jjjjjjjjjjjj wrote:
Let's face it: if Hasay was running only one event, people here would savage Vin for wasting her talent. In fact, in another thread, there is just that criticism of Vin for running Wheating in only one event. I didn't think it was a good idea for Rupp's future to triple last year and I don't think this is a good idea for Hasay, but Rupp made it through and did what was most important to him last year, winning multiple titles and leading Oregon to another team title and Hasay may get that experience. In the end, if the team title is out of reach or she's feeling bad, she'll drop her last event.
The funny thing is, at least in Rupp's case doing the 3 races in two days was really no more difficult than what he did at Pac-10's, Regionals and NCAA's outdoors. In fact a regular week in the season is likely much tougher since he keeps up about 100 running miles as well as the weights and drills and does things like race an 800 & mile in the same night, and then heads out for a fartlek or tempo and then finishes off with weights.
It's all a matter of relativity and Rupp has been putting that kind of work in for years. Hasay seems to have done some pretty serious training in during high school. Maybe she is more than capable of it like Rupp was.