Never a Week Off for Elizabeth Leachman

"Never a week off" is an ironic title for this thread because next week is in fact a week off for her. Her next meet is the Texas state championships in 2 weeks.

After that she doesn't have any more meets scheduled until Brooks PR on June 12.

Damn, Wiley's quad as a senior at states was 4:38.69, 2:06.26, 10:38.57, 57.01 (4x400 split). Similar times but Leachman is much stronger at the longer distances, Wiley stronger at the shorter ones.

Leachman ran her three races over two days. Did Wiley run all four races in one day or two days?

2:09 is very fast at this age for the 5000m hs record holder.

They were all in one day. According to an article, she ran the 1600 in a state record, then the 800 in a state record, 25 minutes later she placed 3rd in the 3200, and then 19 minutes later she ran the 57 split. No time gap was given between the 1600 and 800.

The 800 and 1600 times are nice to see. First time under 4:40, so she will have some confidence in a mile v the 4:3x kids.

Sad we will never see a leachman vs Valby battle in college. :(

15:25 and now 2:09? Superb range for a high school girl.

Too much racing in my opinion. I’m worried she is going to burn out.

No one has ever burned out from racing. Only over/training

That’s actually exactly what MOST people burn out from. Over racing and cooking themselves.

That's not good at all for a 15:25 5k runner.

You would think she would be around 2:02-2:04 even if she doesn't have great foot speed.

Not necessarily - although her lack of speed may affect her in the long-term. Unless she invests some time in developing that aspect. Really, how many 3k/2M does she need to run in a season?

15.25 (74sec/400); 9.00 (3k - 72/400) is a very low differential; so 68-69/400 for 1500-1600 (4.15-4.19/1500); 64-65/400 for 800m (2.08 - 2.10).

Parker Valby runs 14:xx and she can't break 2:09.

No one who has ever held the high school 5k record has run sun 2:09, so you are misinformed.

This year 2:02 - 2:04 will probably win the national 800 title.

But we might see Leachman vs Valby at the Olympic Trials in the 5k.

She looked great in that 1600. She must have checked her watch 1000 times though starting like barely 50 meters in which makes me think she was told stick to a pace for most of this race. She ran 70/70/70/67 which seems to confirm the message from her coach was, "stick to a 4:40 pace Beth then you can kick it in in the last 200 if you feel good". That makes me wonder what pace she'll be allowed to go in the Final...

tx.milesplit.com

Watch Elizabeth Leachman Run TX No. 2 A-T, 4:37.17 In 1,600m

William Grundy

Elizabeth Leachman now sits No. 2 on the all-time list in the girls 1,600m.

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In your humble opinion, how many women in the WORLD do you think can run 15:25 and 2:02?

The answer to that is actually quite a few. There are (a couple) women who can run like 1:56 and 14:0X. Karissa Schweizer, never known for 800 speed, ran 2:02 and 14:26 in 2020. Lots of world class 1500 women can run 2:02 and 15:25.

But Manbearpig seems to be comparing Leachman with the typical high school or college male who runs a 15:25 5k, which is quite different than a 16 year old F distance phenom. 2:09 isn’t surprising at all but it’s solid, and if she were running 2:02 + 15:25 she’d be crushing Engelhardt in the mile and challenging Mary Cain’s 4:04.