SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
Except she would have barely gotten on the podium in Third at the NCAAs. LOL
SYDNEY isn't a out Hollywood or the limelight, her focus is on the pursuit of perfection in her sport. Watch she will lower her 400m pb to at least 48.5 if she stays healthy and run enough 400's. (3-4: more) in 2023.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
it would have been smarter to race that way if she already had a few races under her belt.
Stop scratching from races at the last minute
She needs to get down under 22 in the 200 to have a chance at the record.
SYDNEY isn't a out Hollywood or the limelight, her focus is on the pursuit of perfection in her sport. Watch she will lower her 400m pb to at least 48.5 if she stays healthy and run enough 400's. (3-4: more) in 2023.
You actually think Bobby Kersee will let her run 3 or 4 more 400 races this year? No way.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
Except she would have barely gotten on the podium in Third at the NCAAs. LOL
Was NCAA'S in Paris? The Paris stadium was packed. The 400m for ncaas was emptier than Hayward pleasure palace. I don't think they were the same place, weather, surface etc.
Her on in the 200m is 22.39 from 5 years ago at age 18. Everyone knows she's much faster than that without her running a 200. Now running a 200 wouldn't hurt but it's not necessary to continue to lower her 400m.
Sydney's workouts surely give her and her coach an idea of her 200m speed; hence, her going out in 22.6. She just need more races to get her body used to/adjust to attacking such a strong WR as the 400m.
Her personal best in the 200m is 22.39 from 5 years ago at age 18. Everyone knows she's much faster than that without her running a 200. Now running a 200 wouldn't hurt but it's not necessary to continue to lower her 400m.
Sydney's workouts surely give her and her coach an idea of her 200m speed; hence, her going out in 22.6. She just need more races to get her body used to/adjust to attacking such a strong WR as the 400m.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
I haven’t heard her lately give glory to god, so I’m guessing Kersee has her on special sauce and she can’t publicly give glory to that.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
This is the more realistic take. Same people who say she barely races and then rip her when she shows up. SMH
SML can run 200m faster than her 22.39 pb, but 22.66 for opening 200m of 400m is still too close to her redline. If she does that again, she'll be banging her head against a wall.
She looked visibly nervous at the start, understandably so. The lesson she should learn is to dial it back and not try to win the race in the first 150 meters.
Yes, Koch did go out very fast in her WR, but it's a mistake to get hung up on that race in particular as "world record pace" for SML.
Michael Johnson set a 400m WR with two splits of 21.xx. SML would lose nothing by going out in 23.5, instead of 22.6.
And it would be a lot more pleasant than banging head against wall.
You maybe correct that she should go out slower but how would she know without her season opener ran at the pace she did in Paris? That's what I meant in my first post, now her and her coach know what needs to be worked on in pursuit of the 400m WR.
You maybe correct that she should go out slower but how would she know without her season opener ran at the pace she did in Paris? That's what I meant in my first post, now her and her coach know what needs to be worked on in pursuit of the 400m WR.
It was certainly possible for Kersee and SML to know from training that 22.66 wasn't realistic. Whether they accept that conclusion now, or believe she can go out the same way and hang on better, is something we'll have to see.
SYDNEY did just what she was supposed to do for an athlete targeting a world record. She went out in 22.6 WR pace, 34.8 WR pace and struggled the last 100m 14.9. Now her and her coach know exactly what they need to work on, don't know if the WR will fall but she should get the AR in her 400m WR attempts.
She looked visibly nervous at the start, understandably so.
She always looks nervous at the start. That's nothing new.
I don't know which is better, watching Syd mutter the Lord's Prayer like Joan on the stake, or Femke slapping the crap out of herself. These two are no end of hotness.
I just hope that crazy first 300m didn't get her injured. She was hobbling that last 100m. I haven't seen rigor mortis that bad since World War Z. I really give it to her for taking that much of a risk and really getting out hard. She seemed to think that her last 100m would come around too. Think about it. Had she run a last 100m in 12.9, which is 50.8 pace, so not fantastic, she would have run 47.7, if the guy's splits above are accurate. Now you can see the potential there.
Correction, 12.9 100m is 51.6 400m pace, which makes it sound so much more doable. She runs the same start but 12.9 last 100m and she runs 47.7. Sub-48 is conceivable, though 48.3-48.5 is likely.
Exactly and some posters are acting like she went home devasted. Yes she lost but the knowledge her and her coach received from seeing her run 75% of the 400m at WR pace is a good job. She started her season off nicely and surely will get faster, remember she has done it every season in whatever event she focus on since her Junior year in high school!
I think 47.9 - 48.2 will be her new personal best by year end but nothing she does on the track surprises me.