Donnelly Now Has A Chance in the 10K Because of Meb!

Meb made the decision because that is what is best for Meb. It had nothing to do with giving someone else an opportunity. Meb is the single most selfish distance runner in the United States. He proved it twenty different times at these trials.

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Meb made the decision because that is what is best for Meb. It had nothing to do with giving someone else an opportunity. Meb is the single most selfish distance runner in the United States. He proved it twenty different times at these trials.

I'm not saying Meb opted out to give Donnelly the opportunity, but it was the end result all the same.

Why don't you hate on Dan Browne as well? He has no shot in the 10K and using your type of narrow-minded reasoning was also selfish enough to keep his fellow Oregon Project teammate from getting his chance to make the Olympics.

imagine that! making a decision that's best for himself! the audacity! just like he makes the decision everyday to work his ass off. just like he made the decision to bust open a slow 10k trials race. just like he made the decision to run the marathon trials at less than full strength in order to make the team. who cares if he does what's best for him. he put in the work, let him reap the benefits.

SJ QUIK...That was the most "spot on" post I have read on here in quite a while! The winners get to make the decision and the losers have to deal with the consequences. That is life, whether it be in sports or business.

it's really amazing to me that meb alone is being picked on for not toeing the line when he entered and declared for a race (the 5K) when literally a couple dozen others did the same thing in various events. nicole teter has been roundly praised on here and yet not a peep about her failing to withdraw from the 1500.

entering and declaring for events which one eventually doesn't run is quite routine at the trials and is an accepted (probably encouraged) practice. the "johnny come latelys", the recreational runners big on "participation", and others who have no idea about elite racing come out of the woodwork and bitch about it. but if BK did it, then it's "smart".

I'd like to know how Meb proved "20 different times" at the Trials that he's the most selfish athlete around. Please. Let's see some specifics.

Donnelly's a good guy and I'm glad he's one of the four named, but where's he even going to find a 10,000 to run before August 9?

I have been to every trials since 1968 so I am slightly amuzed by the johnny come lately comment. Donnelly, Lemkuhle, Graff and several others that were entered in the 5k took the time to scratch. So all of these athletes must not of been aware of that accepted practice that you refer to.

I have 4 words to say...

"white power, hail Hitler"

Thats what you morons are probably thinking, I just said it for you.

I, on the other hand, am a naturalized citizen of this country and believe that there is nothing wrong with what Meb is doing. The only reason you guys are giving him crap is because he's not white. Of course, at least half of you would be on you knees praising his greatness and pledging your undying support if he medals in Athens.

Get a life, go out for a run.

ExD3 runner wrote:

I have 4 words to say...

"white power, hail Hitler"

Thats what you morons are probably thinking, I just said it for you.

I, on the other hand, am a naturalized citizen of this country and believe that there is nothing wrong with what Meb is doing. The only reason you guys are giving him crap is because he's not white. Of course, at least half of you would be on you knees praising his greatness and pledging your undying support if he medals in Athens.

Get a life, go out for a run.

quit your bullshit

Typical. When you have no defense for a mans actions, pull the race card. Although I am not black, I am not white either. Race is not the issue here. Meb and his lack of ethics are.

that was awesome! I like Ryan Shay now.

Ryan R. Shay: AMEN, brother! What is wrong with the people in our sport that you would even have to step up to defend one of the best people in it?

I've come to the conclusion that our sport is populated with punks, and that every time a AD at a university cuts track they're doing the right thing. There can't be much of a discussion involved.

"What are you going to do, Mr Athletic Director?"

"Where going to cut track, who cares about those twits?"

chuck d wrote:

. i'd forgotten i was on letsrun.com where athletes can't have a bad race or else they're shit (quick aside: it rather amazes me that the posters on letsrun never have bad races and yet our elite athletes do. someone should look into it). of course, once they start having good races again they're on drugs.

There you go chuck d, proof that every now and then you say something so lucid, so perfect, it's absolute poetry.

Pretty great post by Ryan Shay! Anonymity is annoying, they hide behind names and shout out obscenenities. Wejo/Rojo will NOT require registration, which further adds to the problem. Wejo/Rojo please listen to Ryan Shay and require registration, or you will only add the number of trolls on the board and great posters who decide to leave. Meb hasn't done anything wrong, I'm sure of it. The people who are badmouthing him know nothing of the situation. Who cares if he scratched from the 5k after entering, did that make somebody else race bad? It had no effect. People need to learn how to be less critical or others and more critical of themselves

Ryan,

I am sure that if Meb were my teammate I would do everything in my power to try to defend the undefendable. As you say I am an anonymous poster and that doesn't carry any weight when I have negative things to say about someone who performs poorly. The same is not true of Meb who publicly bashes Kennedy. What is your defense of that? By the way Ryan, I want to thank you for providing the most entertainment at the trials. I am talking about the fact that you couldn't count to 25? You kicked like an idiot on lap 24 to pull away from Chris Graff and then stopped at the finish (I guess believing you just finished 5th and ran 27:00). When the finish crew told you you had one lap to go you jogged 90 seconds losing 6 positions. Then you came into the finish area and acted like a 8 year old and blew up at the finish crew like it was their fault that you couldn't count to 25. I have picctures of the tirade. It was truly classic. When I read your post above, I pictured the same little temper tantrum (something that is usually reserved for small immature children) and it made me laugh again. Thanks.

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Meb made the decision because that is what is best for Meb. It had nothing to do with giving someone else an opportunity. Meb is the single most selfish distance runner in the United States. He proved it twenty different times at these trials.

so efffing what

selfishness is a necessary streak when you want to be the best

You Sir, make ME laugh. I am amazed at the ferocity of your hatred towards an individual because you don't like the fact that by playing by the rules he gained an advantage!

Or can it be even more sinister? Why the fixation on defending Mr. Kennedy? I don't think he needs you to defend him. Maybe the reason is related to someone's ethnicity or race? Deep down only you know.

Please sir .... take your negativity elsewhere.

- Fox

I still haven't seen any evidence that Meb proved "20 times over" that he's the most selfish athlete in the sport.

Time to go crawl back under your rock now.

Bye Bye.