What was that? Gudaf Tsegay runs like an IDIOT. Goes out in 59.93, Runs 4:11.89 mile!

If you didn't see the race, the tactics were so bad that on the BBC broadcast, mid-race at the 1k mark, Steve Cram incorrectly said, "And Tsegay, I can tell you one thing - she's not going to be at the end of this race if she even finishes."

59.33
2:03.45
3:07.98 were the splits

You could see the hurt on her face the last 400. Had she not gone out like a maniac the first 200, she could've gone way faster.

Tsegay is going to Tsegay. No other analysis is possible.

When she broke the indoor 1500m record, she went out in 59 and 2:05!

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Tsegay breaks world indoor 1500m record in Lievin with 3:53.09 | REPORTS | World Athletics

On an evening of stunning middle-distance performances at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay produced the highlight by taking two seconds off the world indoor 1500m record*, winning at the Worl...

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Who coaches 19-year-old Birke Haylom (3:53 pb) ? Is it Tsegay's huband? I hope not.

I mean if I was coachign her, I"d tell her, "Whatever you do - don't follow Tsegay. She runs like an idiot. Your instructions are simple - follow Jessica Hull. Do what she does."

Haylom went out in 59 and ran finished 10th in 4:19.

Didn’t she once take out the World Championships 1500 sub-60?

Yeah, she's so terrible, she b-slapped your opinion to where it belongs.

And Haylom followed with a 4:19. I have no clue how she doesn't know she's not in 4:10 shape

Tsegay's scared of Jessica Hull's kick and wanted to see if she could drop her right off the bat - it worked, because JH had to work way too hard with 800-600 to go to have anything left on the final 200.

And Tsegay got a second best time in history in the process - in you missed that part! ;-P

She “runs” like an idiot and consistently gets some of the fastest times in history and multiple world records. It obviously works for her in the circuit. She would have more medals at the major championships if her husband/coach wasn’t so greedy and petty (blocking other athletes like Hailu from a spot)

The coach also coaches Haylom and is sabotaging her career as it seems to me he must be telling her to follow Tsegays every move. As a result, she’s had a stunted development where she’s learned nothing tactically. It seems Freweyni Hailu doing her own race plans led to a fracture with the husband/coach and the pettiness since. Tsegay was lucky Bisset couldn’t get Hull further along imo.

you need to change the title of your thread to she runs like a champion.

Just because you have never raced this way and it may not "look good" to you doesn't mean it doesn't work. Have you ever raced, I mean really raced someone who racing this way. I call it Prefontaine style or probably more accurately Gerry Lindgren style.

It is not easy to beat.

they leave it all out there

and the more they do, it the better they get at it

Would she run faster if she went out slower? possible

Would she run faster if she had a pacer to draft behind? probably

But just because she doesn't conform to the more popular (and boring) racing style does not make it idiotic. As I said how you going to beat someone who racing this way? Sit back and reel them in - hopefully, but doesn't always work because psychologically they get such a big lead on you it is hard to mentally stay in the game. Go with them - good luck with that because unless you have been training and racing this way it ain't going to be easy.

Do you remember how Pre lost the Olympics in the 5000 - he changed his racing style because his coach convinced him he could run faster with even pacing. Well did that work? No and it cost him the Gold. Had he stuck with his natural style he would have not lost. Instead he conformed and it did not work. You don't take a horse that likes to lead by breaking the field and change the way they race (that is rule #1). See Janet Evan in swimming. Micheal Johnson in sprinting with his strange looking racing form. Champions do things unconventionally - and it works and you should never try to change them/that.

Once you learn this lesson you are ready to become a coach. Until then, stay in the bleachers.

Good day

and left 2+ seconds on the table? Ya twonk.

She put 2 seconds on Hull in the first lap and the gap never closed from there. A slower first lap and Hull almost certainly latches onto her as the pacer.

An easy, record-setting win.

9 times out of 10, she blows up running that way. She made one stick today which was great but it's not a blueprint

I used to go out in 69" when I was 16 years old running a 5:02-5:08 mile... did that make me a fool?

Love to see it.

That’s amazing, she’s not even considered the best US 1500 runner right now, but this has got to give her a boost of confidence.