Wow: What a 1500!!!! Jenny Simpson wins it in Stockholm!!!

SIMPSON DOMINATES IN STOCKHOLM!!!!

Crazedseepies wrote:

SIMPSON DOMINATES IN STOCKHOLM!!!!

I guess if you consider leading the last 30 meters dominating you are right?

great race. I was hoping to see Brenda martinez hang on to Jenny. But Jenny ran great and rowbury came up strong at the end.

Homer should be a very proud father.

Awesome. Definitely Jenny's most impressive performance yet. High stakes all the way. Facing three potential legends and broke 'em down. Although Aregawi doesn't look fit right now. Genze and Hassan were definitely pushing hard.

run w the mom wrote:

Crazedseepies wrote:

SIMPSON DOMINATES IN STOCKHOLM!!!!

I guess if you consider leading the last 30 meters dominating you are right?

Jenny ran super strong and smart. Maybe she didn't dominate from the front, but she dominated on execution and finishing speed. Did you see the way Dibaba just seemed mindjammed after that? Dazed and confused. She is not used to getting run down like that, and it wasn't just getting nipped at the line, it was a strong pass with 30 meters to go. Jenny is one solid 1500m runner. It certainly looked like an AR performance, hard to believe it wasn't.

Loot wrote:

Awesome. Definitely Jenny's most impressive performance yet.

dude, she has two medals, incl a gold.

that said, this was a great, great race - I'm sure she'll remmeber this one forever

Wild race. Genze certainly went for it - 2:05.95 at 800m. Good for Simpson to measure her effort so accurately and get the win at the end.

fine race, Dibaba could not sustain that pace here, but she went for it indeed--had they been out in 63/64, she might have been able to sustain it, but fine job by Simpson to jump on the leaders in the last 200m. I hope she gets the American record next time out.

Perspectivation wrote:

run w the mom wrote:

I guess if you consider leading the last 30 meters dominating you are right?

Jenny ran super strong and smart. Maybe she didn't dominate from the front, but she dominated on execution and finishing speed. Did you see the way Dibaba just seemed mindjammed after that? Dazed and confused. She is not used to getting run down like that, and it wasn't just getting nipped at the line, it was a strong pass with 30 meters to go. Jenny is one solid 1500m runner. It certainly looked like an AR performance, hard to believe it wasn't.

haha I thought the exact same thing. Dibaba is NOT used to being treated like that on the track.

Was a good race to see. Its awesome seeing an American be competitive every DL meet they run(sorry Rupp, you got work to do). I was just like "go Jenny! U-S-A! U-S-A!"

As exciting a 1,500 as you will ever see.

Jenny just kicked them down off the last curve.

A very intelligent, patient performance.

Rowbury (4th) in 4:02 and Martinez 4:07.

Aregawi and Hassan seemed to panic early on in response to the hot pace. It was like they decided to go with her for 200 or 300m and then they backed off and tried to keep her in range. Jenny got out hard but didn't get suckered into the early jockeying for position. She stayed calm and ran her own race.

LetsRun.com wrote:

"I tell you what, Jenny Simpson is a real racer," said the announcer!!

Simpson obviousy ran great.I'd argue she won because she's not a racer in sense that it's often understood.

The fastest one to the finsih line. Really the race is 15 people running time trials. Yes it helps to be with the pack but her smart first lap gave her the win.

Jenny's strategy was masterful. Genze was looking for a low 3:50 time, but ran out of steam on the last lap. But at least she showed how to beat Hassan. Force her to work early.

Jenny just stayed in the pocket, no one paying attention to her and then zapped 'em.

This is going to be the marquee event next year. Obiri will come back too. It's gonna be loaded. Jen will get the AR in a matter of due time.

Hassan made a huge tactical error right off the start. Loped into last place and then had to work her tail off to get back in contention over the next 3 laps. Took the sting out of her final stretch run.

You could just sense Jenny smelled blood in the water and took a big ol' bite. Great race and great win for Jenny.

Maybe Dibaba is a 5k specialist after all.

I thought Martinez was ready to go sub-4 this summer. She has been mismanaged. She over-raced early in Europe, supposedly got a little sick and now is not as strong as she was showing earlier. They have to re-look at how they manage her outdoor schedule.

Dibaba blew it for Dibaba. She took the kick out of herself with the first lap

The last 300 was about 49 seconds.

That isn't really superior closing speed considering some of these women have closed in 43-45

I think the top (non USA) runners are tired after their recent Europeans and/or commonwealth games performances

agip wrote:

Loot wrote:

Awesome. Definitely Jenny's most impressive performance yet.

dude, she has two medals, incl a gold.

that said, this was a great, great race - I'm sure she'll remmeber this one forever

There was nothing close to this kind of talent in her gold run field.