She wants to run 10k at the Olympics because she is too late to be fit enough to compete at the Olympics in the marathon.
From RW:
"With the Marathon Trials on February 29 and the Track Trials in June, she’ll have more time to prepare and earn an Olympic standard in the 10,000 meters (31:25). But Jorgensen is still looking at the marathon long term."
Source:
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a30913876/gwen-jorgensen-comeback-to-racing/
What does she mean when she says that she has to "train harder"? Is she dogging the workouts Jerry is giving her?
Jerry's Kidz wrote:
What does she mean when she says that she has to "train harder"? Is she dogging the workouts Jerry is giving her?
She should go back to the Tri
15:10 today.
walter j wrote:
15:10 today.
But needed under 15:10 to get the OLY standard
The video was interesting. '90s techno/synth music. It sounded a little European actually. I hope she makes a comeback. Whether or not one likes her or not, at least she's doing these videos.
Great run for Gwen today, incredible improvement since her WA opener a few weeks ago, but missing the Oly 5k standard is no big deal.
What is the big deal is, will she (and Infeld) be able to hit the 31:25 Oly 10k standard this spring?
Gwen's pr is 31:55.68 from the 2018 Stanford Invite.
15:10 for 5k equates to approx/very roughly 31:20 for 10k (add 30 sec to 5k then double) so she's back in the ballpark.
Would not be surprised at all to see Gwen & Emily run the Stanford Invite 10k this April to chase the standard before heading up to Park City for their spring altitude camp. Note: Sisson & Huddle did exactly this last year and it worked out very well (30:49 & 30:58).
dontoverthinkit wrote:
No excuses. She ran like a 15:15 6 months post childbirth. This is not a good result for a sub 32 10k runner. She’s been training healthy with the Bowerman tc for a while now.
She ran 15:10 tonight. I think it is safe to say that news of her death has been greatly exaggerated. To run a 5 second PR in her second race back after a significant injury is a promising sign.
comedyrelief wrote:
It’s her first race back after surgery. Give her some leeway.
Hi Gwen, how are you?
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
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Guys between age of 45 and 55 do you think about death or does it seem far away
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