What is the difference between Nick Symmonds, and Maggie Vessey ?

Ones a doper the other is Nick.

I thought Rupp looked dazed prior to the race as well.

More experience will help Rupp and Symmonds. Vessey seems so fragile between the ears.

Actually, if a person is "white as a sheep", that means they're getting ready for a fight. (Of course, you can't see this with dark skinned people but the same physiological responses take place) So if you insult someone and they go pale, they're probably going to attack you. It's when they're red in the face you usually don't have much to worry about. Being pale merely means the blood has flowed into the muscles, part of the fight or flight response. Nick was there to fight.

Watching the replay of the race, Nick isn't pale as a ghost, sheep or golf ball. He's the same as always, and in fact looks determined.

Pay F#$%ing Attention wrote:

Ones a doper the other is Nick.

That's right: they're all on the sauce at Soquel High School.

Oh wait- which one has the manager who is named in Game of Shadows and is married to someone on the BALCO supply list?

Vessey obviously needs more confidence in herself, so hopefully she can start working with a decent sports shrink. I think more big race experience will help her, same goes for Symmonds. Symmonds only started racing in Europe this season. I could see him really take another big step or two forward by the end of next summer.

A misplaced comma.

Rupp did not look dazed before the race.

He did aftwards, exhausted.

Paleface Not wrote:

Actually, if a person is "white as a sheep", that means they're getting ready for a fight. (Of course, you can't see this with dark skinned people but the same physiological responses take place) So if you insult someone and they go pale, they're probably going to attack you. It's when they're red in the face you usually don't have much to worry about. Being pale merely means the blood has flowed into the muscles, part of the fight or flight response. Nick was there to fight.

Watching the replay of the race, Nick isn't pale as a ghost, sheep or golf ball. He's the same as always, and in fact looks determined.

Depends on your screen.

He certainly had the expressions of someone white as a sheet.

Go look at him before Pre, or USA's or Monaco.

Ny the same token, Wheating looked ready to puke before his NCAA title.

About 20 seconds...

Nick has more current race experience thus more confidence. Maggie's got the goods, will settle down with more experience. But, gosh they're both good looking!

They would make a great couple. Both dumb jocks.

Don't use the excuse that Nick Symmonds ran out of steam "after the rounds". Everyone had the same amount of heats they had to run, and if anything Nick had THE EASIEST two rounds of prelims. His first, he had 2 2minute guys in the damn heat as well as a 1:53 guy. In his second heat everyone good ended up falling down.

He ran a good strategy for once in the final but he just simply isn't on the level of the other guys.

Road Racer wrote:

About 20 seconds...

i must of missed symmonds running 1:37, you'd think a guy with that kind of pb would come higher than 6th at worlds

This is only Vessey's first year of being on the world stage, and only her first year of running heats in a World Final. Remember Symmonds didn't make it out of the semis until this year...

I, too, clicked on this thread hoping for some sort of a joke.

Nick is not dumb. He's quite far from dumb.

Maggie breats are twice as big as Nikc's and her legs are twice as long as Nick's.

But Nick tactically races alot better.

Other than those things they are practically twins.

They could be a good couple.

For running geeks only.

What if they had a baby? It would be one damn good 800 runner?