Jenny Simpson 9:18.35 2-mile, American Record

Wow--and blew away three Ethiopians! What an exciting finish as she gapped the second place finisher.

Pure awesomeness. Couldn't be happier. Huge year ahead for her. Looking forward to huge things

Good, now maybe the hojos will get rid of those freaking 5000 vids from the from page.

And to top it off, she says Emma Coburn is "easy to look at" in her post-race interview with Ato, funny stuff.

milethon wrote:

She better make sure to go pee in a cup.

No drug testing needed for Indoor or Outdoor 2 miles:

Yeah, the two-mile is not an IAAF world record event, so no drug test needed.

What shoe does Jenny race in?

Yeah It Is Not wrote:

Yeah, the two-mile is not an IAAF world record event, so no drug test needed.

I'll admit I have not followed this closely but Emma was denied an AR by USTAF for not complying with their rules. If she had set a WR at a Diamond meet would it be possible for her to hold the WR but not the AR?

It's all about "official" distances. Of which the 2 mile is not...

jnvf bkv wrote:

Good, now maybe the hojos will get rid of those freaking 5000 vids from the from page.

+1000

rules are rules wrote:

Yeah It Is Not wrote:

Yeah, the two-mile is not an IAAF world record event, so no drug test needed.

I'll admit I have not followed this closely but Emma was denied an AR by USTAF for not complying with their rules. If she had set a WR at a Diamond meet would it be possible for her to hold the WR but not the AR?

The IAAF requires testing for any world record to be ratified. Not all national federations require tests to ratify national records. Two miles isn't a distance recognized for record purposes by either the IAAF or USATF so no testing required.

Good to know, thanks!

AR and drug testing wrote:

milethon wrote:

She better make sure to go pee in a cup.

No drug testing needed for Indoor or Outdoor 2 miles:

http://www.usatf.org/About/Anti-Doping/American-Record.aspx

she's a looker wrote:

And to top it off, she says Emma Coburn is "easy to look at" in her post-race interview with Ato, funny stuff.

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that haha

AR and drug testing wrote:

milethon wrote:

She better make sure to go pee in a cup.

No drug testing needed for Indoor or Outdoor 2 miles:

http://www.usatf.org/About/Anti-Doping/American-Record.aspx

WTF? This just got a lot more complicated. Now there certain ARs you do need to be drug tested for within 24 hours if you want USATF to add them to their list, and some you don't? Just when we here on LR had it all figured out

Here's a better idea, let's just ignore USATF's list then we don't have to worry about all their red tape getting in the way of our athletes. If nobody sought their certification would their list even matter? It's already irrelevant and outdated when it comes to the 3000 SC.

I am shocked...SHOCKED the AR was this slow.

Camealot wrote:

It's already irrelevant and outdated when it comes to the 3000 SC.

How so?

Go Jenny!!!

She is hotter than the sun!

Excellent Jenny!

Author: Absolutely Positively

Message: I am shocked...SHOCKED the AR was this slow.

That is because the world's best runners do no stinkin' two miles.