Sciatica Road wrote:
I'm talking about...(here come more rolling of the eyes from the peanut gallery) some minor tweaks to her form, to preserve precious energy reserves per kilometer.
My gosh man, just compare her form to Jeptoo! They are both strong physical specimens, but Shalane is powering down the street like a 10000m runner! Jeptoo is bounding, but concentrating on conserving energy over the distance, primarily wilth her quick, but minimal when compared to Shalane's, arm carriage.
I didn't realize how people on youtube are trying to make a case for Jeptoo's supposedly bad form by analyzing her form at the very end of a race, when she is alone coming to the tape, and she knows all the cameras are on her.
Read more explanation here:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6039560