until August 2nd, she would be confident she could recover enough from an April 21 race. Would it excite her doing London again? I think she does things for the challenge. Trying to win Boston might actually intrigue her more. I don't think a 5/10K Olympic double would do much for her. I'd bet on her running the Olympic marathon.
Makes sense. Thanks. Just for fantasy sake, how fast do you think she could run an 800 these days? Break 2? Can you imagine if she made the 800 final and won the marathon? Is it humanly possible for her to run a credible 800 and be ready at the same time to win the marathon? No way, right? Impossible, so maybe that’s what she try’s. How about the sc? Has she ever run the sc? Maybe she should give that a try…..She’s such a crack up, she should just do something absurd. She’s already done some crazy stuff, so just push it. You know, you think the 1500/10 double is crazy, well now she’s doing the 800/marathon double.
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She should go for the sext, why not... She should run the
400M
800M
1500M
5000M
10,000M and
the Marathon
Now you are talking, just drop the 400 and 800, but add the 3000sc. Let’s award points like in the NCAA. Who wins the meet? Hassan or the US women’s distance team?