reader of threads wrote:
Dkny64 hasn't contributed a single argument to this discussion. What a moron.
Oh, you know, other folks have made many of the [to my mind pretty obvious points] to be made [+ I do think I said something earlier int the thread about how all Alberto said was that he would make his decision based on her workouts.] But since you asked, in all seriousness, I think that...
Alberto isn't going to send Cain out in this 1500m if he can't outline a sensible race plan for her to compete with the lead pack, and I don't see the lead pack hitting the bell in anything over 3 flat [48 + 66 + 66 = 3 flat, and I just don't see Aregawi + Obiri + Kipyegon going any slower than that; in fact, I could see them going a good bit faster.]
If Cain's workouts suggest she's ready to run 1100m in 3 flat or better + run some kind of competent last 400m - under 65 - I think he'll have her run the 1500m, but that basically means she's in PR shape.
If her workouts don't suggest she's ready to run that kind of 1500m time, he'll have her get back into racing by running the 800m in a race where she can go out in 60 and fight for ever second she can get in the second lap against a field where she'll probably have people to compete with. I think that kind of 800m would give Salazar [and Cain] more insight into where her race fitness stands than would a 1500m in which she's off the back of the lead pack before the real racing begins.
Ok, you are, of course, still free to think I'm a moron, but there you have my point of view.