Is Eilish Mccolgan update?

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Probably injured. She’s incredibly injury prone due to her form

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Fastest baby giraffe I’ve ever seen. that girl works her ass off.

Gradually building mileage after a long-term injury sustained in the run up to last year's London Marathon. She is looking to compete at Paris, presumably in the 10,000m. A fast marathon will still be on her to-do list at some point as it's the one record of her mum's that she hasn't beaten yet.

bbc.com

Olympics 2024: Eilish McColgan still confident of 'outside medal' success

https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/

Eilish McColgan still has her sights set on a podium place at the Paris Olympics despite a difficult 10 months.

Link:www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/68481576

Not much in here except her saying she expects to be in Paris.

No mention of how training is going. it wouldn't exactly fill you with confidence

She’s back running but only has been for a month or so. Lots of cross training before that. Seems like she was finally cautious and took the necessary time off to heal properly.

She’s targeting the 10k at the Olympics so a bit of a race against time for her.

I am a fan of hers - she’s a gutsy runner. But last year it was like watching a car crash in slow motion. Pulled out of the NYC half marathon with a knee injury and was immediately asking about other halfs to run. She ran Berlin on an injury meaning yet again she missed London. (And the rest of the year).

I think she’s too injury prone (and can’t get her fuelling right for long runs) for the marathon unfortunately. I do hope I’m wrong though. She has the genes for it!

She’s a very good 10k/ half marathoner though.

The half marathon in Berlin was great but somehow I believe it caused an injury. Also for Klosterhalfen with her great performance at the half. Was maybe a bit too much?

Yes she was already running on a dodgy knee then tore her hamstring at the end of this race.

She's so update that she went home devastated.

Her 30:01 at ‘The Ten” last year (March 2023) is equivalent, per the Jack Daniels Calculator, to (VDOT 72.8):

Half….1:06:04

5k……..14:25

She ran 1:05:43 in April 2023, and 14:42 in August 2022.

If she can get back to last year’s fitness, she can quite possibly go sub-30:00.

She ran ‘The 10’ on March 4, and the ‘NYC Half’ was March 19. Did she have an issue with the knee going into ‘The 10’?

I guess the reason I asked was wondering if she actually was possibly fitter than that 30:01 at ‘The 10’, but held back a bit with a knee ‘niggle’.

Maybe it was after the 10k? It was a very last minute pull out from NYC what I remember. And I was surprised that in the same breath she was asking about other April half marathons to do (on Insta). At that stage it must have been a niggle.

Good point. I’ll have a look back I remember she was definitely struggling with long runs as I was getting worried about London (and she’d already missed London in October). So something was brewing. Focusing on the 10k may be the best thing for her…

Had a look at her insta - yes she had bursitis on her knee going in to that 10k - if you look at the photo images of the race it’s heavily strapped. So maybe she could have gone faster!

After I asked the question, I was humbled a bit after learning a bit more about injuries she has dealt with (the screws and plate).

Wow!

Yes she did have screws and a plate in her foot. She’s come back from quite a few injuries! Used to do the Steeplechase but then switched to 5ks plus.