Athing Mu is Still the BEST! Mu runs 1:54.9 in LANE TWO !!!

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We merged two threads together and combined the titles. Here is our post-race interview with Athing Mu https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

10 months ago 09/20/2023 9:44am EDT

re: Adoi

Adoi wrote:
She always runs in lane 2.
So don't go getting your hopes up and start thinking, "gee, next time when she runs in lane 1, she'll be able to run 1:53:xx."
It's not gonna happen, because she'll run in lane 2 next time as well, and the time after that, and the time after that, and so on.
Short of someone sitting her down in front of a board and explaining; big circle = long, little circle = short - she'll continue being the world's best female 814 metre runner.

But does she understand the tangents?

10 months ago 09/20/2023 9:45am EDT

re: Good Luck With That

Good Luck With That wrote:
Adoi wrote:
She always runs in lane 2.
So don't go getting your hopes up and start thinking, "gee, next time when she runs in lane 1, she'll be able to run 1:53:xx."
It's not gonna happen, because she'll run in lane 2 next time as well, and the time after that, and the time after that, and so on.
Short of someone sitting her down in front of a board and explaining; big circle = long, little circle = short - she'll continue being the world's best female 814 metre runner.
Athing Mu said a few days ago that her coach HAS sat her down and explained to her that she should run next to the rail because it's a shorter distance but she said that she still insists on running a longer distance just because she feels like it. It's stunning that someone is that stubborn!

There is another word for it.

10 months ago 09/20/2023 10:56am EDT

re: Boooper

Boooper wrote:
Take that you haters!

I thought Reekie was peaking late in the season. Guess not.

10 months ago 09/20/2023 11:00am EDT

re: Yorkshire Fell

Yorkshire Fell wrote:
That’s what I thought. It’s a well known tactic to sit just on the leader’s shoulder in the 800m then go past in the last 100m. I used to do it. Never occurred to me I was running extra meters it was a good tactic to let them pace and get in the slip stream.
Plenty of runners do this and there’s no wittering on about how they could have knocked seconds off their time.

This was the rare case where her positioning wasn't a huge issue. The drafting she got as well as holding Moraa and Goule at bay was arguably worth running an extra 5 meters on the outside of lane 1. If she'd tried to run on the inside of Lane 1 she would've gotten boxed by Goule and Moraa and instead of being able to save her one big move for the final 100, she would've had to make at least two. The pace was not fast enough the first 600 for this race to string out.

There were a couple points maybe where she could've tucked in on the turn (after looking to see), which is probably what Bobby referred to, but pretty nitpicky. It's different when she's in the lead.

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