Hard to believe: The women's Mexican record in the 1500 was 4:11.26 until last month. Now Laura Galvan has run 4:10.53

Shady, or terrible coaching at KSU?

LetsRun.com wrote:

Galvan competed collegiate for Kansas State (career ended in 2015). In college, she had PBs of 4:29/16:37 but now she's run 4:10/15:27.

I improved my 5K by a minute after college, mile by 7 or 8 seconds. Now I do pretty well as a masters runner.

I don't like you guys that operate this site. Jaded, narrowminded.

Basically, Mexico had a National Record at the senior level SLOWER than what Americans run in high school.

No surprise here. And BTW, Brenda Martinez could have had this if she wanted with her dual citizenship.

Kind of surprising considering Mexico City is over 7300 feet above sea level, so you would think it would have the same advantages as East Africa. Then again, maybe the faster kids gravitate towards soccer there?

Why is this hard to believe?

datsabigdrop wrote:

Shady, or terrible coaching at KSU?

LetsRun.com wrote:

Galvan competed collegiate for Kansas State (career ended in 2015). In college, she had PBs of 4:29/16:37 but now she's run 4:10/15:27.

Option #3

Some people actually get faster after college, some people actually get a lot faster. They do this despite the Letsrun consensus that while you may be slow in high school, and then fast in college, you may not be slow in college and then fast in “real life”.

This record would obviously be lower if some of the faster runners had focused on the 1500. Nora Rocha had a 15:06 5000 PR and Adriana Fernandez had PRs of 8:53, 15:04 and 31:10.

Blah, blah, blah wrote:

Why is this hard to believe?

Because she's a Mexican woman, not an American white guy from Texas or Oklahoma.

The success of the Mexican runners at the Panam games has gone viral on social networks in Mexico. I no longer run, so the majority of my "friends" on Facebook don't either, but the majority of posts I have seen lately are of videos from the mens 1500m and womens 5K.

LRC is not racist though wrote:

Blah, blah, blah wrote:

Why is this hard to believe?

Because she's a Mexican woman, not an American white guy from Texas or Oklahoma.

Took you long enough to somehow link or connect this to racism. Yiureusualky faster than this. You're slipping, bud.

Blah, blah, blah wrote:

Why is this hard to believe?

LRC is not racist though wrote:

Because she's a Mexican woman, not an American white guy from Texas or Oklahoma.

Same dude, different name wrote:

Took you long enough to somehow link or connect this to racism. Yiureusualky faster than this. You're slipping, bud.

I was just pointing out that none of your postings are racist, and that you're not a racist.

Why is that so hard to believe?

mooonshot wrote:

Basically, Mexico had a National Record at the senior level SLOWER than what Americans run in high school.

No surprise here. And BTW, Brenda Martinez could have had this if she wanted with her dual citizenship.

But in race walking they excel.

Mexico had lots of good marathoners in the 90's (including women) and weak middle distances. Even their previous 1500 and 5k women's record holders were really marathoners.

The Mexican women’s 400 m national record is 48.89. That’s not too shabby. Only 2 American women have run faster.

Bib #1 wrote:

The Mexican women’s 400 m national record is 48.89. That’s not too shabby. Only 2 American women have run faster.

Adding on to the above:

Ana Guevara ran 48.89 in August 2003.

Since then, only Sanya Richards Ross has run faster (48.70 in September 2006)

Most of the other faster times were run in the drug-tainted 80s

Guevara is the #9 performer all-time

LRC is not racist though wrote:

Blah, blah, blah wrote:

Why is this hard to believe?

Because she's a Mexican woman, not an American white guy from Texas or Oklahoma.

If a American woman did what she did I would be suspicious of her.

Hardloper wrote:

Mexico had lots of good marathoners in the 90's (including women) and weak middle distances. Even their previous 1500 and 5k women's record holders were really marathoners.

Pretty good in the 80s too. A Mexican held the 10000m world record back in the late 80s. Also had plenty of good marathoners too.