ATHING MU is a 800/1500m runner, Rojo and Letsrun has it got it wrong?

You're under-estimating her. She is really a 5k-10k runner but hasn't properly applied herself yet.

She ran a 1:55.04 and 49.57. Her 1500m PR is only 4:16

She also ran a 23.63 at 16 years old and hasn't run it since then.

There's like 3 threads on this going right now where this would fit in just fine.

She also run sub 5 minute mike at 16 and hadn't trained for it to be competitive at the senior level.

Why are so many posters overlooking the fact that Athing Mu did something her Junior year in high school that 99% of high school female MILERS never accomplish and that's run 4:59.9 or faster for a mile indoors. Just because she shown she can crank out a sub 50 off endurance, posters what to discount the fact she has shown promising 1500m talent for years as a teenager.

The incredible thing is Athing has run her mile times off 800m training and still hasn't run LESS than a total of fifteen mile/1500n in her short career.

**I''m just sitting back and waiting for Athing to finally train for the 800/1500m and make it hapoen, just like when I informed Letsrun about Kenenisa Bekele.

You did not inform anybody about anything. Get over yourself. You, like Jamin, make so damn many predictions that when you strike 1 in 10 you feel like Nostradumbass. You’re the same guy that thought Joseph Ebuya had reached Kenenisa’s level:

1 out of 10 LOL you are so funny, I'm dieing over here omg I'm dead ROFLMAO.

We can continue discussing this but I'm sitting back and just waiting til she shows the world she can be a world class 1500m runner.

Athing Mu has FOUR NATIONAL titles at 1500m/mile from 2013-2017. At 14 yrs old ran the 200, 400, 800m, and Mile at AAU winning 3 and placing 2nd in the 200m. And to so many posters this still don't indicate her outstanding endurance potential. Athing is not a sprint speed demon she is an endurance queen who hasn't developed her potential at 1500m.

You're so dumb. She's NOT moving to the 1500. Bobby Kersee just wants her to run the 1500 at this year's USA's because she is still working herself into good 800 shape, and he doesn't want her running a slower than normal (for her) 800 at USA's.

If you believe Kersee's BS about Mu being able to win an Olympic gold medal in the 1500, then you aren't very smart. Stop being so gullible.

Sorry to have to “convert” her profile to male examples but that’s easiest for me.

Mu has similarly competitive speed to Emmanuel Korir and David Rudisha (or even slightly better) with 1500 ability in the Donovan Brazier to Marco Arop range—I suspect Arop is the closer comparison. She is the best in the world at 600-800, could place top 5 at 400 and 1000 (I like Kipyegon to beat her) and at 1500 she’s maxing out at 4:02 and 7th at USAs type range. I’ll readily admit if she proves me wrong.

you seem to forget she BARELY won 800m gold last year

John

Thank you for you opinion; however, she will prove you and the world wrong. Only 2 things can stop Athing from becoming world class 1500m runner is injury and/or lack of focus. If she can remain healthy and focused after two years training for 800/1500m she would be capable of sub 4 minutes.

How many gold medals, Olympics or worlds, do you have?

None. How do you expect her to contend for 1500m though when she is barely winning her number 1 event

Let's not forget that Athing Mu:

Started her career as more a 800/1500m runner.

Winning FOUR NATIONAL1500/Mike titles by age 16, the same year she ran the American Record at 600m and beat Olympic/World medalist Rayven Rogers.

With Athing Mu we are not talking about you typical r800m unner just like Eluid Kipchoge is not your typical marathoner

World class? Cool. She already is that in the 400, and is now being guided by a sprints coach. No reason to think her 1500 ceiling is superior when you’re talking about sub-4 (fringe world finalist/us team member) vs. what she already is at 400 (fringe medalist).

Caster Semenya didn't run the 5 or 10 and excelled naturally at the 1500 with similar personal bests, Mu should stick to following her footsetps.

Like JWH said, Athing Mu as a male is like Emmanuel Korir.

Caster as a male is well, uh

If I had an athlete who needed to drop 25 seconds in the 1500 and win Olympic gold in that event, Kersee is certainly the guy I would go to to do the job right, yep, uh-huh.....