Laura Muir, while an amazing runner, is also still going through vet school. Compare that with Dibaba, Simpson, Rowbury, etc. who are all full-time professional runners. Is Laura Muir the best pro right now who is not running full time?
Laura Muir, while an amazing runner, is also still going through vet school. Compare that with Dibaba, Simpson, Rowbury, etc. who are all full-time professional runners. Is Laura Muir the best pro right now who is not running full time?
isn't Defar pursuing a PhD?
hmmmmmm wrote:
Laura Muir, while an amazing runner, is also still going through vet school. Compare that with Dibaba, Simpson, Rowbury, etc. who are all full-time professional runners. Is Laura Muir the best pro right now who is not running full time?
Yuki Kawauchi is another example
Yuki Kawauchi is another example[/quote]
Does Kawauchi have any sponsorship deals?
Does he have a coach?
How about an agent?
She is going to burn herself out before London WC, mark my words.
it doesn't sound like she's getting enough recovery and she races too often.
She should be looking at a guy like Farah who instead of racing every weekend goes to prolonged training camps in Africa multiple times a week. Why should she be racing three times as much as him?
And on top of that she doesn't just race, she goes for a PB every race.
As much as everyone love her gutsiness, it can't possibly be good for the long term.
Multiple times a year
rising son wrote:
hmmmmmm wrote:Laura Muir, while an amazing runner, is also still going through vet school. Compare that with Dibaba, Simpson, Rowbury, etc. who are all full-time professional runners. Is Laura Muir the best pro right now who is not running full time?
Yuki Kawauchi is another example
Laura Muir was fastest in the world at her main event last year.
Kawauchi is a very good runner and a hero to me but nowhere near Muir's level.
The answer is surely yes. Off the track, there will be plenty of examples of top field event athletes with other jobs; off the top of my head, Tom Walsh is a builder.
Anyone remember Bob Kempainen? He was a med student during his best running days.
Alan
Arent most Kenyan runners either in the Police or in the Armed forces?
less than zero wrote:
Kawauchi is a very good runner and a hero to me but nowhere near Muir's level
You have the names in your sentence mixed around. Kawauchi is a specialist marathon runner and 6 days after running a 2h 11 marathon he ran a 3 mins 50 1500m which is faster than Muir has run even though it is her specialist event. The next day after this Kawauchi ran a 13 mins 59 for 5000m.
Relative to their genders, Muir is a much better runner.
rising son wrote:
less than zero wrote:Kawauchi is a very good runner and a hero to me but nowhere near Muir's level
You have the names in your sentence mixed around. Kawauchi is a specialist marathon runner and 6 days after running a 2h 11 marathon he ran a 3 mins 50 1500m which is faster than Muir has run even though it is her specialist event. The next day after this Kawauchi ran a 13 mins 59 for 5000m.
Bro - are you seriously arguing this? Grow up.
rising son wrote:
less than zero wrote:Kawauchi is a very good runner and a hero to me but nowhere near Muir's level
You have the names in your sentence mixed around. Kawauchi is a specialist marathon runner and 6 days after running a 2h 11 marathon he ran a 3 mins 50 1500m which is faster than Muir has run even though it is her specialist event. The next day after this Kawauchi ran a 13 mins 59 for 5000m.
Can you remind me how Kawuchi did at the Olympics? Oh wait....
Dennis T Reynolds wrote:
rising son wrote:You have the names in your sentence mixed around. Kawauchi is a specialist marathon runner and 6 days after running a 2h 11 marathon he ran a 3 mins 50 1500m which is faster than Muir has run even though it is her specialist event. The next day after this Kawauchi ran a 13 mins 59 for 5000m.
Can you remind me how Kawuchi did at the Olympics? Oh wait....
Can you remind me why the Olympics decided to create a special category for slow runners?
I am very happy to see male runners like Caster Semenya (anagram for Yes, A Secret Man) expose how ridiculous this is.
Edward Cheserek is a full time student idk if you've heard of him
Things are not always what they seem. She has spent months training full time in South Africa this season.
Ehhhhh wrote:
Edward Cheserek is a full time student idk if you've heard of him
I've never heard of the pro runner Edward Cheserek....
Bill Rodgers worked in a hospital and ran up to 200 miles one week.
Ron Hill worked full time and ran good marathons.
The good thing about a marathon is not many races so not many off days have to burned from the work schedule.
Aberdeener wrote:
She is going to burn herself out before London WC, mark my words.
it doesn't sound like she's getting enough recovery and she races too often.
She should be looking at a guy like Farah who instead of racing every weekend goes to prolonged training camps in Africa multiple times a week. Why should she be racing three times as much as him?
And on top of that she doesn't just race, she goes for a PB every race.
As much as everyone love her gutsiness, it can't possibly be good for the long term.
She's got 10 years on Farah and can get away with it at her age.