rojo wrote:
So Houlihan closes a a 4:03 race in 60.6. Muir just closed a 348 race in 57. If Team USA wants a meadl, they need to get fitter.
As for the steeple, Bayer said if you make the team you've got a good shot at making the final and a medal as well to be honestly. Nothing about that last lap looked like a medal to me for team usa. I know it's hot as hell but 60.6 final lap isn't going to get you a medal in a men's steeplechase.
Conditions were extremely bad today - temperature in the 90's. No one can close in their usual closing speed under those conditions, not in a mile and definitely not in a 3k/5k/steeple. Houlihan wasn't pressured much, maybe she could have run faster.
I'm not saying anyone will beat Muir, but that today's race is a pretty useless when trying to determine the medal chances of our 1500m runners. If anything, this race showed nothing but class, to have so many fast times and PRs despite these conditions.