Parker Valby’s Professional Debut @ New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

I hope she's been working hard and is ready to make a statement.

Nobody is forgetting what she did in college. She graduated less than a year ago.

We already have a thread on her debut:

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13303247

And at least three more threads might be started before this day is over. Why?

Because the era of VALBYMANIA is about to start!

Let’s gooooo!

Yes. This young woman is an Olympian. Recall who the slam dunk young runner predicted to be an Olympian was?

The original semi haze would be proud of this effort. Of course their praise and posting of another runner apparently spawned a lot of resentment, jealousy and disparagement among some which persists even today. Be careful, you might reap what you sow.

Why the suspicious gap between Paris and now?

There are no slam dunks in this sport, and I don’t want to rag on another athlete in this thread; I’m here to celebrate VALBYMANIA, whatever gets dished up today.

OP, after actually reading most of your long post, my first reaction was you’re getting ahead of yourself with those times you offered, thinking no way.

I was originally thinking maybe something in the mid-8:30’s would be reasonable. So I pulled up the Jack Daniels Calculator…and maybe she can break 8:30 today?😮

Breaking 8:30 for PV would be HUGE, OP.

The other suggestions you were throwing out there would be off-the-hook!

The OP was clearly making a mockery of the ridiculous thread started last weekend about Tuohy's race. It is mostly a copy job with Valby's stats added. Even the OP's name is appropriate. Looking at that thread, the OP "Upperstate" posted 21 times just on the first two pages alone! That is over half of the posts. Strange.

But you're right, you get what you sow. Posts like the one by Upperstate have caused a lot of people to turn against Tuohy and even moreso her "fans." They seem to be like the little kid who constantly taunts someone until that person finally fights back and then the kid runs to his mommy and cries about the "mean kid who picked on me."

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13292080&page=10

I predict 8:32, slower than Shelby but faster than Hiltz

Valbymania is here 2025!

Expect Great Things!!!

8:35 would be awesome. That’s an equivalent performance to ~14:45, which is faster than Valby’s 14:51 PB, and she’s not exactly a mile/3k type runner. At this rate, if she runs like 8:38 we’ll see posters acting like she flopped, when really it would be a perfectly fine opener/first race since Paris.

When time will the race be, and who else is in it?

Please post any relevant links.

I should have searched first. It's at 5:39pm eastern time and here's the lineup.

https://www.nbindoorgrandprix.com/events-results/nb-womens-3000m/

Here are the entrant’s 3000m Short-Track PB’s:

Georgia Bell GBR 8:42.16
Emma Coburn USA 8:39:19
Melissa Courtney-Bryant GBR 8:37.74
Elise Cranny USA 8:37.17
Sarah Healy IRL 8:36.06
Jessica Hull AUS 8:24.29
Dani Jones USA 8:49.44
Emily Mackay USA 8:40.75
Lea Meyer GER 8:50.83
Hannah Nuttall GBR 8:45.61
Parker Valby USA 8:41.5
Sintayehu Vissa ITA 9:04.95
Melknat Wudu ETH 8:32.02

Any time Valby gets in a race, big PB’s are dropped by multiple entrants.
🤪

Let’s goooo!!

That was Lauren Johnson's fault. Any respectable coach would have had her ready to make the team in the 800.

Today will mark a big setback for Valbymania. This field will drop her late and she will get smoked. Too short a race and too deep a field for her. Against lesser comp 3K is fine, but against a strong field she is a US/international Elite only at 10K. And that is fine. Just gonna be sad seeing her non-competitive in a big spot.

She's not an International elite at 10k either. That's like saying Kincaid is an international elite at 10k. I don't care how good they look at 28 minute (or, in her case, low 31 minute) pace - when the actual elites actually push, they're dropped instantly