Shalane announces she is RETIRED!

Trutherizer wrote:

Congratulations on a great career.

irunfastXC wrote:

while watching the Breaking-2 Challenge the other day, listening to her announce, you could feel that this was coming.

Speaking of, a retirement from announcing seems timely as well. I hope we are not now subjected to more of her awful announcing just because she had a good career and was a good ambassador.

Really? I thought her announcing was pretty good.

A true legend of American distance running!

I remember very well the 2017 NYC Marathon, my first marathon, where I was proud to barely break the hobby jogger barrier of 3 hours. There was such great energy on that day, in part surely because of her win. A very well deserved victory on one of the biggest stages of marathon running.

She was really inspiring and I wish her a smooth transition to the next chapters in her life.

Congrats on a great career and thank you for the inspiring moments.

Great career, runner.

Potty mouth.

Kinda wish she'd take another shot at Boston, but it's her life.

EZ10Miler wrote:

Deena

Joanie

Shalane

Who's the best female American distance runner if it's not Shalane?

Lynn Jennings, case closed.

This is understood to be a Shalane love fest day but since you hijacked your own thread I am compelled to reply. You asked for best US female distance runner and listed Deena, Joanie, Shalane. The correct answer (who posted here before the infusion of imbeciles) is:

LYNN JENNINGS

Olympic Games

3rd 1992 Barcelona, 10,000m

World Indoor Championships

2nd 1995 Barcelona, 3000m

3rd 1993 Toronto, 3000m

World Cross Country Championships

1st 1990 Aix-les-Bains

1st 1991 Antwerp

1st 1992 Boston

2nd 1986 Neuchatel

3rd 1993 Amorebieta

WR 5000(i) 15:22 (7 Jan 1990)

AR 10,000 31:19 (7 Aug 1992)

3x Olympics

3x World Champs

9x US Cross-County champion

10x Outdoor champion (3000m 1988, 1990, 5000m 1996, 10,000 7x)

PERSONAL BEST

1500m 4:08.84

Mile 4:24.14

3000m 8:43.72

5000m 15:07.92

10,000m 31:19.89

5k 15:34

10k 31:06

15k 50:05

10mi 52:53

Half Marathon 1:11:41

Marathon 2:38:37

Tears and beers, thanks for a great ride.

2 cents for Christin Wurth-Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dygaPtses

T.M.A.D.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.

Not surprised she seems injury prone. Running high mileage in crappy Nikes in your 30s will do that to ya. Good luck to her with the coaching thing.

Shalane, please, please, please take up coaching with Jenny Meadows.

Hopefully you'll both be so busy with that neither of you will have time for commentating.

I found an article that says she started taking thyroid meds partway into her pro career. I don't get why athletes aren't more open about this. How can jenny or shalane be critical of NOP while being on thyroid meds?

It's one thing if you've been on thyroid meds your entire life, but if you win can NCAAs THEN start taking thyroid as a pro, I think that is against the spirit of the sport.

If she believes she's clean and doing it the right way, then why not be open about everything??

http://www.marathonandbeyond.com/choices/Morales2010.pdf

dznuts wrote:

I found an article that says she started taking thyroid meds partway into her pro career. I don't get why athletes aren't more open about this. How can jenny or shalane be critical of NOP while being on thyroid meds?

Because the NOP case is about a lot more than "being on thyroid meds". Educate yourself, you NOP apologist, and stop trying to deflect by attacking others.

3hr-marathoner wrote:

Mr vickie wrote:

I am a fan of Shalane.

But, Frank Ineos, check your facts, or try to, before you post:

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/10/shalane-flanagan-reacts-galen-rupps-chicago-marathon-win-theres-still-investigation-going-hard-truly-genuinely-get-excited-performances-im-watching/

Frank Ineos wrote:

She did it the right way. Just like Joanie and Deena. All three never put down their competitors just promoted the sport.

Drama queens like Kara and Desi seem to always be creating a controversy and putting down their competitors which hurts the sport.

This but also consider that since these women have voiced criticisms of the NOP, it's head coach and endocrine doctor have received 4-year bans from USADA so it's not like their criticisms were unfounded. Some would prefer they had remained silent. To each his own.[/quote]

I have no problem with speaking out about the sport.

Here is the difference.

Desi and Kara both slammed the people they should be thanking.

Kara was struggling when Salazar brought her in and turned her into a household name and she threw him under the bus. That is horseshit. Anything he was doing he was doing with her.

Desi Linden might be worse as she bashed the Hanson Bros. Remember that coming out of college she was a total nobody. They made her into an Olympian and then she bashes them for who comes into the team.

I lost all respect. Has never worn a non-Nike athletic shoe. Ever. Not even trying them on. Has never had another employer. Now, she goes all-in with them and will continue being part of this corrupt machine for life.

By the way, I watched the 1:59 challenge again today. I watched it live, too. Never heard her voice. Not one word.

You think less of Desi because she was critical that her coaches brought in a runner from a program under investigation whose coach has been banned and the group disbanded? Wow.

stil_kannonier wrote:

Call me crazy. But even at the very very end of your career, there is an olympics in 10 months... don't you still go for it?

If it was 2, 3 years away, yeah then phuck it. But 10 months for once last chance at glory. Guess I just think differently than pro athletes which is why I am not one.

She had pretty serious surgery this year and probably won't be able to come back in time.

low expectations wrote:

You think less of Desi because she was critical that her coaches brought in a runner from a program under investigation whose coach has been banned and the group disbanded? Wow.

Nope. Don’t rework your argument. I was critical that she said publicly that she felt that after 13 years that she should have some input on incoming athletes.