I wish the commentating was better in that 5000. They totall missed the significance of Tuohy coming through like that. Have we ever seen a hyped former teen phenom do that?
so what was the point of NC State throwing almost everyone good into the 5k? 1st place then 9-11th.. I feel like Sam Bush could've trained for the 1500m and done better than 10th
Abby Steiner. Wow. Just wow. Either her or Anna Hall for meet MVP. Great all around women's meet. Super impressed and look forward to some Tuohy and Valby matchup in future!
yeah, And I think the lady said Tuohy 'had so much more in the tank' but honestly, I watch all of those videos on Semi's YT, and this was one of the most exhausted I've seen Tuohy post-race.
She was racing Valby the whole way with a lot of mini-surges to hold her off. Not surprised she was pretty tired at the end (less so than Valby). For all that, a pretty fast time - 3+seconds off the meet record.
I think she was fine from a physical standpoint. Probably more mentally exhausted from all the pressure on her. It’s tough to have that target on your back. Everyone was picking her to win and I am just thinking “please don’t pick her - don’t jinx this”. Weird stuff can happen - just look at the men’s meet yesterday in the 1500. MGR was a lock, until he wasn’t. But at the end of the day- she did it!!!
A little off topic but my daughter asked why women don't do the deca and I tried to explain the history, records and pv and such and her response was, well that's dumb. I pretty much agree. Any idea on if they are planning on switching at some point? I would think a 3-4 yr heads up is needed.
She was racing Valby the whole way with a lot of mini-surges to hold her off. Not surprised she was pretty tired at the end (less so than Valby). For all that, a pretty fast time - 3+seconds off the meet record.
I think she was fine from a physical standpoint. Probably more mentally exhausted from all the pressure on her. It’s tough to have that target on your back. Everyone was picking her to win and I am just thinking “please don’t pick her - don’t jinx this”. Weird stuff can happen - just look at the men’s meet yesterday in the 1500. MGR was a lock, until he wasn’t. But at the end of the day- she did it!!!
I don't know how these guys and ladies do it. One maximal effort just trashed me. They are doing 3 or 4 races each day all at top effort. Just really so amzing.
A little off topic but my daughter asked why women don't do the deca and I tried to explain the history, records and pv and such and her response was, well that's dumb. I pretty much agree. Any idea on if they are planning on switching at some point? I would think a 3-4 yr heads up is needed.thl
They don't even allow the women/girls to run more than 6 KM in cross country and no way in heck are they going to have them do the decathlon. For a collegiate athlete decathlon training is a full time job and to have to go to school also is just way too much.
Really didn’t know if Steiner had it in her, but she saved two of her top three performances of the entire season for the 200 and this 4x4. These two performances and her indoor AR in the 200 round out the three.
and her future seems to be 200/400 to me. Give her a year or two and I think she’s maybe even a high 48 in the open.