🗣️ “I think people underestimate what I'm doing. When I cross-train, there are puddles of sweat on the floor to the point that our recreational center has to put out 'Wet Floor' signs because I sweat that much.” – @parker_valby 🐊
-she was running 60-65 mpw under solinsky until she broke her foot
-running steeple in the spring
-running days are quality workouts. cross trains very hard, lots of doubles. Long sessions are 90 minutes.
-kind of vague about her miles. I got the sense it changes, I would not be surprised if it is actually more than 30 some weeks or overall
That's crazy she is running steeple. How will she do? So the top 3 finishers at NCAA xc are all steeplers this year...
that's insane.
HAS to be for the olympic year. I wonder how it's gonna shake things up if she goes through with it. Assuming she runs close to 15 mins this weekend, she's gonna enter outdoor with some of fastest wheels for any steeper in the US.
-she was running 60-65 mpw under solinsky until she broke her foot
-running steeple in the spring
-running days are quality workouts. cross trains very hard, lots of doubles. Long sessions are 90 minutes.
-kind of vague about her miles. I got the sense it changes, I would not be surprised if it is actually more than 30 some weeks or overall
That's crazy she is running steeple. How will she do? So the top 3 finishers at NCAA xc are all steeplers this year...
that's insane.
HAS to be for the olympic year. I wonder how it's gonna shake things up if she goes through with it. Assuming she runs close to 15 mins this weekend, she's gonna enter outdoor with some of fastest wheels for any steeper in the US.
For the steeple, good 1500m speed is needed. Can she run 4:05 or faster?
-she was running 60-65 mpw under solinsky until she broke her foot
-running steeple in the spring
-running days are quality workouts. cross trains very hard, lots of doubles. Long sessions are 90 minutes.
-kind of vague about her miles. I got the sense it changes, I would not be surprised if it is actually more than 30 some weeks or overall
That's crazy she is running steeple. How will she do? So the top 3 finishers at NCAA xc are all steeplers this year...
that's insane.
HAS to be for the olympic year. I wonder how it's gonna shake things up if she goes through with it. Assuming she runs close to 15 mins this weekend, she's gonna enter outdoor with some of fastest wheels for any steeper in the US.
It makes sense, the steeple is by far the easiest team to make. She has no chance in the 1500m and 5000m, and she is unlikely to get the standard for the 10000m.
HAS to be for the olympic year. I wonder how it's gonna shake things up if she goes through with it. Assuming she runs close to 15 mins this weekend, she's gonna enter outdoor with some of fastest wheels for any steeper in the US.
It makes sense, the steeple is by far the easiest team to make. She has no chance in the 1500m and 5000m, and she is unlikely to get the standard for the 10000m.
I would be more worried about her getting injured training for the 10k but it honestly doesn't seem crazy. Run at the Ten in March as indoors is wrapping up and she's still in peak fitness.
The OT qualifier is gonna be around 31:20 which she should be close to capable of doing now. The Olympic standard of 30:40 is doable if she can run 4:15 and 15:00, which is obviously still a pretty big ask but neither seems unreasonable for someone of her talent level.
HAS to be for the olympic year. I wonder how it's gonna shake things up if she goes through with it. Assuming she runs close to 15 mins this weekend, she's gonna enter outdoor with some of fastest wheels for any steeper in the US.
For the steeple, good 1500m speed is needed. Can she run 4:05 or faster?
Idk, for some reason I doubt it though. Coburn's PR is 4:03.
On the plus side her 3k will be fast enough and she is tall like Coburn. Steeple could be a very good event for her.
She would have to drop the fast closers like Gear, to make the steeple team. I wonder what Gear could run in a 5k now.
It makes sense, the steeple is by far the easiest team to make. She has no chance in the 1500m and 5000m, and she is unlikely to get the standard for the 10000m.
9:23 is the entry standard for the steeple.
Maybe she is more athletic than sometimes given credit for here?
Indoor might be alluring, but maybe they will consider judiciously metering Indoor out? Because she’s got a lot on her plate.
Speaking of “plate”, since it sounds like she could be doing up to 7hrs/wk of cross-training with a lot that at fairly high intensity, in addition to 20-30miles/wk of running, in addition to weight training, staying on top of electrolytes, liquids, and fueling would be critical.
I wondered if Nutty was her best race this season, in which she came in fresh, and then just tried to hang on the remainder of the season.
sounds like she could be doing up to 7hrs/wk of cross-training with a lot that at fairly high intensity, in addition to 20-30miles/wk of running, in addition to weight training, staying on top of electrolytes, liquids, and fueling would be critical.
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Edit: “…in addition to 20-30miles/wk of running *that is also mostly at fairly high intensity”
Indoor might be alluring, but maybe they will consider judiciously metering Indoor out? Because she’s got a lot on her plate.
Speaking of “plate”, since it sounds like she could be doing up to 7hrs/wk of cross-training with a lot that at fairly high intensity, in addition to 20-30miles/wk of running, in addition to weight training, staying on top of electrolytes, liquids, and fueling would be critical.
I wondered if Nutty was her best race this season, in which she came in fresh, and then just tried to hang on the remainder of the season.
It sounds like she is running conferences and nationals. My guess 3k / 5k.
I also don't really buy it when she said BU is not a record attempt and is just for qualifying, when it is being exactly paced for the record. I do think she will get Sisson's record and get a new PR.
It makes sense, the steeple is by far the easiest team to make. She has no chance in the 1500m and 5000m, and she is unlikely to get the standard for the 10000m.
9:23 is the entry standard for the steeple.
Maybe she is more athletic than sometimes given credit for here?
I haven't really seen many here bag on Valby for a lack of athleticism. She has a lot of it, imho. Distance running, in and of itself, does not require a great degree of athleticism but some runners are very athletic. I don't know what Valby's athletic endeavors outside of running are/were but she doesn't strike me as someone that is not athletic.
I believe that she could do really well in the steeple. I look at steeplers like Courtney Wayment, Krissy Gear, and Ceili McCabe and believe that Valby could compete with them. McCabe, of course, is Canadian but being at WVU, she could face Valby at some point in time in NCAA meets.
I would give Valby a more than favorable chance to compete for a spot on the US Women's team and I hope she does well. My only concern would be about an injury or the aggravation of a previous injury due to the nature of steepling
