Has Gwen Jorgensen lost her freaking mind?

LM wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Yes, It is a very arrogant and delusional approach to running. This isn't the triathlon, so to say that in 2 years you are going to go after the gold is absolutely absurd.

First, there is this thing called the Olympic trials, where a runner who wants to run in the Olympics must qualify by gaining a top 3 qualifying spot. Now, even before that, she must run an Olympic trials qualifying standard, and she has never run that time.

Now had she said that she is going to focus on trying to qualify for the Olympics, then that would have made more sense, and would have been less pompous.

This woman does not have any track experience or PRO road running experience, but yet in still she thinks she can compete against runners who have 15 min 5000m speed and 30 min 10000m speed. The top American female marathon runner runs 2:20. Gwen is a 2:40 plus marathoner, and she thinks that she is going to be able to compete with that in 2 years? Not happening, and she is not going to beat out Hasay, Huddle, Flanigan, Linden, Cragg, or Hall for an Olympic spot.

Again, she said that she is going to focus on winning gold in the up coming Olympic marathon....and if by some glory miracle should did make it to the Olympics, she would have to face the mighty east Africans.

Would someone please slap this woman into reality and how road running is really done.

3rd at US champs beating people like Sara Hall is "no pro experience"?

Also Hasay doesn't have 30min 10000m speed or 15' 5000 speed.

First things first Im a Realist wrote:

Her goal is to WIN the olympic gold medal in the marathon? Win a major marathon? It took Shalane years to do this! She will struggle to even make the team.

Here's why:

1) She has trained high volume for the triathlon for a long time now. That 2:41 debut was with a lot more base than most marathon debuts.

2) Just because you win the triathlon, doesn't mean you are remotely nearly talented enough to succeed at running. Its pretty well known that the tri is significantly less competitive than running, let alone marathon running.

3) Shes tall - 5 ft 10. This helped her for the triathlon but its going to hurt a lot for marathons.

4) Shes been a runner before and was not that good. Her 10k PR may be blazing fast for the triathlon world, but its 5:25 mile pace. Jordan Hasay runs 5:23 pace for the MARATHON, not a track 10k. She may have improved a bit since then, but shes still worlds away.

I imagine this is also a terrible financial decision.

i'll say it wrote:

First things first Im a Realist wrote:

Her goal is to WIN the olympic gold medal in the marathon? Win a major marathon? It took Shalane years to do this! She will struggle to even make the team.

Here's why:

1) She has trained high volume for the triathlon for a long time now. That 2:41 debut was with a lot more base than most marathon debuts.

2) Just because you win the triathlon, doesn't mean you are remotely nearly talented enough to succeed at running. Its pretty well known that the tri is significantly less competitive than running, let alone marathon running.

3) Shes tall - 5 ft 10. This helped her for the triathlon but its going to hurt a lot for marathons.

4) Shes been a runner before and was not that good. Her 10k PR may be blazing fast for the triathlon world, but its 5:25 mile pace. Jordan Hasay runs 5:23 pace for the MARATHON, not a track 10k. She may have improved a bit since then, but shes still worlds away.

I imagine this is also a terrible financial decision.

lol at you for taking this so serious back then