THINK MARK THINK wrote:
ienjoyracing wrote:
Why is everyone putting Mu on the first leg? She’s literally the only one on the team who does not practice her block start and acceleration, and you want to give her the one spot that does not get a running start. She’s an 800m runner, her acceleration is so much more garbage than any of the sprinters. Give her the running start that she needs and put her second. Let a sprinter take advantage of the block starts. Shouldn’t this be obvious?
She won the 400 at NCAAs from blocks… is that not good enough for you
Sure it’s good enough, but why not still go with something that’s even better, such as giving the 800 runner a running start and giving the sprinter blocks. I’ve seen 800 guys run absolutely absurd 400 splits with a running start and then run open 400s that are just downright abysmal. Give her the block start and she runs an NCAA level time, give her a running start and she’ll run an Olympic level time.