I don't think Valby will have a successful pro career

Bob Sack wrote:

I don’t think she’ll have a successful pro career either, but my reason is simpler. It will be because she doesn’t run enough in training when her best events (5K, 10K) require YOU TO RUN A LOT IN TRAINING.

runnerexpert wrote:

Bob Sack wrote:

I don’t think she’ll have a successful pro career either, but my reason is simpler. It will be because she doesn’t run enough in training when her best events (5K, 10K) require YOU TO RUN A LOT IN TRAINING.

Exactly, the mileage will need to increase to swing with the heavy hitters and she gets injured, watch.

European Perspective wrote:

What I can't understand is why she is hammering herself running double weekend 10000m and 5000m college races in an Olympic year when in peak form and injury free and not on making the Olympics her focus.

slothrop wrote:

I actually agree that she might struggle...she doesn't seem to love running for running's sake, or even be all that driven to run. She's just winning, and that's a lot of fun.

The decision point will be when she's not on a team, is recovering from an injury, not winning or getting any attention and is slow because of the injury. When she has to do it all by herself. The champions will be fine in that situation...the merely massively talented won't be.

In the end it's impossible to predict which college women will do well in the pros and which won't. Odds are against any one person improving from NCAA champ to global force.

Seen It Before wrote:

SteepleSquigs 2.0 - will ink a fat contract plus get side money from endorsing Whole Foods, some kombucha brand, the blue recovery juice that she mentioned last night, some additional women centric products. Will have a huge social media following.

She may win a national title or two, make some teams, but she will not be a medal threat or perennial global top 5 performer in her best event.

Ungodly ye shall perish.. wrote:

Seen It Before wrote:

SteepleSquigs 2.0 - will ink a fat contract plus get side money from endorsing Whole Foods, some kombucha brand, the blue recovery juice that she mentioned last night, some additional women centric products. Will have a huge social media following.

She may win a national title or two, make some teams, but she will not be a medal threat or perennial global top 5 performer in her best event.

But if the recovery drink is blue because it contains blueberries, then it's worth investigating. 🤔

European Perspective wrote:

What I can't understand is why she is hammering herself running double weekend 10000m and 5000m college races in an Olympic year when in peak form and injury free and not on making the Olympics her focus.

BloJo Johnson wrote:
. Those who have accomplished more than her in college have done less as a pro. .

slothrop wrote:

I actually agree that she might struggle...she doesn't seem to love running for running's sake, or even be all that driven to run. She's just winning, and that's a lot of fun.

The decision point will be when she's not on a team, is recovering from an injury, not winning or getting any attention and is slow because of the injury. When she has to do it all by herself. The champions will be fine in that situation...the merely massively talented won't be.

In the end it's impossible to predict which college women will do well in the pros and which won't. Odds are against any one person improving from NCAA champ to global force.

joe goes wrote:

Maybe Schweizer?

cvvvccc wrote:

joe goes wrote:

Maybe Schweizer?

Schweizer has had a pretty good pro career, no?

Nonetheless, Schweizer didn’t pull the Indoor and Outdoor double her last year, and she didn’t win Cross-Country Nationals that year. It remains to be seen whether Valby comes away with the Outdoor double. If she does, it would be arguably the greatest ever year of performance for a female distance collegiate.

cvvvccc wrote:

cvvvccc wrote:

Schweizer has had a pretty good pro career, no?

Nonetheless, Schweizer didn’t pull the Indoor and Outdoor double her last year, and she didn’t win Cross-Country Nationals that year. It remains to be seen whether Valby comes away with the Outdoor double. If she does, it would be arguably the greatest ever year of performance for a female distance collegiate.

What does that mean? It means, in this arena, she comes away as the G.O.A.T., and she’ll remain the G.O.A.T. until that feat is repeated or bettered by someone else.

cvvvccc wrote:

cvvvccc wrote:

What does that mean? It means, in this arena, she comes away as the G.O.A.T., and she’ll remain the G.O.A.T. until that feat is repeated or bettered by someone else.

But unfortunately, possibly this G.O.A.T, who they say is tough-as-nails, may currently be running with some type of injury, or other, that is affecting her stride. This is just my personal opinion. I say this not to harm her in any way. But if true, it says she is an even more extra-ordinary G.O.A.T. Maybe someday we find out more about it, one way or another, and the imbalance eventually gets rectified, or it doesn’t present a problem. I look forward to seeing her run in spikes again tonight.