We know this because she is not very fast, so she is doing this primarily with her superior strength/endurance. Can she run under 51? Probably she can but we have no evidence that she can run faster than about 50.5, as her best is 51.03 from late last summer.
We know this because she is not very fast, so she is doing this primarily with her superior strength/endurance. Can she run under 51? Probably she can but we have no evidence that she can run faster than about 50.5, as her best is 51.03 from late last summer.
51.03 is very fast for a woman and equivalent to about 46 for a guy. Like Lutkenhaus, she’ll probably never be competitive in the 1500.
No chance. Werro has only ever run two 1000m races in her career and zero 1500m. Her 1000m times are only pace for 3:52.3 ... with 500m to go.
17 June 2023 - 2:34.89
11 July 2025 - 2:34.88 (Monaco DL). She was beaten badly by Chepchirchir, Wiley, Hull, Johnson, Reekie, and Nakaayi, and beaten by Billings, Bourgoin, and Guillemot. 10th out of 12.
No chance. Werro has only ever run two 1000m races in her career and zero 1500m. Her 1000m times are only pace for 3:52.3 ... with 500m to go.
17 June 2023 - 2:34.89
11 July 2025 - 2:34.88 (Monaco DL). She was beaten badly by Chepchirchir, Wiley, Hull, Johnson, Reekie, and Nakaayi, and beaten by Billings, Bourgoin, and Guillemot. 10th out of 12.
Well perhaps one should recognize that when Audrey ran 2:34.88 last year, at that time her personal best was 1:57.25 (she did run faster later in the year), and now it is 1:53.98, so it is entirely possible she can run about 2:31xx now.
Another case of someone who looks the part and has the ability but doesn't train for the event. She is awfully fast at 400 to run that kind of 1500 but then Semenya, a sub-50 athlete, did medal in the 1500, as did another sub-50 runner in Mu at USAs.
We know this because she is not very fast, so she is doing this primarily with her superior strength/endurance. Can she run under 51? Probably she can but we have no evidence that she can run faster than about 50.5, as her best is 51.03 from late last summer.
Okay so she's run 51.03 - funnily enough pretty close to what Keely has run for 400m out of the blocks (and about what I believe her potential is).
She just ran 1.53.98 so for this "hypothetical" let's round her down to 51.0 and up to 1.54.0
This would imply a 1500m performance right around 4min00 for 1500m - and that feels about right for a 1.54 flat runner with 51 second speed. 3.54? If she could run that she'll run 1.52.0 this year (which she won't, ever).
We know this because she is not very fast, so she is doing this primarily with her superior strength/endurance. Can she run under 51? Probably she can but we have no evidence that she can run faster than about 50.5, as her best is 51.03 from late last summer.
Okay so she's run 51.03 - funnily enough pretty close to what Keely has run for 400m out of the blocks (and about what I believe her potential is).
She just ran 1.53.98 so for this "hypothetical" let's round her down to 51.0 and up to 1.54.0
This would imply a 1500m performance right around 4min00 for 1500m - and that feels about right for a 1.54 flat runner with 51 second speed. 3.54? If she could run that she'll run 1.52.0 this year (which she won't, ever).
Well remember, Semenya (say what you will about her), ran 49.62, 1:54.25, and 3:59.92, so if Werro runs 51.03, 1:53.98, then the missing number is quite likely faster than Semenya’s 3:59. Well we can speculate, and maybe it is closer to 3:57 than 3:54. We just don’t know for sure. Maybe now she is 50.5, 1:53.98 and 3:57.
And of course Athing Mu has 49.57, 1:54.97 and 4:03.44, but I think it is fair to say the 4:03 may be a bit slower than she was capable of. I would be quite surprised if Audrey, running 1:53.98 off what appears to be significantly less 400m speed than Mu or Semenya, cannot crack 4.
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