re: Valby...can we just cut to the chase

Not sure she will actually sign more than Tuohy's $850k/year. It'll be close.

How do you know the amount?

So happy for her. Hilarious to watch the simps mad that she is a millionaire and doesnt need any of them.

Tuohy got $300k per year.

Based on her 67 second last lap in the OT 10000m, Valby’s 400m speed probably tops out at about 60. Also, if she has 55 speed, she would have run multiple 1500m by now.

She outkicked Schweizer who has a 2:02/4:00. Shocking to run 2:02/4:00 on 60 second 400 speed.

WHAT? Valby is a slow runner by global standards. She has no chance to be anywhere near the podium in a global championship. The marathon likely won’t be a good option either with her durability issues. She is a tremendous competitor and can have some success in the US, but globally she has no chance. She gets a lot of attention because she is cute and was a dominant collegian.

Seems like Coburn, Frerichs, Monson, Schweizer, and others have done okay. And Valby is much faster than they were in college.

Wait! Valby has been to the Olympics before? Haha your score is 1-0 and not 2-0. Valby is a low mileage runner who cross trims like crazy. That won’t work in a marathon against world class runners. So no.

It is as if you didn’t read my post. Valby, who has no explosive finish, would have to get in 29:20ish shape to have a decent chance to medal. This seems almost impossible for her. But maybe you see it happening. Valby is very tenacious but it is painful to watch her run. She cannot get near the podium. She could possibly pace the world record holder in the marathon for about 8-9 miles. She could possibly pace the world record holder for 10000m for 4000m. This is the reality.

Seems like you didn't read my post. If Valby improves by 1/2 as much as the runners who I mentioned, she will win gold medals.

You lack understanding. Valby doesn’t have the tools to win gold medals. Almost nobody does, and she certainly doesn’t. Valby is a big fish in a medium sized pond here in the US. In the world she will get eaten alive. IF she had no issues with durability, THEN she could become a 2:18 marathoner and be somewhat competitive on the world stage. But that doesn’t appear to be in the cards.

Facts seem to trouble you. Amazing that you knew how much those women would improve and how much Valby will improve.

I know much more about this than you do. It is OK. Have a nice day.

Jealous much?😒

Mantz was 27 coming out of college and still had eligibility left. Valby needs a few more years of conditioning.

(1) a lot of women's distance running seems to be how folks mature and speed up after college.

(2) she's already able to make an olympic team in both 5k and 10k. could have doubled.

(3) whether you are an olympic medalist is not the normal standard for am i a functional pro in the correct event. she's good enough to make a decent olympic team and to score some diamond league points some weeks. in the real world outside dog eat dog USA most people would consider that solid pro status. the world does not run on noah lyles rules for every event.

(4) if she's injury prone and gets in 30 mi/wk while cross training, why would she run the marathon? i get you're saying she has no top end but that assumes the durability to train and compete even further out, which, she is doing workarounds at 5k and 10k already to keep her mileage down.

Nobody knows sh*t about what she’s capable of in the future. She outkicked Karissa in that 10000. They were stride for stride, and her strides were longer. She didn’t have to do that often in college, and probably didn’t train for it much. I would suggest just waiting to see how she develops over the next couple years before writing her obituary. She’s 21…

What is with your need to speculate that Parker won’t succeed? She just graduated college, you have absolutely no idea how much she will improve. Give her some time, geez. I could name off a laundry list of athletes who weren’t great right out of college, but became great.