Ethiopian runner Sifan Hassan joins the shady coach Alberto Salazar

f.f.s.... wrote:

Get a life rjm33

Agreed. Shannon is a phenomenal runner, however, if you think she can keep up with Mo, Galen, Matt and Eric, you are really missing the mark.

Training partners wrote:

f.f.s.... wrote:

Get a life rjm33

Agreed. Shannon is a phenomenal runner, however, if you think she can keep up with Mo, Galen, Matt and Eric, you are really missing the mark.

She can use Cam Levins.

rjm33 wrote:

Training partners wrote:

Agreed. Shannon is a phenomenal runner, however, if you think she can keep up with Mo, Galen, Matt and Eric, you are really missing the mark.

She can use Cam Levins.

Good one

Or, as Mary C. was transformed.

injected to the core wrote:

If you look at her physique it is clear that just a few sets of push-ups and some core work will transform her just as Farah was transformed by this regimen.

Salazar often brings people in to be training partners. With the departure of Cain and the (retirement?) of Moser, Rowbury has no one to train with.

Percy Cerutty was insisting on the absolute necessity of weight training for middle and long distance runners as long ago as the 1950s.

Nothing new under the sun?

Rover the Wonder Pig wrote:

rjm33 wrote:

She can use Cam Levins.

Good one

That was mean. Let's hope Fred won't read it.

Hassan is already a very good runner, but I sincerely think that she can benefit from being coached by Alberto Salazar. People can say whatever they want about Salazar, but his training group still remains the best in the world.

I like Sifan. She has traditional Ethiopian features , and she's a good runner, but her mechanics are very weird, especially with her back kick and arm swing.

If Alberto can correct those mechanics, making her form more compact, and increasing her aerobic power, she could go after Dibaba.

She almost always dies in the final 200 meters of a 1500m race. I think her main problem is that she tries to keep up with Diababa , instead of running her own race. If Dibaba sits back, she will sit back. If Dibaba moves to the front, then she will follow Dibaba's lead.

Increasing her mental fortitude, and gaining more ability as a runner, would definitely put her close to the top

rjm33 wrote:

Training partners wrote:

Agreed. Shannon is a phenomenal runner, however, if you think she can keep up with Mo, Galen, Matt and Eric, you are really missing the mark.

She can use Cam Levins.

Cam Levins is a world class runner. Hassan is not. In fact 100s of people in the US alone run faster than Hassan every year.

casual obsever wrote:

Rover the Wonder Pig wrote:

Good one

That was mean. Let's hope Fred won't read it.

Really? Was that mean? People here at the forum are always very nice.

For example:

Today, some posters at the LRC forum told me that I am an autistic idiot with Down's syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 21) and dementia. They also hope I will die from AIDS.

Unfortunately for the nice posters, I am still here.

I am treating my dementia with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor combined with an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist…and I am also taking a selective monamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitor.

I was also thinking that Rover the Wonder Pig is actually Fred.

Since you all probabaly cannot read Dutch here a short summary of what Sifan said in the press conferences and on-to-one interviews with Dutch Running websites:

1. She is searching for a 100% availbale coach. Her current coach (Honore Hoedt) is hired by the Dutch federation only for 1 day/week.

Ad.1. The only other 2 professional Dutchies have other coaches (Susan Kuijken/Kumins (Aussie Nic Bideau) and Maureen Koster (Her uncle) have different coaches)

2. She is searching for a a training group that motivates her.

Ad.2.She is training with a group of talented kids (cool, but not motivating. The only other equal training partner was occasionally 5000m Male runner Dennis Licht (13:23 PB), but he retires in 2 months. In video's her main fluffer seems her coach when riding his MTB.

Additional reason:

- She is a Nike sponsored athlete, so NOP fits well.

- She wants the best

- Jos Hermes wants the best.

Interesting video's with some nice footage:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4DfgfZfqL8

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGldnbGIwM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GznCCf2qrWE

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http://www.npo.nl/holland-sport/30-07-2016/VPWON_1264318?

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http://www.npo.nl/holland-sport/14-01-2016/VPWON_1243240

good news for Shannon Rowbury. This should definitely make her better. You have to wonder how many more years Rowbury has in the 1500. She just ran an AR for 5k but she's still more of a medal threat in the 1500.

Spelling correction:

selective monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitor

Really?

Come on.

You know rojo is going to notice your spelling error.

ha ha ha

scorpion_runner1 wrote:

I like Sifan. She has traditional Ethiopian features , and she's a good runner, but her mechanics are very weird, especially with her back kick and arm swing.

If Alberto can correct those mechanics, making her form more compact, and increasing her aerobic power, she could go after Dibaba.

Right, like he did with changing Mary Cain's form.

Sifan is a very sweet woman. I wonder if she speaks English already.

prtlnd wrote:

I am sure Saladbar will give her the juice.

You sure she hasn't been on the juice before?

We will all be suspicious when next year in the WCs final in London the commentator sounds like this, "coming up to the bell and Hassan takes the lead, Dibaba is just behind her followed by Kipyegon, with Laura Muir posed to pounce, Rowberry and Simpson are close behind...down the back straight and Hassan still leads but Dibaba looks like she is about to make her move......coming off the bend for the last time and it's still Hassan, Dibaba, Kipyegon and Muir. But it's Hassan who looks to be pulling away, what does Dibaba have left? Nothing! It's Hassan, Hassan is going to win, the refugee from Ethiopia who moved to the Netherlands at the age of 15 is now world champion. Unbelievable..."

[quote]H.Sengers, Dutch 2.19 Marathon wrote:

. In video's her main fluffer seems her coach when riding his MTB.

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Wikipedia:

Fluffing can mean:

A practice in public relations of spinning a topic to present it in the most positive light

A fluffer is a makeup department role in pornography

Fluffer (London Underground), a person who cleans the tunnels during the night, while the trains are not running

Even more seriously, how about Seyfu Hassan. He is making a comeback!