David S. Pumpkins wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
That is more relevant information that has been supplied anywhere else on this thread. The comparison with Benoit is interesting, because I have thought Ms Groner's recent achievements have put her in a similar class of athlete. I wonder what you think she might have been capable of if she had pursued a similar career path and dedicated herself to running at a younger age.
If you didn't know this, then the fact that you are throwing around these claims without knowing anything about her is more obvious than ever.
Like you throwing around your claim that aging is 0.2% decline each year with no source for that?
I didn't "throw around" claims about Ms Groner's career. It was pointed out on the thread elsewhere that she had come back to the sport late with a quite limited and relatively undistinguished earlier career. But that isn't and hasn't been my main interest.
I would have some scepticism about any female runner beating 2.30 after forty, particularly if they are not coming off a background of superior performance in their thirties. Frankly, my interest is less in Ms Groner individually - I can't and don't pretend to know exactly how she may have achieved her recent success - she may be bona fide - but her example has caused me to question whether it is naturally possible for any elite to deny the effects of aging. It is the latter point that most interests me. You, on the other hand, have simply dismissed whatever science or research has had to say about that.
Additionally, I respect her coach for wanting to step up for his charge, and I note with interest what he has said.