Mary Cain DNF

Don't read into this too much. It was her first race in 2 years. Rust buster. She'll be back.

Javman wrote:

Thank you. She'll let everyone know what went on. The only person she has to please is herself. The LetsRun community means nothing.

including you

bladerunner wrote:

Well, she needs to lose 10-15 lbs before she steps on the track again. The pace was good but not overwhelming. Don't athletes weight themselves? I weight myself every morning. If I gain 5 lbs, I feel like a blimp. There is no way she can be remotely competitive at her current weight.

Are you sure you don't wait yourself every morning?

Since her pr would have put her way back probably was not a good race to come back. Needed a rust buster first.

hofst wrote:

bladerunner wrote:

Well, she needs to lose 10-15 lbs before she steps on the track again. The pace was good but not overwhelming. Don't athletes weight themselves? I weight myself every morning. If I gain 5 lbs, I feel like a blimp. There is no way she can be remotely competitive at her current weight.

Are you sure you don't wait yourself every morning?

In French the last "t" is silent.

All comers meet in NY would have been a smart choice her management is just dumb.

Of course Free vacation !

I give Mary a lot of credit. While she is clearly not in shape, its obvious that she wants to be out there and plans to use the race in Europe this summer to run herself back into some semblance of form. She looked like she was going to be around 5:05 or so at 1600m...clearly not in it, but how many of you turds on LetsRun can run 5:05 right this minute.

Mary will be fine. What's not fine are the despicable people that comment on LetsRun.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

She is done.

Too many hard miles at a young age. Not the first. Not the last. Best of luck in your future endeavors.

It seems like you guys here at let’s run get excited when someone fails. Especially when a “former” bad ass female runner fails. It’s like a broken record... “too many miles too young” blah blah blah.

I hope she comes back better than ever and proves you guys wrong. Go Mary go! Don’t stop!

Why do these track and field women show a 1/4 of their ass.

This result is not even slightly surprising.

What do you expect from someone who trained in a group whose star runner, an example to her, DNFd and DNSd more races than any other elite in the business?

Once they get that DNS in them, it is always an option when things aren't going just right. (Although Centro at least shows the gonads to finish out races where his result isn't great.)

gdeegz wrote:

Rust buster.

Busted how much rust? 600 meters of it?

Terrible miscalculation by Cain's coach. Cain obviously could not have felt confidant going in having not raced for two years. If he told her she was ready she clearly discovered she wasn't only a couple laps in. Her confidence in herself is going to be even worse now and she is probably not too confident in her coach either. If her next race turns out like this one did, this could be the end.

Les wrote:

Terrible miscalculation by Cain's coach. Cain obviously could not have felt confidant going in having not raced for two years. If he told her she was ready she clearly discovered she wasn't only a couple laps in. Her confidence in herself is going to be even worse now and she is probably not too confident in her coach either. If her next race turns out like this one did, this could be the end.

Yeah! Definitely needs a new coach. A fresh one with only improved runners in the belt. Anyone you came to think of?

gwalkerruns wrote:

Since her pr would have put her way back probably was not a good race to come back. Needed a rust buster first.

rust buster? maybe she needs another year? If she wasnt prepared for this race that is not a good sign at all. If she needs an easy win against all comers then the last year has been not well spent.

Agreed!

Son of a stone wrote:

Les wrote:

Terrible miscalculation by Cain's coach. Cain obviously could not have felt confidant going in having not raced for two years. If he told her she was ready she clearly discovered she wasn't only a couple laps in. Her confidence in herself is going to be even worse now and she is probably not too confident in her coach either. If her next race turns out like this one did, this could be the end.

Yeah! Definitely needs a new coach. A fresh one with only improved runners in the belt. Anyone you came to think of?

that swedish dancan guy?

hofst wrote:

bladerunner wrote:

Well, she needs to lose 10-15 lbs before she steps on the track again. The pace was good but not overwhelming. Don't athletes weight themselves? I weight myself every morning. If I gain 5 lbs, I feel like a blimp. There is no way she can be remotely competitive at her current weight.

Are you sure you don't wait yourself every morning?

no way!

Obviously not in any kind of racing shape.

I actually don’t mind the poor performance. First back in almost two years. But for crying out loud finish the darn thing. Pull up your big girl panties and show some guts. I know you are getting spanked. Yes it is embarrassing. Yes your are going to hurt. That is life.

Working your way back is going to take a lot of hard work, plenty of ups amd downs, and a few DAL’s (Dead ass last). She didnt even get a “rust buster” in lol. She dropped on that third lap although I couldn't see where. Oh well. I like her and hope she makes it back, but please show some spunk.....