Konstanze Klosterhalfen 1:59 800m. Will she break 4min DL Rom?

Phô ga wrote:

portsea57 wrote:

Muir will rewrite- big time- all her personal bests this year.

800m 1min 57 sec?

BTW, couldn't you just eat up Konstance!

Cute just doesn't cover it!

Rumor out of Nike U.K. Is that she is out for 6 weeks from injury. Also will add that the young German has an obvious eating disorder. That bright flash does not last for long, and typically ends up badly.

An eating disorder cannot be "obvious". Disordered eating is not "a look", it is a psychological behaviour.

It is pretty clear she has a naturally slender build which is exacerbated by her height.

wakeup wrote:

Phô ga wrote:

Rumor out of Nike U.K. Is that she is out for 6 weeks from injury. Also will add that the young German has an obvious eating disorder. That bright flash does not last for long, and typically ends up badly.

An eating disorder cannot be "obvious". Disordered eating is not "a look", it is a psychological behaviour.

It is pretty clear she has a naturally slender build which is exacerbated by her height.

Err, no, it is pretty obvious...the Bergen Belsen look isn't something you see in healthy runners (even 'naturally thin' ones). Have to agree with the other poster that it doesn't look good, but who knows - maybe she can gain some strength and motor on? Let's hope she's got some good people around her, who'll help her do just that.

In any case, a fantastic natural ability - incredible really. No-one can take away what she has already done (how many women have run 3.59, let alone at 20?), and maybe she'll stick around and make her mark for the next 1-2 years to pick up some serious hardware. I certainly hope so; Europe needs more like her. Wishing her the best, and cheering her on from the sidelines.

She has looked like that since 2014 and been world class (in her age group and now outright) since then. She hasn't had one serious injury in that time. When is that supposed breakdown coming?

Stop it already wrote:

She has looked like that since 2014 and been world class (in her age group and now outright) since then. She hasn't had one serious injury in that time. When is that supposed breakdown coming?

hopefully it will not happen. her coach is a smart guy.

interesting enough, she runs about 56 mpw, 9 sessions, lots of gym work, yoga, weights, flexibility/versatility, jumps. obviously just perfect and individualized. another german female is very promising, alina reh.

rojo wrote:

She might be the greatest non-African born talent in history. She's everything Alberto Salazar wanted Mary Cain to be.

My goodness. Fearless racer. If it ends up that her best event is like 10k or the marathon, like it was for Paula, watch out!!!

Ingrid Kristiansen

Radcliffe was better than IK. But IK paved the way and should have engaged in altitude training.

"I have ran"

yyy wrote:

Radcliffe was better than IK.

Why?

Better times across the board.

yyy wrote:

Better times across the board.

In a completely different era. Is Craig Lutz better than Zatopek?

yyy wrote:

Better times across the board.

SÃ¥ du er like tvilsom til rent mel i posen til Ingrid som du var til Bakken og som du er til Buuras?

Viss eg skal svare deg får du prøve å reformulere spørsmålet ditt.

Ein kan ikkje "være tvilsom til rent mel i posen"

Beeeno Cookie wrote:

No, not yet. Everyone gets excited, but times just are not that fast yet. Remember all the guys who were going to break 13 in the 5,000 at Pre, even including Elfik Jenkins? In the end it was none. And Dibaba was going after a world record. Missed it by a mere 14 seconds. She's an amazing talent, but no.

Uhh yeah wasn't the 5k like 84 degrees right under the blazing sun in the middle of the day? Stupid nbc.

She's the female reincarnation of the German great Harald Norpoth, who was described as "wraithlike".

rojo wrote:

She might be the greatest non-African born talent in history. She's everything Alberto Salazar wanted Mary Cain to be.

My goodness. Fearless racer. If it ends up that her best event is like 10k or the marathon, like it was for Paula, watch out!!!

The greatest female non-African born talent in history? 691 long jump, age 16, *before* receiving the then-mandatory steroids.

According to revealed DDR doping documents, unnamed, but easy to figure out.

rojo wrote:

She might be the greatest non-African born talent in history.

History?... wait and see.

Paula Radcliffe,

Mary Decker,

Grete Waitz,

Wang Junxia,

Alternate Reality wrote:

rojo wrote:

She might be the greatest non-African born talent in history.

History?... wait and see.

Paula Radcliffe,

Mary Decker,

Grete Waitz,

Wang Junxia,

At 20 how about Zola Budd?

ukathleticscoach wrote:

Alternate Reality wrote:

History?... wait and see.

Paula Radcliffe,

Mary Decker,

Grete Waitz,

Wang Junxia,

At 20 how about Zola Budd?

I seriously hope you're joking.

NOP Skeptic wrote:

scores on the doors wrote:

3:59.3

Got him

Yep, I admitted it a few minutes after the race ended. She's quite a talent.