LoLo Jones: Deep thoughts from Doha (Doha Press Conf), courtesy of Bob Ramsak/IAAF, note by Larry Eder

Lolo Jones: 2010 AVIVA Gateshead, photo by PhotoRun.net

How bad is LoLo’s sciatica? How did she feel in Drake racing over the 100m hurdles, and taking second? What does she really need to kick start her 2011 outdoor season. These and all other questions an inquiring mind may possess can be answered, gentle readers, if one continues to peruse this page, and reads the thoughtful comments from Ms. Jones from her Deep thoughts in Doha tour (actually the Doha IAAF press conference):

– Lolo Jones (USA), two-time World indoor 60m Hurdles champion, who won five Samsung Diamond League races in 2010, including in Doha –

On comparing her success indoors (she won her second World indoor title in Doha in March 2010) to outdoors:

“I’m
definitely happy with my indoor success, but a lot of people try to peg
me as an indoor runner. I like them both equally. I feel like I am a
successful outdoor hurdler. But outdoors I want more success that is
viable to other people. Because I know that I’m a successful outdoor
hurdler. Other people, because they saw the Olympic failure, they try to
peg me as not. I’d like to prove to them that I am when I go to Daegu
and come back with a medal, and then obviously again at the Olympics.”

On her sciatica nerve injury which cut short her 2011 indoor season:

“I’m
a little concerned with my injury. Normally I get a solid base of seven
to eight races indoors in Europe. But this year that just didn’t
happen. My sciatica nerve was inflamed. After two races I had to go back
to the US and saw numerous doctors. So I don’t have that base or that
confidence of just running.”

“At the Drake Relays this year
(where she finished second), I just felt race rusty. The sharpness I
would normally have coming off of a strong indoors was just not there.”

“I
love racing. I’m just looking forward to racing. I’ve got a string of
them lined up. I’m not a Tyson Gay or Usain Bolt who’s going to race
four races a year. I’d like to run four races in a week!”

More detail about her injury:

“It’s
better than it was indoors. Indoors it got to the point where I
couldn’t even jog or run. I still feel pain. I don’t think it’s going to
completely heal until the end of the season. But I can hurdle with it
now.”

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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