this is an interesting thread.
When I was 20 I probably would have been on the 'retire now! you're embarassing me!' side.
Now that I am er older than 40, I want her to race seriously pretty much until she is competing hard for age group wins in SoCal 10ks.
As for her talk of ARs and whatnot...well, I don't think she'll talk that way much more. Although didn't she go through 10k at the NYC Half in 32 minutes? Maybe she needs to focus on shorter stuff