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Maggie Vessey disappointed after missing the 800m final at the 2009 IAAF World Championships

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Uploaded by Mark From Flotrack | August 17, 2009

Speakers: Maggie Vessey

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71 comments

max 3 years ago

i dont care of your comments she s need boyfriend hahaha

wonderbuns 3 years ago

MV is such an exciting talent and I love her personality. I think that the lack of resources she has had until recently showed. She will benefit from a sports psychologist to help with her confidence. Once she gets that in the bag watchout.

mao 3 years ago

MV-
I showed my 2.9 year old daughter your Pre race, and we followed your races all through July, rooting for you. Thank you for showing us what an awesome and difficult race the 800 is. We hope this season gives you the inspiration and means to continue racing at least until 2012!

Max Group 3 years ago

Ryan I hope you gave her a hug after this interview.

3 years ago

Maggie is still a world champion and just as human as anyone of us. She needed a hug. All I know is that I wanted to cry with her at that moment she showed her emotion.

CAPS MAN 3 years ago

Stop shouting Mark S

Mark S. 3 years ago

I THINK OTHER THAN BEING SCARED TO COMPETE PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THAT SHE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JELIMO WHO DID NOT GO OUT LIKE SHE USUALLY DOES DUE TO INJURY OR ?

sjruns 3 years ago

I think she got caught in the moment. I still think she has had a good feel of the world stage and will correct all that needs to be corrected for the future. She just has to stay within herself and not lose that confidence from the Prefontaine Meet and Monaco...

Rob Jackson 3 years ago

It was all mental.Period.She ran 1:57 to get the A standard.She has loads of speed.She ran from the front determined to get the standard and she got it.why did she start off in the back in the biggest race of her life.Who is her coach? When you're racing on a world stage like Berlin,you've got to have a plan from the gun.In Maggie's case she needed to be up front.I watched the whole race.She was never in it at all.She just got psyched out and was running scared.She's young.Hopefuly she"ll be ready for the next big show with different tactics.

3 years ago

The difference between this interview and the one of Jenny B. is staggering. And I would suggest that they are different in more ways than just where they finished. Maggie is obviously very talented, and has had a great season, but needs to figure out a way to become a more confident person and one who no longer races from the back. That just doesn't work in international competition.

Charlie Dunn 3 years ago

Maggie Vessey is a beautiful, generous, insightful, brilliant, thoughtful, sensitive, tough, sweet, self-aware, determined, tenacious, strong, and enormously gifted woman who is now and always will be a success. No, she didn't win the WC, but she is a successful human being. Track is great and it's important and it's a great crucible in which to forge one's will and gain insight into life. But that's all. I love track because it is an arena that DEMANDS that athletes push themselves day in and day out -- when they love it, when they hate it, when they're tired, when they're amped, when they're confident and when they doubt -- and through that process it teaches them, teaches us, what it is to reach, to dream, to try, to face adversity inward and outward and risk -- risk winning, risk losing -- and ultimately makes us grow stronger. Maggie grew so much this year. She is so much stronger for having dared to challenge her own limits and for having smashed so many of them. This will serve her well not only in track, but in life. No athlete runs forever. It is the lessons learned during the years of competition that stay with an athlete when the competitions are over. The courageous, like Maggie Vessey, walk away from the track with hard-earned wisdom that serves them well in whatever they choose to do in years ahead. For Maggie, the journey of discovery that is track is still ongoing. But she has already proven herself to be a warrior who takes her lessons to heart. She will not be a success ... she already is one.

Add ditto from me!!! Wish I could write like that!

Karen Bagley 3 years ago

Maggie- As Ryan said, you had an awesome season and I hope you know that. Like life, your season was filled with ups and downs, highs and lows. It didn't end the way you wanted it to, but as you said, you will learn from it. This experience undoubtably can make you stronger. I can't wait to see you out there again. With your obvious talent and the lessons you've learned, you clearly will be a force to be reckoned with.

Mikey C 3 years ago

Maggie Vessey is a beautiful, generous, insightful, brilliant, thoughtful, sensitive, tough, sweet, self-aware, determined, tenacious, strong, and enormously gifted woman who is now and always will be a success. No, she didn't win the WC, but she is a successful human being. Track is great and it's important and it's a great crucible in which to forge one's will and gain insight into life. But that's all. I love track because it is an arena that DEMANDS that athletes push themselves day in and day out -- when they love it, when they hate it, when they're tired, when they're amped, when they're confident and when they doubt -- and through that process it teaches them, teaches us, what it is to reach, to dream, to try, to face adversity inward and outward and risk -- risk winning, risk losing -- and ultimately makes us grow stronger. Maggie grew so much this year. She is so much stronger for having dared to challenge her own limits and for having smashed so many of them. This will serve her well not only in track, but in life. No athlete runs forever. It is the lessons learned during the years of competition that stay with an athlete when the competitions are over. The courageous, like Maggie Vessey, walk away from the track with hard-earned wisdom that serves them well in whatever they choose to do in years ahead. For Maggie, the journey of discovery that is track is still ongoing. But she has already proven herself to be a warrior who takes her lessons to heart. She will not be a success ... she already is one.

btosy 3 years ago

Give it a rest, folks. She's seriously upset. She didn't blame anyone, she didn't curse. She stopped and gave an interview when all she probably wanted to do was go back to the hotel. She knows what went wrong, she's hurting and still gracious enough for an interview, which some of you feel the need to rip on. Sad for ya.

