And why is her last name on her bib, when all but the Irish girl had their first name on their bibs? Is the 'Cain' brand that important?
And why is her last name on her bib, when all but the Irish girl had their first name on their bibs? Is the 'Cain' brand that important?
Maybe that's what "she" and the Irish girl requested. If she wants her last name on the bib, what's the big deal? People never cease to amaze me.
cu trackfan wrote:
And why is her last name on her bib, when all but the Irish girl had their first name on their bibs? Is the 'Cain' brand that important?
Better for her development to take some lumps now rather than blowing away every college runner. Jenny was a "standout" but Cain is on a whole different level at this stage in her career.
didn't watch either race at all. However, I'll be the first to disagree with the suggestion for her to "run for a college team" first. Sorry if my post sounds a bit caustic, but the "running for a college team" argument has been beaten to death here.
You are very right and I wish people would stop second guessing that decision.
First- you strike while the iron is hot. If her career is short it won't be because she went pro.
Second- college running seems to burn more people out than help them. I've talked to numerous runners who said that college running- the pressures of scholarship running and classes- burned them out.
What Cain did is about equal to if we had a good club system in this country.
Salazar can train/race her to further HER career and not his.
I noticed that detail, as it seperates her from the rest of her competitors, and I am curious as to why, speculating that it has to do with Nike and the branding of Cain. Similar to the fact that Nike probably had something to do with the choice by USATF to put her on the cover of the 2014 rule book, even though other women who are not Nike accomplished greater things in the last year.
New Member wrote:
Maybe that's what "she" and the Irish girl requested. If she wants her last name on the bib, what's the big deal? People never cease to amaze me.
cu trackfan wrote:And why is her last name on her bib, when all but the Irish girl had their first name on their bibs? Is the 'Cain' brand that important?
Maybe it has to do with "Cain" having just four letters. Violah Lagat's bib said "Lagat," for what that's worth
Hasay, Moser and Cain went with Simpson for about three quarters of the race, but faded to 8,9,10 at the end. I was impressed with Hasay's effort - she was in second for most of the race, and she looked really strong. I think this might have been her best 1500/mile ever.
Brenda Martinez made a blistering run at Simpson at the end and was barely beaten at the tape. I think the season is ending too early for Brenda this year. She also ran an explosive 800 at the last Diamond League meet. Morgan Uceny and Heather Kampf ran great races. Heather has been a real workhorse this year (US road champ), and has been steadily lowering her PR in both the 800 and the 1500. She's run a lot of races indoor and outdoor on the road and the track, 800s and 1500s, without getting hurt or otherwise losing her fitness. Uceny ran a strong race and is very slowly regaining her form (still seems to be missing a bit of her old 800 speed).
I think this was a fast race (although the course seems to be fast as compared with a track) - Jenny and Brenda nominally were equivalent to Sub-4 1500. Cain's time was respectably close to her PR, but I think she's got to be a bit disappointed in her outdoor season this year. Next year she's not going to get on the World's team without some improvement (Simpson, Rowbury, Martinez, Kampf, Uceny are running well this fall and better than Cain).
alanson wrote:
I think this was a fast race (although the course seems to be fast as compared with a track) - Jenny and Brenda nominally were equivalent to Sub-4 1500. Cain's time was respectably close to her PR . . .
I don't buy the course as legit. The third and fourth place finishers (Kampf and Mageann) were "too fast" based on their 1500m PRs (4:06.16 for Kampf, 4:07.45 for Mageann).
It's simply not realistic to think that both of these runners exceeded their previous bests by a full four to five seconds (which is what you get with standard conversion).
Cain's effort was not close to her 4:04 1500m PR. On realistic analysis, probably more like 4:09-10 equivalent.
Hmm Comments wrote:
Maybe it has to do with "Cain" having just four letters.
Um, "Mary" also has just four letters.