• rojo
      co-founder
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 12:28PM - in reply to rojo
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • Huge bonus for a WR.

        Organisers are offering a €70,000 (US$ 77,700) world record bonus on top of an additional €30,000 (US$ 33,300) bonus for landmark performances, sub 58:00 for men and sub-1:04:30 for women.
    • exrunner
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 1:03PM - in reply to rojo
      • exrunner
        registered
      • If she doesn’t do it she probably never will. This is her shot, shape of her life.

        Say what you like about Salazar but he is a wonder coach and the athletes will be lost without him. None of them will run as well as they have this year again
    • Jo72
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 1:15PM - in reply to exrunner
      • Jo72
        registered
      • exrunner wrote:
        If she doesn’t do it she probably never will. This is her shot, shape of her life.

        Say what you like about Salazar but he is a wonder coach and the athletes will be lost without him. None of them will run as well as they have this year again

        Some will. Certainly the younger athletes coached by Julian like Brazier and Koko will further improve, I am pretty sure about that. They are so talented and at 22 one will improve unless hampered by injuries are extraordinarily bad coaching.
        I wouldn't write off Hassan and Kejelcha either but I think that Hassan is stronger on track than on the road, she might actually break the 1500m world record next season . It seems that in Doha the only one affected by the ban was Murphy, so I am not sure about him, because overall he still ran a pretty good season. And of course Rupp and also Hasay were closer to Salazar than any of the others and might be more affected.
    • sleeeper
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 1:49PM - in reply to rojo
      • sleeeper
        registered
      • I don't see how she doesn't get it. I say 64:35.
    • KRM8993
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 1:55PM - in reply to rojo
      • KRM8993
        registered
      • Can Huddle lower her AR? Assume she will wear the Saucony version of the %s.
    • exrunner
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 2:02PM - in reply to Jo72
      • exrunner
        registered
      • Jo72 wrote:

        exrunner wrote:
        If she doesn’t do it she probably never will. This is her shot, shape of her life.

        Say what you like about Salazar but he is a wonder coach and the athletes will be lost without him. None of them will run as well as they have this year again

        Some will. Certainly the younger athletes coached by Julian like Brazier and Koko will further improve, I am pretty sure about that. They are so talented and at 22 one will improve unless hampered by injuries are extraordinarily bad coaching.
        I wouldn't write off Hassan and Kejelcha either but I think that Hassan is stronger on track than on the road, she might actually break the 1500m world record next season . It seems that in Doha the only one affected by the ban was Murphy, so I am not sure about him, because overall he still ran a pretty good season. And of course Rupp and also Hasay were closer to Salazar than any of the others and might be more affected.

        I meant Salazars group really. Time will tell I suppose
    • Clerk
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 2:08PM - in reply to rojo
      • Clerk
        registered
      • If she's wearing the latest Vaporfly shoes, she will.
    • Dufus
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 2:08PM - in reply to exrunner
      • Dufus
      • Please Rojo, don't do this every time someone talks about a world record attempt. They shouldn't talk until the race is over and you shouldn't cater to the hype.
    • sleeeper
      registered
      • Sifan Hassan - Valencia Half WR Predcition Thread 10/25/2019 2:39PM
      • sleeeper
        registered
      • Rojo started a different thread asking if WR would go down and for some reason it's been deleted. Personally, I don't see how she doesn't get the WR, especially with Fancy in the race and a male pacemaker. I'm calling 64:35.
    • Pierre Delecto
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan - Valencia Half WR Predcition Thread 10/25/2019 2:46PM - in reply to sleeeper
      • Pierre Delecto
        registered
      • DNF

        She bombs like all the other NOPer dopers and GOES HOME DEVASTATED.
    • sleeeper
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan - Valencia Half WR Predcition Thread 10/25/2019 2:53PM - in reply to Pierre Delecto
      • sleeeper
        registered
      • Pierre Delecto wrote:

        DNF

        She bombs like all the other NOPer dopers and GOES HOME DEVASTATED.

        Good to see you back on Letsrun, Mitt.
    • Dufus
      • RE: Sifan Hassan - Valencia Half WR Predcition Thread 10/25/2019 2:57PM - in reply to sleeeper
      • Dufus
      • I asked Rojo to delete his thread. I don't know if that had anything to do with it now gone missing. Anyway , it's different to have an organic thread like this then it is to take an athletes announcement that they are going for a record and hype from there. That gets old fast.
    • cheatcode
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 3:35PM - in reply to rojo
      • cheatcode
      • She could get everyrecord from 1500 to the half .
    • Aussiestatman
      registered
      • RE: Sifan Hassan - Valencia Half WR Predcition Thread 10/25/2019 4:48PM - in reply to Dufus
      • Aussiestatman
        registered
      • Dufus wrote:

        I asked Rojo to delete his thread. I don't know if that had anything to do with it now gone missing. Anyway , it's different to have an organic thread like this then it is to take an athletes announcement that they are going for a record and hype from there. That gets old fast.

        Back up again. Took it down for maintenance (misspelling ‘going’) but then put it up the same again.
    • ICON
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 5:22PM - in reply to rojo
      • ICON
      • lol... the very best female distance runner in the world is racing till her heart pops for $100,000; chump change. Meanwhile rookie NBA players are going to make $838,464 this season. This sport is a joke lol..!
    • nikemann
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 5:35PM - in reply to ICON
      • nikemann
      • ICON wrote:

        lol... the very best female distance runner in the world is racing till her heart pops for $100,000; chump change. Meanwhile rookie NBA players are going to make $838,464 this season. This sport is a joke lol..!

        You're right! The NBA actually has large number of people who PAY $$ to attend games, watch games on TV (ad supported) and purchase merchandise. If T&F/Road racing had paying fans, then the athletes would make more. I'm surprised they make as much as they do as I don't see how the ROI is justified paying that much for a half marathon that few people will even know happens.
    • troljo
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 6:41PM - in reply to rojo
      • troljo
      • rojo wrote:

        Sifan Hassan is goig

        Just another day.
    • Tons of fun
      • RE: Sifan Hassan is goig for the half-marathon world record on Sunday n Valencia, can she get it? 10/25/2019 6:45PM - in reply to Clerk
      • Tons of fun
      • Clerk wrote:

        If she's wearing the latest Vaporfly shoes, she will.

        You were the kid with the new shoes in elementary school that they made you faster, weren't you.
    • Such a busybody
      • RE: Sifan Hassan - Valencia Half WR Predcition Thread 10/25/2019 6:50PM - in reply to Dufus
      • Such a busybody
      • Dufus wrote:

        I asked Rojo to delete his thread. I don't know if that had anything to do with it now gone missing. Anyway , it's different to have an organic thread like this then it is to take an athletes announcement that they are going for a record and hype from there. That gets old fast.

        Thank you so much for your service. Of course, an easier route would be to just not read it.