In prep for NYCM Gwen Jorgensen running TC 10 mile this weekend

She wears a onesie and yogs it out in 58 minutes as a tempo

Sit and kick wrote:

She wears a onesie and yogs it out in 58 minutes as a tempo

In all seriousness I'm sure her Tri sponsors have a say in what she races in. I assume for a running race Asics gives her a kit?

I'll say 54:22.

minong wrote:

Sit and kick wrote:

She wears a onesie and yogs it out in 58 minutes as a tempo

In all seriousness I\'m sure her Tri sponsors have a say in what she races in. I assume for a running race Asics gives her a kit?

I\'ll say 54:22.

I don\'t know, most of those Tri Babes are kinda big girls. Hopefully it will be bun huggers tho.

well here we go wrote:

minong wrote:

In all seriousness I'm sure her Tri sponsors have a say in what she races in. I assume for a running race Asics gives her a kit?

I'll say 54:22.

I don't know, most of those Tri Babes are kinda big girls. Hopefully it will be bun huggers tho.

Gwen's a rail, I think her best look would be shorts.

She'll have plenty of competition if Jill Greathouse shows up.

Was that 54:22 a serious prediction?

I'll be astonished if she runs faster than 57:00. Whatever impressive times she's run on triathlon courses, we know the courses were likely short by at least a few hundred meters. She has shown no indication of an ability to run fast for nearly an hour. None whatsoever.

ish wrote:

Was that 54:22 a serious prediction?

I'll be astonished if she runs faster than 57:00. Whatever impressive times she's run on triathlon courses, we know the courses were likely short by at least a few hundred meters. She has shown no indication of an ability to run fast for nearly an hour. None whatsoever.

Do you know anything about her background?

oh my dear lord wrote:

ish wrote:

Was that 54:22 a serious prediction?

I'll be astonished if she runs faster than 57:00. Whatever impressive times she's run on triathlon courses, we know the courses were likely short by at least a few hundred meters. She has shown no indication of an ability to run fast for nearly an hour. None whatsoever.

Do you know anything about her background?

Failed runner turned triathlete?

Failed? She was the Big Ten champion in the 3000 and 5000 in 2009 after swiming and not running her first 3 years in college. Then she graduated and entered the work force as she realized it's god damn tough to make a living as a professional runner. Clearly though, she could have been fairly successful as evidenced by her run times in legitimate running races against legitimate competition. She will smoke the 10 miler as long as she hasn't been eating too much Izzys ice cream since the end of the ITU race season.

gobadgers wrote:

Failed? She was the Big Ten champion in the 3000 and 5000 in 2009 after swiming and not running her first 3 years in college. Then she graduated and entered the work force as she realized it's god damn tough to make a living as a professional runner. Clearly though, she could have been fairly successful as evidenced by her run times in legitimate running races against legitimate competition. She will smoke the 10 miler as long as she hasn't been eating too much Izzys ice cream since the end of the ITU race season.

Correct.

This is why I actually find this experiment of hers intriguing. Clearly a very talented runner. Watching her at the OG's she's got great form to compete at longer distances. But yeah, 54:22 was probably a bit aggressive on my part.

ish wrote:

Was that 54:22 a serious prediction?

I'll be astonished if she runs faster than 57:00. Whatever impressive times she's run on triathlon courses, we know the courses were likely short by at least a few hundred meters. She has shown no indication of an ability to run fast for nearly an hour. None whatsoever.

She ran 32:21 a couple of years ago in a proper 10k. She's become more dominant since then. She is the world's best triathlete and does masses of endurance work.

She only runs 57 if she gets over excited and goes through 5k in sub 16. 54 mid sounds a good prediction, she's capable of faster but this isn't a big goal race for her.

This is her offseason. She just did a cyclocross race and has been mountain biking. Running the 10 mile and the NYCM is just something to maintain motivation during the offseason. I wouldn't expect a maximal effort for either.

well here we go wrote:

I don't know, most of those Tri Babes are kinda big girls. Hopefully it will be bun huggers tho.

Not this one.

53:13, so I was wrong.

Yes you were.. she was with the lead two until the last mile or so. And just didn't go with Hasay's surge. Not bad for not doing specific training for this race....

I was wrong too, and I'm here to eat my crow. Great race by Jorgensen.

She's more talented than Hasay, but that's saying nothing.

ITU triathlon training is excellent training for running.

The women usually run between 50-60 miles per week on top of swimming 25K meters and cycling for 8-9 hours. However, the cycling training is polarized. Shorter, very high intensity intervals, or toodling around at a very low power. Running fast is what wins races, so they have a running program pretty similar to pro runners.

What really kills high end running speed is long distance bike training. Elite long distance triathletes will often cycle up to 15-20 hours per week, with tons of hard climbing and long intervals. You can't do a lot of fast running on top of this.

I think that time is amazing, but you actually might see her slow down if she just switched over to training for running full time.

Gobadgers wrote:

Yes you were.. she was with the lead two until the last mile or so. And just didn't go with Hasay's surge. Not bad for not doing specific training for this race....

My strong suspicion is that Gwen is very well prepared to race 10 miles, but in four weeks she will need to race over 2.5 times that distance.

Impressive result today. We can only hope her training is actually marathon-specific.