Elise Cranny Leaves Bowerman

No you don't. Doping doesn't cause miracles; it improves the athlete by 4 - 5% if uncontrolled. Less if they have to microdose. See Houlihan: better than decent in college. and still a couple of seconds per mile to slow for the very top.

Gave this a listen, thanks.

Her comments about the WC 10k being hard were pretty interesting. She mentioned leaving it all in workouts, but also being in the shape of her life going into the race. (Woody Kincaid said something similar, interestingly.) How do you prevent that? Should the coach have dialed it back more... Hopefully in Cranny's next situation she can find that consistency.

So “PC is perfect April through November for running” except tomorrow the 7th will be another snow storm. I won’t even bother to mention how much snow you had on the ground last April.

She put a ton of distance between herself & monson on the last lap at us champs & then had that 4:16. But her world performances have been lackluster with her & monson finishing right around each other. I am curious what her coaching plan is moving forward. If she can get the timing right she should be able to place better on world stage

She also needs to get her bouts of RED-S under control. Seems to have been going on since college.

Data…

Why do you have a made on for Park City - it’s a beautiful place. Yes it snows intermittently in November and hopefully often come December through March. It’s at 7,000 plus feet and a ski resort for goodness sakes.

indeed it will snow overnight. then melt followed by seven days of sunshine and temps in the 40’s and 50’s.

For runners, come December, they can seek out a different location during the winter and be back in the Spring. Jaaaa.

The University of Oregon is an outlier as far as collegiate programs. Their athletic program has a ton of money, so likely he's getting paid more and the job has more long-term stability than the pro coaching job.

Yea I agree. Im not sure what galaxy believes her time with BTC was anything less than amazing on balance.

To anyone following this it is obvious you alter the facts. See my comment above.

per WeatherUnderground Tue 34/15 33/9 37/11 41/15….

snow that melts turns to ice, all it takes is one step &….

As you know I referred to it as a ski area, yes it is beautiful, in the 80’s I worked in the office creating the architectural guidelines for historic structures there. I wish PC well, & that means factual representation.

A 13:10 runner who gets 2% from doping is a 12:54 runner. A little does a lot and 1% puts them at 13:02. That is the difference between National Champion vs. not making the team. In World competition, it is competitive and making finals vs. being an also ran or not even getting into top competitions.

I am not suggesting that Cranny or anyone else is doping if they have not failed a test.

For the record, I happened to be in the mixed zone when Shalane Flanagan finished NY this year. I put in a request with the NYRR media person to speak to her and she declined.

OK. But I understood "internationally competitive times" as either competing for international wins or as being close to the fastest times. A 12:54 is some 20 seconds behind the WR, and even BTC's Fisher with his 12:46 hasn't gotten a global medal (yet) and he was better than just decent in college.

As for your 13:10: only 25 Americans have ever run faster since 1985, less than 1 per year. It's not exactly common for decent college runners.

There’s something going on with Shalane. No comment on this stuff and stopped congratulating and getting pictures with the pros. Any ideas why?

It is interesting.. she comments on all her college athletes posts and is obviously very active on social media… she seems very invested in the collegians.

Seems obvious that most the BTC athletes don't care for her much. That rumor's been floating around here for years.

She's a shadier character than most think: hidden supershoe advantage at the '16 trials, defending Shelbo, now quietly removing herself from BTC association.

Guess that's what good PR does for you.

That's what years and years with btc will do for you.

That is a shame that Shalane cannot answerer a few questions. Same with Jerry.

Correct . . . constant overachiever . . . always pushing herself to the max in training . . . Elise has stated so herself.

However . . . despite this . . . in her 4+ years with BTC . . . never had an injury . . . especially avoiding all the Haglund's Deformity surgeries that hit Fraser, McGorty and Schweizer . . . showing just how strong a neuromusculoskeletal system she has.

Elise has shown she can persevere through the toughest training imaginable for a track distance runner . . . so rather doubt she will undertake any training as redlining as Jerry had her do.

Very excited to see where Elise takes her career next and when her next race will be . . .