Running 4 marathons in 5 months is wild enough. For them to back-to-back-to-back-to-back all the best in her life is truly amazing, particularly since she was such an experienced runner with 10+ marathons on her CV.
I do not know anything about her training but I am not surprised. I saw her compete at the annual athletics clash between Finland and Sweden.
She looked very strong in her posture keeping her form perfectly throughout the 10k roadrace. So a very strong core and a mentality to go with it is my explanation.
Valencia is a significantly faster course than the world's course or Vantaa. I'm not surprised by the Vantaa to Valencia drop. And then a 9 second pr at Seville - hardly shocking when a runner prs by 9 seconds in the marathon.
She has some improvement but its not like a 228 in Chicago or Berlin to a 2:20 in Valencia.
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I’m from Finland, and I’ve followed her development for over 10 years. She was a big prospect as a teenager, but at some point she went through a long stretch of injuries, and every time she came back, a new issue appeared. Now she has been running injury-free for a few years and apparently listens to her body better. Last year she was the fastest marathon runner in all of Finland, including the men. I haven’t heard that she is related to Martti, and Vainio is actually a very common surname here.
Per Google, no. Hate to say it but recovering that fast and running faster with each race, highly suspicious.
In my opinion, her personality makes her perhaps one of the least suspicious athletes when it comes to doping. She is quiet and somewhat reserved, but comes across as very honest. As far as I know, she doesn’t go to Kenya for altitude camps, but prefers running in the forests near her home. But of course, nothing is ever certain.
Per Google, no. Hate to say it but recovering that fast and running faster with each race, highly suspicious.
In my opinion, her personality makes her perhaps one of the least suspicious athletes when it comes to doping. She is quiet and somewhat reserved, but comes across as very honest. As far as I know, she doesn’t go to Kenya for altitude camps, but prefers running in the forests near her home. But of course, nothing is ever certain.
I hope she is clean. Tired of all the rampant doping in the sport.
Here's her yearly progression from the WA website. So she was clearly a prodigy and was arguably underperforming for a long time (chronic injuries would be an obvious explanation), but has finally started to put it together.
Per Google, no. Hate to say it but recovering that fast and running faster with each race, highly suspicious.
In my opinion, her personality makes her perhaps one of the least suspicious athletes when it comes to doping. She is quiet and somewhat reserved, but comes across as very honest. As far as I know, she doesn’t go to Kenya for altitude camps, but prefers running in the forests near her home. But of course, nothing is ever certain.
Nothing is ever certain, though I am inclined to agree with you. That said, I have met the great Virén, and he was a modest reserved individual, yet I think it is overwhelmingly clear that he took steroids, and used the silly debate about blood doping as cover. Better to let a debate rage about a grey-area performance enhancer while hiding a drug that was illegal even in that era. But I certainly hope the new Vainio is clean.
Anyone have any insight on what explains this amazing run?
Running 4 marathons in 5 months is wild enough. For them to back-to-back-to-back-to-back all the best in her life is truly amazing, particularly since she was such an experienced runner with 10+ marathons on her CV.
Is the bottle swiping deliberate or accidental? Part of my thinks deliberate. If you're doping to win (which a lot of Kenyans are) then knocking off bottles by 'accident' is not very far fetched.
