Morgan Uceny Runs 1:20 Half Marathon

It WASN'T a race effort.

Holy Heck, what is it with you people?

Wow Unbelievable wrote:

It WASN'T a race effort.

Holy Heck, what is it with you people?

You replied to me, so I'm assuming that was directed toward me. I said above that I'm sure it wasn't a race effort.

It was a reply to about 8 people

what's interesting about this half is that she was willing to do that kind of training run, whereas many 8/15 types do not run any half marathons, even as training runs. she should have added endurance with this sort of workout. Terrence Mahon's not Lagat's coach. That's James Li.

morgan uceny is hott!

Plus it was in vegas. Tough place to do anything productive. Good mental training.

What could Alan Webb or Nick Symmonds run?

I don't know if this helps any. I'm a male 800/1500m runner who also does 4x4s. I've run a half marathon as a "training run/tempo" in 1:12. It wasn't hard respiratory wise but legs felt a little wobbly at the end. someone like alan webb whose run mid 27 for 10k and 13:10 5k could def run 62 or better. nick symmonds on the other hand, probably more like 69-70

80 minutes for a half-marathon is a pretty poor outing for someone of Uceny's abilities.

At first I thought y'all were just being negative but possibly you're right: the Daniels calculator puts her marathon at 2:24 and her easy pace in the 6:30s. Still, it's probably a reasonably hard effort for her, and the long long tempo runs -which this was- are probably good for her ability to stay strong through the rounds.

Webb is a 27:30 guy.

Nick Symmonds (obviously less distance oriented than webb) was apparently well under 25 minutes for 8k cross.

I think both of them can hold their own over a half marathon.

Hell, even KD said he ran a 14:59 5k

I agree. I was a miler. I have a 1500 PB of 4:11. I have a half marathon PB of 1:14.

If Morgan wants it I'm sure she could be more of a 1:10 or less type half marathoner.

b b b wrote:

You're a moron and a troll.

I believe I make a valid point

It's her off season and it it's pretty plain from the story that she to Vegas to spend time with a friend and to play blackjack. That was just a long run for her. If she had trained for it, she could obviously have run it faster.

wepmad wrote:

asdgfh wrote:

If you consider that impressive, I wonder how slow she'd have to run for it to be unimpressive. If that was an all-out race effort from Uceny, it would be shockingly slow. I'm sure it wasn't. She's not a world class 1/2 marathoner, but she wouldn't be a minute per mile slower than one either.

Are you kidding me? How many top female 1:58 800m runners do you think can run faster than 1:20 without special training? Certainly not Maggie Vessey or Alysia Montano. It shows pretty good fitness for an 800m runner to run a 1:20 half.

I think you are the one who's kidding. A 1:20 half marathon for an elite miler should be absolutely routine.

A female Steve Ovett.

This may be one of the dumbest threads in letsrun history. She wasn't "racing" and the time she ran is not an indication of how fast she can "race" a half marathon.

Jeez-o-Pete!

Dumb, yes, extremely dumb, yes . . . but one of the dumbest in letsrun history? Hardly.

The Answer My Friend wrote:

This may be one of the dumbest threads in letsrun history. She wasn't "racing" and the time she ran is not an indication of how fast she can "race" a half marathon.

Jeez-o-Pete!

stuck in the middle(distances) wrote:

coach d wrote:

What part of

"ran the race as a training run"

do people here not understand?

It was just a training run. She can do it faster than that, if she wants to.

+ 1

I find it impressive that a 1:58/4:00 runner can maintain 6 minute mile pace for a shade over 13 miles as a TRAINING run. Obviously, some people here do not find it all that impressive. I think it is but then I've never really thought about what a middle distance specialist could run for half marathon

I bet they don't think about it much either.