Coaching a fast sprinter to become great at long distance

Isn't this the Ethiopian playbook?

How old is she?

Coach JS, As we know, 400m & 800m are young person events. I do not know of any aged out 200m athletes moving up to 400m. Same thing with aged out 400m athletes. Your female athlete must be too old to tackle the 800m. We all know a teenage female with a 51.xx 400m would be perfect for 800m. We'll see how it goes. If she can do sub-30 minute (8K or 5 mile) tempo runs, it may not be too late for 800m!

No.....this is the clean playbook of mine . And not an Ethiopian lady.

Why?

She`s not old, only 23 :) Plenty of time to transform her......

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

She`s not old, only 23 :) Plenty of time to transform her......

I know she is not an Ethiopian woman. It is difficult to find men in Ethiopia capable of sprinting 11.3x 100m.

If she can get to sub-2:05 800m in 2 1/2 years or less, it may be interesting. As you know, many females have already set their 800m p.b. by age 23.

Why? Well.....I don`t see potential to run 10.7-10.8 in the 100m dash and because she show good stamina also I think she is

the perfect female runner to become the greatest ever at long distance .

Is she from anywhere in Africa?

She has already run faster than 2:05 at 800! As I said she has very good stamina . This is the perfect "protototype" of a relatively young runner to develop to world class top.

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

Why? Well.....I don`t see potential to run 10.7-10.8 in the 100m dash and because she show good stamina also I think she is

the perfect female runner to become the greatest ever at long distance .

This seems completely illogical. She has run 51 for a 400m. 51 low made the final at Doha this year. She is very close to a level that can medal in that event. The odds of her being an Olympic finalist are good and a medal is very reasonable. The odds of becoming a good road runner seems far lower. If she has some endurance I could see the 800 or maybe even the 1500. But to think she'll likely convert to a great long-distance runner without that pedigree makes little sense. Unless this is a move the athlete is pushing to make this is coaching malpractice.

I will not reveal her nationality yet, but if this thread will stay up I will tell continuously about her training.

Well, the reason I ask is that only so many 23-year-olds have run in the 11.3X range this year according to the IAAF lists. Most are collegians or already well-established athletes in other sprint events or have had good careers in the sprints. The only person who it could have been is Egypt's Basnat Mohamed Awad Abdelsalam, but she skipped right down to the 11.6 range in 2016. Nor has she posted an 800m time.

So, as of right now, your athlete doesn't exist.

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

This seems completely illogical. She has run 51 for a 400m. 51 low made the final at Doha this year. She is very close to a level that can medal in that event. The odds of her being an Olympic finalist are good and a medal is very reasonable. The odds of becoming a good road runner seems far lower. If she has some endurance I could see the 800 or maybe even the 1500. But to think she'll likely convert to a great long-distance runner without that pedigree makes little sense. Unless this is a move the athlete is pushing to make this is coaching malpractice.

Ya, this makes no sense. Why would a sprinter who is near world class let a coach talk her into changing to a distance runner? What top sprinter has a distance body?

None of this makes any sense. Don't know if it's a put on or a Sport Jester type situation where a nutcase thinks he's a coach who has all the answers, but this makes no sense. It might be all made up, or it might be that the sprinter in question was courteous to the nutcase and the nutcase thinks he's actually coaching her.

Zante wrote:

Well, the reason I ask is that only so many 23-year-olds have run in the 11.3X range this year according to the IAAF lists. Most are collegians or already well-established athletes in other sprint events or have had good careers in the sprints. The only person who it could have been is Egypt's Basnat Mohamed Awad Abdelsalam, but she skipped right down to the 11.6 range in 2016. Nor has she posted an 800m time.

So, as of right now, your athlete doesn't exist.

Maybe the athlete is a dude in transition?

Primo Numero Uno wrote:

SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:

Why? Well.....I don`t see potential to run 10.7-10.8 in the 100m dash and because she show good stamina also I think she is

the perfect female runner to become the greatest ever at long distance .

This seems completely illogical. She has run 51 for a 400m. 51 low made the final at Doha this year. She is very close to a level that can medal in that event. The odds of her being an Olympic finalist are good and a medal is very reasonable. The odds of becoming a good road runner seems far lower. If she has some endurance I could see the 800 or maybe even the 1500. But to think she'll likely convert to a great long-distance runner without that pedigree makes little sense. Unless this is a move the athlete is pushing to make this is coaching malpractice.

Well......instead of maybe reach a medal at 400m I see the possibility to "create" the greatest long distance lady in history. I think it hits higher....... ))

11.3 is probably too many FTs for even the 800. Long distance is a pipe dream for her.

Are you really this dumb or are you thinking that we are if we are to believe you?

I do think women are racing 51.xx 400m in a TT; 11.7 & 11.3 in TT are possible. It is possible the 100m & 400m times stated were raced on relay legs.