Is Morgan Uceny Done???

^^^^Nice pictures. Thanks for digging those up.

It's funny how completely she's been forgotten. Nobody seems to remember that she -- not Jenny Simpson -- was the first American to have sustained success internationally at the 1500 in a long time.

Morgan Uceny is done running sub 4:03 for 1500 meters. She got tired of doing and taking the things that it takes to run at 4:00 or better. Best wishes to Morgan!

why isn't this thread dripping with PED allegations? you guys are slipping.

I am praying she will be back w a vengeance!

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1 increadible talent

2 (and more importantly )

I AM IN LOVE W MORGAN UCANY!!!!!!!!!

The USA needs more woman with her tenacity !!!!

Jdjjejej wrote:

How many US athletes have had these amazing seasons that are followed by years of disappointment? Anna Willard, Chris Solinsky, Andrew Wheating and Uceny come to mind. Lisa Uhl to a lesser extent. Duane Solomon is a possible candidate.

This post just isn't factual.

Uceny was good for more than a year. In 2011, she might have won Worlds had she not fallen. She went having won in Eugene, Lausanne and Birmingham.

The next year, she was still good. She won the Olympic Trials.

As for Solomon. Yes 2012 was amazing for him. He'd never broken 1:45 and he ran 1:42 that year. But he's been good the last few years.

2012 1:42.82 4 London 9 Aug

2013 1:43.27 1 Des Moines IA 23 Jun

2014 1:43.88 1 Walnut CA 19 Apr

I hope she isn't done bc she is quite talented. Hoping she is able to get it all together and get back to where she was or even move up to 3k, 5k.

Chet Manly wrote:

I've always wondered if that's why she falls so much -

"So much"? You mean twice, is it, in a career of how many years?

She actually fell in 2010 as well, again in the biggest meet of the year, Zurich, in a year with no World Championships/Olympics. No one else has had that happen to them.

Espn has a 30 for 30 in the works based on her devastating championship falls and the aftermath of those events. It's called "The Long Fall" and Alan Hicks is heading up the project. Should be out around the Olympic trials next year. I personally can't wait.

Sometimes athletes just have a finite time at the top of their game. Especially if they've got there by having a long interrupted period of training leading up to their success.

Look at André Bucher who had a great year in 2001 only to get injured later the following year (first serious injury in 6 years) and was never able to get back to his previous form.

Maybe she needs a change in coaching just to see if that can spark something inside of her.

I think she also fell during an indoor meet within the last 2 indoor seasons. I'll try to find a link, but please post it if you happen upon it first.

JRinaldi wrote:

Sometimes athletes just have a finite time at the top of their game.

Everyone has a finite time at the top of their game...

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate of everyone drops to zero.

It's amazing how much better the women's 1500 has gotten since Uceny was at her best

It seems like Mahon is a great Marathon, Half, and 10K coach. Below that, the results are less consistent. Though, he certainly has a resume to be proud of. The middle distance folks seem to thrive under him for a short period. I suspect this is due to him being a distance coach and they come to him with great speed. Add some endurance and they do very well, but over time they begin to lose the speed. Not as much a problem for 10K and up.

Being unfamiliar with Mahon's coaching resume, care to elaborate? What has he done?

bigtool05 wrote:

It's amazing how much better the women's 1500 has gotten since Uceny was at her best

Yes, but much of that improvement came because runners she was beating regularly -- Simpson & Rowbury, for example -- got faster. So it's possible that without the injury and other problems, Uceny would also have improved.

As an aside, I've always wondered how much moving to England hurt her. There's no way to say for sure, but I can imagine ways in which it wouldn't have been helpful.

Didn't know she moved to England, but it wouldn't surprise me if it hindered her 1500m.

Didn't she come out on the wrong end of a love triangle? I don't think she has been the same since Alistar left.

Yes