Athing Mu Running 400 at Ed Murphey Classic - Predict 2 Things

1) I doubt it, but if the appearance fee is fat

2) 49 high ftw

49.5 first time out. I'd like to see her try this for more time. She clearly has mid-48 potential, at least. Why should coaches distribute their athletes one per event?

49.9

She should be doubling 400 and 800 in Paris and making history. Really weak she went with Bob knowing she wouldn't be running the 4 on a regular basis.

A sub 50 so close to almost winning the 1500m seems unlikely. Hard to train for sub-4 1500m and sub 50 400m at the same time

Even when Semenya did it, she ran sub 50 in September. This was months after Semenya ran sub 4 in May and 4:00 in July.

I’d guess ~50.25. Obviously she’s got a lot of 400 talent but it seems like she was probably late to get into serious speed work this year. Plus Kersey athletes often seem to save their best for the biggest stages.

If she runs 50.25 in her first 400 of the year after almost winning the 1500 at USAs, I think it’s pretty much lights out for the rest of the world in Budapest.

My first thought was 51 low

I think she'll want to do something to sharpen up for the 800 without taking it too far.

To run some of the times suggested in this thread you've got to be training for the 400.

Agreed, 50 low sounds right.

I’m guessing 50.52

I’m guessing she will use blocks but won’t look great coming out of them

I'll say 50.76. She just came second at USAs in the 1500 and has been training for that event, for her to pop a sub 50 would be insane. This is just a Worlds speed tune-up for her.

And in other news, not long until Halley's Comet re-appears.

Most likely Kersee will decide to have her DNS.

If she does run, I doubt she runs faster than 50.5.

Maybe Bobby Kersee didn't tell Athing Mu up front she wouldn't be running the 400. He might not have told her that until after she had moved to LA and started training with him.

She hasn’t been training for the 1500.

She’s been training for the 800 she said but that includes strength work and speed work so she feels comfortable racing all 3 events.

Is the objective here to get into the Mixed Relay team? If so, she’ll want to go under 50.5. Imagining it’s Irby and Effiong as it stands. Her PB is 49.57 so while I agree 50-low seems probable maybe we’re being too modest if things are clicking

According to Bobby, this is indeed the objective. She can't run the Women's 4x400 as it's adjacent to the 800m final, but she can walk away with a relatively free gold medal in the mixed relay whilst making sure the USA doesn't embarrassingly lose again when they clearly have the most 400m talent.

1) maybe

2) 9:10 pm on Friday