Parker Valby 30:50!!!!

That's great but what's her ceiling and will she ever get down to low 29 minutes which is necessary to be among the best contenders in the women. Maybe the marathon will be her best event.

Ceiling, ceiling? That was her first 10k ever, she won by 2 minutes and set collegiate record and just missed Olympic standard...how the hell does anyone know if she will ever be in 29s?

This is a promising start though.

I said it in another thread but I really don't think Parker could've run this well in The Ten. I think a 1500, a 5K, and a 10K at race effort are all a lot for someone running lower milage to do in a single week. That's just a lot of impact on the body she's probably not conditioned for. However, I do think she could've run the standard 100% today against legitimate competition where she's not doing all the work herself.

Maybe she's mad about the standard but 15:30 paced followed by 15:09 solo(while lapping people) would have been an insanely hard way to go for the standard. Considering her 2nd half today was still slower than standard pace, today just wasn't the day for her to do it. Needs more competition and less runners to lap

I thought standard was 31.30 for women. What do you say standard is?

certain that the 31:30 is the American trials standard not Paris

30:40

My bad I was looking at the wrong standard

Tuohy fans go home devastated

Were the lapped runners refusing to move out?

IT'S VALBYMANIA!!!!!

She’s a lock in for both the 5 amd 10k teams. My new favorite

Holy cow. Tuohy was a generational talent but the fastest woman in history is the same age. Sounds like a joke now. Tuohy fans are clueless.

Tuwei at 33:00 is a disappointment

Everybody is proclaimed a "once in a generation talent!!!!!1" these days until they get beat a few times and/or disappear.

Not really a fair comparison anyway - Valby is the future of women's distance running. Her competitors do their best.

Paityn? What a stupid spelling

That is likely the trials standard, but the Olympic standard is 30:40. She wants to qualify for the olympics. There are four slots available for world ranking qualifying at the moment, so she may still be able to get in on ranking. If she gets top 3 at the US championships/olympic trials in a sub 31:00 as of right now that'd be enough to be qualified.

So long as the lapped runners stay put and she doesn’t have to break stride, it doesn’t make much difference.

🤷

Not sure how Valby running a great time makes Tuohy fan “clueless.”

Do you always conflate things that are disparate or are you just stupid?

Fantastic performance by Valby. I hope she’s running in Paris in something. The 5000 is her best chance for a top 10 finish, IMHO.