Jenny Simpson breaks 4:00, finishes just SEVENTH in Rabat DL. 1st American to go sub-4 10 times.

Video and recap of the race is here:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/06/pr-bonanza-genzebe-dibaba-runs-35547-to-edge-sifan-hassan-as-9-women-run-pbs-and-3-set-national-records-in-rabat/

Back to her collegiate times!!!! Go Jenny Barringer!!!

How does Dibaba even get invited to these things? It's like everyone forgets her coach was found in a hotel room with like 100 needles and epo. Now she's almost back in PR shape and it's all good?

From the Rabat DL thread:

memories in a trunk wrote:

Total US sub-4s

Jennifer Simpson 10

Mary Slaney 8

Shannon Rowbury 5

Suzy Favor Hamilton 5

Shelby Houlihan 3

Christin Wurth-Thomas 2

Anna Willard 1

Regins Jacobs (i) 1

Because Dibaba is the GOAT and WR holder, that's why. She races her heart out. An absolute beast. She doesn't hide in the pack like Simpson hoping that others make mistakes. She takes races by the throats and crushes them. No mercy. And yes, she loses every once in a while because of her racing. And if you think Dibaba is doping then all who have beat her are dopers. Period.

skyboy wrote:

How does Dibaba even get invited to these things? It's like everyone forgets her coach was found in a hotel room with like 100 needles and epo. Now she's almost back in PR shape and it's all good?

Do you guys realize that Dibaba only closed in 63? She has the Jedi-mind trick on the field. They are too afraid to kick.

mooonshot wrote:

She races her heart out. An absolute beast. She doesn't hide in the pack like Simpson hoping that others make mistakes. She takes races by the throats and crushes them. No mercy.

[quote]skyboy wrote:

Being a cutthroat competitor and doping are not mutually exclusive you know. High on whatever chemicals she is on, she attacks without fear, riding the pharmaceutical wave. In fact it sounds like she is a female version of Lance, to be honest. I do like prefer form compared to Hassan, though, who runs like a wretchedly-posessed spasmodic wraith for the final 200.

Muir strikes me as someone who has the "Heart of a Beast" yet could possibly be clean. No guarantee there either, unfortunately.

Big fan of Jenny and glad that she’s had a very successful and lengthy pro career.

She threw in a 61 from 800-1200. I think that took the kick out of most everyone in the field.

Simpson was a notorious front-runner for many years, but that doesn't work against dopers who can run 3:50

Jenny has done a lot for American mid distance running. Breaking 4 today was good to see, I think this is only her 2nd 1500 this season. She is peaking for the US Trials and Doha. I wish her well.

Hardloper wrote:

Simpson was a notorious front-runner for many years, but that doesn't work against dopers who can run 3:50

Yeah, didn't everyone always complain about how Rowbury would just sit behind Simpson the whole race then try to out kick her?

skyboy wrote:

How does Dibaba even get invited to these things? It's like everyone forgets her coach was found in a hotel room with like 100 needles and epo. Now she's almost back in PR shape and it's all good?

It's very frustrating, I mean the IAAF hands are tied but these meets hands are not, she should not be racing.

Oh, ffs, give it a rest.

[quote]mooonshot wrote:

Because Dibaba is the GOAT and WR holder, that's why. She races her heart out. An absolute beast. She doesn't hide in the pack like Simpson hoping that others make mistakes. She takes races by the throats and crushes them. No mercy. And yes, she loses every once in a while because of her racing. And if you think Dibaba is doping then all who have beat her are dopers. Period.

[quote]skyboy wrote:

Again...broke a doped and "untouchable" Chinese record...coach busted at training camp with preloaded epo syringes and steroids...wanted now by interpol.

And yet, you seem to admire her? Is that correct?

Women's XX world record 3:50, front runner, goes for it every race.

Dibaba is the #1 women's XX 1500m runner in all of history.

Gggg wrote:

It was deleted by LR admins, so I’ll write it again- Simpson never congratulates Dibaba or any African runner implying they are dopers, as though she as a Salazar runner clean. Yet she hasn’t got the guts to speak against Semenya and has no problem congratulating her. What a hypocrite. Deleted in 1...2...3

This post makes no sense. “As though she as a Salazar clean”?

In this turgid word salad you're implying that Simpson is a Salazar athlete?

Gggg wrote:

It was deleted by LR admins, so I’ll write it again- Simpson never congratulates Dibaba or any African runner implying they are dopers, as though she as a Salazar runner clean. Yet she hasn’t got the guts to speak against Semenya and has no problem congratulating her. What a hypocrite. Deleted in 1...2...3

Gggg wrote:

It was deleted by LR admins, so I’ll write it again- Simpson never congratulates Dibaba or any African runner implying they are dopers, as though she as a Salazar runner clean. Yet she hasn’t got the guts to speak against Semenya and has no problem congratulating her. What a hypocrite. Deleted in 1...2...3

Your posts should be deleted because they are incoherent.