Stuart Weir sent this interview to RunBlogRun a couple of weeks ago. Laura Muir is training with Andy Young, her coach and Jemma Reekie in South Africa until the end of the month. We enjoyed this nine questions immensely. Stuart Weir knows how to ask the questions that we all want answers to about Laura Muir, who competed in 3 outdoor champs and took 4 medals. What will happen in 2023?
Nine questions to Laura Muir
RBR #1, What happened in the Diamond League final in Zurich?
Laura Muir: I think the end of the season was a bit hit-and-miss. Brussels went well running 3:56.86. And then Zurich was a wee bit of a funny race. It was a lot slower than we all envisaged that it would be. I was where I needed to be but just when there was that sudden change of pace I didn’t have it in my legs, that sudden change of pace with about 300 to go. Had it been a faster race I might have done OK but by that point, in the season I didn’t have the change of pace. [4:02.31]. But then I bounced back really well for New York. It is a bit hit-and-miss at the end of the season but at least I got the main job done at the championships.
RBR #2, But you managed to win the NY Mile three days after Zurich? [4:15]
Laura Muir: I enjoyed New York. I’ve only raced it once before, back in 2016. It didn’t work out for me to finish my season there in any of the recent years. I was second to Jenny Simpson in 2016 – which I think a lot of people have been. Jenny is the queen of that race. It was really nice to go back and win it. It was a race that was on my list that I wanted to win because it’s such an iconic race. I was delighted with that and the time. The time was pretty surprising given how tired the body was. So it was a really nice way to finish the season.
RBR #3, Do you prefer paced races or “championship style”?
Laura Muir: I think I like both for different reasons. If you know you are running well, and you’re fit and you want to run fast, then it’s nice to have a fast race and you can see where you are at. Sometimes it can be frustrating if you’re ready to run fast but the race is slow and tactical and the time doesn’t show where you’re at. At the same time tactical races,…
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