3 years ago

Unbelievable.

Flo4EVA 3 years ago

Flo shoud've edited this out. or some parts of it to minimize the drama. ;)

Littlenukebo 3 years ago

i don't really know whats really gotten into her.

i mean i know shes lost a chance @ the final, but shes Like
this in PRACTICALLY Every interview shes done with interview.
kinda nutsy i would say.

Littlenukebo 3 years ago

how do people keep writing these essay comments??

i wish i had so much to tell... ;)
keep doing what you've been doing Mags!!! Keep ya'll head up high!!!

Ray B 3 years ago

Fight on, Maggie! Have fun. Race fast and hard. Good luck.

John 3 years ago

The first heat came thru in 58 flat, the second heat in 58.1
She had to have known that 61.2 was incredibly slow and running from the back was not gonna cut it. It's obvious that she was not mentally prepared for this level of competition.

Still a great season for Maggie!.
Just time to figure out the mental aspect and execute a solid race plan.
Take it easy on yourself. Go out and have some fun. You'll be back again for another chance. Remember this interview and how horrible you felt. Let that be your motivation . . . And don't be afraid to change things up a bit.

Coach K 3 years ago

A refreshingly honest interview . . . but man, what an emotional roller-coaster for this young woman. The lack of a solid race plan was astounding to me.

I'm absolutely blown away by the fact that there appeared to be very little pre-race strategy on her part. I mean, what was she thinking when the pack came through the first lap in 61.2 for crying out loud and she wasn't even in the same race? She's at World's and she's just "winging" it???
Like someone posted earlier, this isn't Eugene!
And it isn't Aptos High either.
I'm sorry, but it's clearly time for a new coach than can help put you into a better frame of mind and develop a solid race plan. Running from the back at World's and "winging-it" just isn't gonna be real constructive or productive at this level.
Get someone into your camp that understands the Big Stage and is able to help you develop the mental tools that will help you EXECUTE a solid race plan! You've obviously got the physical tools. You've had a breakout season for sure in that regard. But time for someone that understands the mental aspects of competing at the highest level, otherwise you're gonna be at a key disadvantage every time you step onto the track.

3 years ago

Ryan you are a freaking pro. You turned a almost disaster of her breaking down into a meaningful interview and realy helped her out. Flo track rocks. Ryan is the man. Great season to Maggie. Even though she didn't have the end result she wanted her she still ran 1:57!!!

oldrunner 3 years ago

Bless her heart. She is learning the hard way which will make it that much sweeter when she succeeds. Kudos to the interviewer for picking her up when it styarted to get tough for her.

in love 3 years ago

still easily the hottest trackster!

Joe 3 years ago

Her honesty is so refreshing. She speaks from the heart and wears her emotions on her sleeve. I'm glad to see this resonates so well with so many people here. BTW Frank, you can learn something from her.

3 years ago

she just succinctly described the mental aspects of running a race so well. she can learn from the experience, and i hope a lot of runners watching this interview do as well

A runner who has been there 3 years ago

Dear Maggie,
I know how you feel. I understand that sounds kind of corny, but I have run that exact same race before. When I watched your race, I noticed that you were almost hyperventilating on the line before the start. That is clearly a sign of being to nervous. You need to relax and not worry so much about things that are out of your control. Things like what meet it is, who is in the race, whether your gonna qualify or not. You should not be focused on the outcome! You should be totally focused on the process of success!!!!!! Our sport is very simple. There are not many rules and there is no playbook. The only thing you need to do is run straight turn left and always always do your best!!!!!! ALL the rest is B.S and dosen't matter.

Victor LeMay 3 years ago

she's awesome and i loved watching her races and following her dramatic chase of the standard and getting to know her via flotrack. I hope she does some more races this year.

Shawn Simon 3 years ago

Girls!!! I have four myself and their emotions before, during, and after competitions are like a huge roller coaster. Maggie spent so much energy getting in that it was hard to sustain it at worlds. I like the agresseive take charge I know I can kick ass Maggie from Monaco. The one we were cheering for as she charged down the back stretch on the second lap. The Maggie we saw today was the Maggie from 2 months ago who wasn't sure she belonged with the Chelimo's of the world. You belong in the top teir and there were people afraid of you because you were hitting your stride at the right time. Had you attacked the first 200 some of the people would have freaked and said crap there goes Vessie.

Practice the decisive moves you will make in your races so they happen without thinking. Do it over and over and over so it is automatic. You had a wonderful season. Now build off of it and learn.

3 years ago

Headcase!!!!

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