Coach Timmons Training wrote:
Why in the world would you think it is “the other way around”? Valby has not yet demonstrated superior speed than Cranny or Schweizer, so ESP, Cranny and Schweizer will likely sit on her and kick her down in the last 400m.
Right, now Valby, Schweizer, and Cranny are pretty evenly matched over the 5000m distance, with Valby maybe even having a slight edge (particularly in hot and humid conditions) but I don’t think that is the case (onlybased upon what we have seen so far) if Valby has to do all of the work out front for most of the race.
However, in a paced race with pace lights and/or with faster athletes in a global race (in which Valby is not the rabbit), Valby quite possibly would come out ahead of Cranny and Schweizer. But that is not the situation at the Trials.
Valby has basically only ever ran out front, and is quite comfortable there without lights or a pacer.
I agree with you that the 3 stars will sit on Valby and run her down.
The question is how fast will Valby be going, and if any of the group of 3 (or Valby) fades.
This rarely happens, but I do think Valby will force an honest race. Question is that 14:35 pace, or 14:50 pace. Will be fun.