Gwen Jorgensen Quitting Tri, Going Full Time Marathon.

No it isn’t, it simply shows her mindset. She is a winner, and sets high goals for herself. If she achieves them or not is less important, it is the goal you are constantly working towards that is important.

She has to go to bowerman. Otherwise she won’t get the shoes. Rupp, hasay, Hastings, Flanagan. Great athletes- unreal with the shoes.

Beevie wrote:

This wasn't a play for the money.

Agreed. I think there are a few considerations here:

1) Time. Even by the standards of triathletes, Gwen was pretty hardcore about doing everything right. Pat had basically a full-time job just supporting her training. They were traveling all over the world for training and racing. Switching to running, even if she's incredibly professional about it, is going to give both of them a lot more time to take care of Stanley and to have a bit of a life.

2) Nothing left to accomplish in triathlon. She's already the best Olympic distance triathlete in history. She has no interest in Ironman (and probably wouldn't be all that good at it). All she can do now is hang on until someone knocks her off her perch. That's a lot less fun. Think about the difference between Mo Farah in London and in Rio. In London, there was nothing but excitement and joy. In Rio, it was more like relief that he didn't fail.

3) Running was by far her best and favorite event. Having run world class times while still focusing on triathlon has to have her wondering what she could really do if she became a full time runner.

bloviating wrote:

Compared to the time she was spending training, marathon training will be considerably less. The accessory stuff does not take the time of cycling or swimming. Plus, the constant relocation to Australia and Spain are not ideal for raising a newborn. The biggest obstacle is, who will coach her and the transition to only running. Does she maintain the cross training, which clearly helped her?

You mean "ancillary".

Hardloper wrote:

Whatever the correct numbers are, it's tough to disagree that triathlon training is a lot more time consuming

Not on Letsrun it's not, they would argue that an Eskimo needs a popsicle on here if they can see their words on the screen.

Pregnant wrote:

She was also 10 days pregnant when she ran they New York Marathon. She really slowed the last 3 miles, if I remember to a 7:30 pace for the last 3.

do you know how pregnancy counting works?! if she really was 10 days pregnant (where did you come up with this number?), then she hadn't even ovulated yet, much less conceived the baby, much less had any symptoms.

800 dude wrote:

Jerry Maguire wrote:

Not going to run under 2:30.

Saying that is just shows how little she knows about the sport.

Actually, I think you're showing how little you know about the sport. Gwen ran a 53 minute 10-miler on a difficult course off of triathlon training. That's sufficient to prove that she's ALREADY one of the best road racers in America.

Disagree. It isn't like there is a deep field for 10 milers in the country. She beat marathoners in a short race.

She set herself up for failure stating a goal of Olympic Gold. Foolish

shoe me this wrote:

Goldie Hawn wrote:

She’s joining Bowerman TC.

When did she leave Asics?

Yeah, the above video prominently displays Asics shoes. She's moved to Portland so BTC makes sense, but that message had a lot of mixed messages.

Duh, hello wrote:

She has to go to bowerman. Otherwise she won’t get the shoes. Rupp, hasay, Hastings, Flanagan. Great athletes- unreal with the shoes.

Asics Web Site:

There is a big drop off in US women marathoners after Shalane, Desi, Amy Cragg, Jordan, and Molly Huddle. I doubt Shalane will stick around for another 3 years. Amy, Desi, and Molly, will all very talented, will be on the other side of 35 at the next marathon trials. I think Jordan has the best chance to qualify. After her, it's wide open. Gwen could make it.

Yeah, the above video prominently displays Asics shoes. She's moved to Portland so BTC makes sense, but that message had a lot of mixed messages.

Seems reasonable that she has a contract with Asics through the end of the year, but has agreed to join Nike in 2017.

That 53:13 10M says that she very much has mid 2:20s potential still at the marathon. Anything better than that would be a real stretch, but then she did that when she was not focusing on running alone. To get to 2:17-18 shape, which is necessary to win Olympic gold if the best in the world (Keitany, Dibaba, some of those great Kenyan half marathoners) are in their best shape and trying, would surely be impossible for her.

vivalarepublica wrote:

There is a big drop off in US women marathoners after Shalane, Desi, Amy Cragg, Jordan, and Molly Huddle. I doubt Shalane will stick around for another 3 years. Amy, Desi, and Molly, will all very talented, will be on the other side of 35 at the next marathon trials. I think Jordan has the best chance to qualify. After her, it's wide open. Gwen could make it.

Laura Thweatt ran 2:25, and she'll only be 32.

Also need to throw in Serena Burla (2:26), and Kellyn Taylor (2:28).

She could make it, or she could never break 2:40. I don't give her very good odds of making the team (especially if they end up running in warm temps -- 5'10" and 125 is going to be a huge disadvantage), but it's always good to add another athlete to the pool.

Still think it's weird that she put Olympic gold next on her checklist... Not a great look. Oh well.

Ummm... has she ever heard of Jordan Hasay?

Sara Hall ran 2:27

LoveShalane wrote:

No disrespect intended, but saying she's going to win gold is a bit of an indicator that she has no idea what she's up against.

She has a gold medal in her sock drawer already. She has a better idea than you.

Tokyo team will be:

Jordan

Huddle

and Emily MF Sisson

The Overexplainer wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

Whatever the correct numbers are, it's tough to disagree that triathlon training is a lot more time consuming

Not on Letsrun it's not, they would argue that an Eskimo needs a popsicle on here if they can see their words on the screen.

Very good. :)

I was wondering when ITU would decide that it needed a "Gwen Jorgensen Rule," cutting the 10K down to 8K and requiring that the bike course include a certain number of 90-degree turns on a slick wet surface.

With Gwen Jorgensen gone, I have little reason to watch women's triathlons. It was always fun to watch her run down the leaders off the bike, and her tri training hadn't destroyed her thoroughbred running form.

Avocado's Number wrote:

The Overexplainer wrote:

Not on Letsrun it's not, they would argue that an Eskimo needs a popsicle on here if they can see their words on the screen.

Very good. :)

I was wondering when ITU would decide that it needed a "Gwen Jorgensen Rule," cutting the 10K down to 8K and requiring that the bike course include a certain number of 90-degree turns on a slick wet surface.

With Gwen Jorgensen gone, I have little reason to watch women's triathlons. It was always fun to watch her run down the leaders off the bike, and her tri training hadn't destroyed her thoroughbred running form.

Is she that bad on the bike?