Jenny Simpson still improving at age 32 (almost)

Her mile pb wassoft compared to her 1500m

She's got a few more years before performance decline so can continue at the top.

George213 wrote:

Gygygygggygg wrote:

Jenny has the best range:

800m 2:00.4

1500m 3:57.2

Mile 4:17.3

3000m 8:29.5

5000m 14:56

Steeple 9:12

Who has better range than that?

Houlihan can smash any of those times.

I have a WC gold.

Jenny S wrote:

George213 wrote:

Houlihan can smash any of those times.

I have a WC gold.

Shut up Jenny no one cares. It’s houlihan time now.

Jenny needs to shut up and run.

[quote]Vhhbjhgjhghjgh wrote:

She will be 32 in one month and she improved her mile time today (second fastest American ever).

She has excelled for a very long time. Was 3rd at Foot Locker as a HS Junior. Had a stellar NCAA career...

That's a very long time to be at the top of your game and to keep improving.

Her 1500 meter pr is 3:57.22 was run in 2014. It is the equivalent of a 4:16.13.

She ran 4:17.30 yesterday which is her mile pr but more than a second slower than her 1500m pr mile equivalent.

ayyyyyyy wrote:

Njj wrote:

But it's time for Jenny to be a mother. When will that be?

Do better. Be better.

Found the sjw

Great run by Jenny. Anyone know her 1500 split?

She makes my pole vault straight up!

Remember, Mark Wetmore was the first coach to recommend Endocrinologist Brown.

I know nothing about the steeple so this is more of a question than an idea.

Why not enter a couple of steeples in this off year and try to be the first American under 9:00?

aajdkljadasdkla wrote:

I know nothing about the steeple so this is more of a question than an idea.

Why not enter a couple of steeples in this off year and try to be the first American under 9:00?

I totally agree-- why not? With Courtney catching up to Emma, and maybe surpassing her it would be fun if Jenny threw herself into the mix. I'd love to see what Jenny could do against Courtney and Emma at this stage in all of their careers. They've all done great internationally. Talk about American competitiveness on the world stage. How fun would that be!

4:00.01

joedirt wrote:

Great run by Jenny. Anyone know her 1500 split?

4:00.01

Jenny still taking her thyroid meds?

Nut really wrote:

Her 1500 meter pr is 3:57.22 was run in 2014. It is the equivalent of a 4:16.13.

She ran 4:17.30 yesterday which is her mile pr but more than a second slower than her 1500m pr mile equivalent.

She also ran a 8:30.8 earlier this year (on top of her 2 mile AR).

So she is at or near the top of her game

Btw: someone said that Houlihan can get all of jenny’s times. What is Houlihan’s steeple PB?

There are a lot of women going all in for fast times this year it seems. Remember that IAAF has stated that there's more than 100 regularly controlled/tested female runners that will be affected by the "Semenya rule change" after this season. Some of them well known medalist, but still in the closet to the public about their hyperandrogenism or whatever it's called this week. It's amazing what a bit of long hair and make-up can do to divert attention from a malish face. Also it helps the others that Semenya never cared about doing that make-up thing and dressing the part, so the contrast is bigger now. What we know is that it's working best for 400, 800, 1500 and mile runners. Expect some surprises along the lines of "I've decided to not persue a place on the national team for Worlds next year, my heart's not in it any more, but I'm glad I could finish my career with such good times during the 2018 season" from (some of) those not wanting to go public about things.

If I was a professional runner (and also this is how most pro runners think/mindset) medals matter most over anything. Yes, you want to get fast times however Records can ALWAYS be broken! While, medals are FOREVER! All of Jenny’s medals has her name tied/attached to them for the infinite of time. Any name attached to a record can always be replaced and no record is ever guaranteed to remain intact. Therefore, medals (especially Olympic medals) have a significant value placed much higher than any record would ever have. If you had to choose over medals or records, most people would chose medals.

Vhhbjhgjhghjgh wrote:

She will be 32 in one month and she improved her mile time today (second fastest American ever).

She has excelled for a very long time. Was 3rd at Foot Locker as a HS Junior. Had a stellar NCAA career...

That's a very long time to be at the top of your game and to keep improving.

Who knows, she may medal at WC next year.

This reads like Jenny's dad coming on LRC and starting threads about his daughter again, lol. It's kind of cute. I think he's trying to drum up some positive publicity for her because she's being overshadowed by Shelby right now. I caught him doing that several years ago. Hover over his username in the first post on this thread and you'll see his email address.

Interestingly, there was talk of thyroid meds in that thread too. I don't know about, but I specifically remember Lewis Johnson asking Jenny in an interview about her use of inhalers for asthma and her facial expression changed and she didn't really answer the question. I tried to find a clip of that on YouTube, but I can't locate it.

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