If you don’t think Nikki is having more success now I don’t have any interest in arguing with you. Seems obvious.
Think again's point is not that Nikki isn't having success now, rather just that Nikki has only improved in the 1500m by .01 over 4 years to do it. I personally equate success with winning championships, but I see the point that coaching changes did not lead to big pbs.
If you don’t think Nikki is having more success now I don’t have any interest in arguing with you. Seems obvious.
Think again's point is not that Nikki isn't having success now, rather just that Nikki has only improved in the 1500m by .01 over 4 years to do it. I personally equate success with winning championships, but I see the point that coaching changes did not lead to big pbs.
If you don’t think Nikki is having more success now I don’t have any interest in arguing with you. Seems obvious.
No, I think his point is that they have barely improved, yet are the national champ. That is NOT a good thing really. That the mighty US with all its Pro and NCAA coaches can't get a dozen women under 4.00 for 1500m or a dozen men under 3.30 says the coaching isn't as good as it should be. There is a Norwegian coach has who got two guys from the same small town under 3.30, but the entire US coaching system can only get one at the moment - that is NOT good. Americans - do better!! Remember, some random Canadian (GDS) ran 3.56 a few years ago, but only a busted American (SH) has run faster! Seriously. You Americans need to step up your game. It's not like you aren't doping like the other elites - you just don't get caught because Coe is in bed with Nike (as is USATF).
One of the many strange things that NYRR has pulled with the non-binary division is they allowed Hiltz to register as a non-binary ("X") for last year's Fifth Avenue Mile, but race in the pro women's ("F") race where there was the full prize money.
Check the results pages - it's completely f**ked up! Hiltz isn't listed in the "Women's" overall results, but is in the "Non-Binary" results. But then go to the page for "Invitational Heats," and Hiltz is there, 2nd behind Laura Muir.
But never fear! This year's NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile will have equal prize money for M, F and X divisions. Grift hard or go home!!
One of the many strange things that NYRR has pulled with the non-binary division is they allowed Hiltz to register as a non-binary ("X") for last year's Fifth Avenue Mile, but race in the pro women's ("F") race where there was the full prize money.
Check the results pages - it's completely f**ked up! Hiltz isn't listed in the "Women's" overall results, but is in the "Non-Binary" results. But then go to the page for "Invitational Heats," and Hiltz is there, 2nd behind Laura Muir.
But never fear! This year's NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile will have equal prize money for M, F and X divisions. Grift hard or go home!!
Hiltz will still run in the women's race even with equal prize money
One of the many strange things that NYRR has pulled with the non-binary division is they allowed Hiltz to register as a non-binary ("X") for last year's Fifth Avenue Mile, but race in the pro women's ("F") race where there was the full prize money.
Check the results pages - it's completely f**ked up! Hiltz isn't listed in the "Women's" overall results, but is in the "Non-Binary" results. But then go to the page for "Invitational Heats," and Hiltz is there, 2nd behind Laura Muir.
But never fear! This year's NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile will have equal prize money for M, F and X divisions. Grift hard or go home!!
Hiltz will still run in the women's race even with equal prize money
With the announcement of money for non-binary, Nikki would need to run female to get cash. Certainly there are faster non-binaries than Hiltz.
Hiltz's time was 2nd in both the female and non-binary divisions at last year's race. But have to imagine some faster mediocre guys will turn out for that big enby money and push Hiltz into the F category.
Some person: "Hey hobby jogger, someone is on the phone for you."
Hobby Jogger: "oh yeah? What do they want?"
This has been part of English longer than any of us have been alive
Right, but in that scenario Hobby Jogger is unsure of the caller's sex. We all know Nikki Hiltz is a woman.
You've missed the point entirely. That example was used to illustrate that 'they' singular does in fact make grammatical sense and has been in accepted use for the longest time, yet people stubbornly refuse to admit this fact. If you don't want to acknowledge someone's identification, then that's your choice - just don't be disingenuous and pretend that you're doing it out of a respect towards the conventions of language.
Nikki respects pronouns so much that "they" have raced so many times the Non-binary division races that have popped .
Oh wait yeah not even once nevermind
I mean this division doesn't exist at the pro level and people like you freak out whenever non-binary divisions are introduced so.... yeah.
To answer OP's question--Nikki was training under Mac Fleet post-Terrence and pre-Mike Smith, but their results were honestly pretty bad. I guess getting dropped by Adidas might've been a wake up call and they made the switch. Seems to have paid off big.