Ches ain't no king

Cool story, bro

Had to get it off my chest. Of all people, you know how it is.

I called him out on Twitter after the race and he blocked me lol

The King has what 7 NCAA championship and 2 runner ups as a Soph wow he is going to add 2 more in the 5 and 10 K at NCAA outdoors in Eugene has any athlete male or female won 9 National Championship total their first 2 years in College????? Thanks and GO DUCKS

they call me flopro wrote:

The King has what 7 NCAA championship and 2 runner ups as a Soph wow he is going to add 2 more in the 5 and 10 K at NCAA outdoors in Eugene has any 25 year old male or female won 9 National Championship total their first 2 years in College????? Thanks and GO DUCKS

So he lost to three guys with these credentials:

Lawi Lalang: 3:33.20 1500m, 3:52.88 Mile, 13:00.95 5000m, 7:36.44 3000m.

Eric Jenkins: 7:44.91 3000m, 13:18.57 5000m as a sophomore

Jordy Williamsz: 3:36.74 1500m, 1:46.77 800m

Aside from these three people that I don't exactly see getting beat in the NCAA all that often, because of the impressive credentials above, Ches trounces everybody who he seriously competes against in championship competition. Who cares if you don't like his method of winning. You make it sound like everybody else in the competitions are throwing their bodies to the wind in these races trying to lead. No. Everybody sits and kicks while one sacrificial lamb leads and settles for a slow, painful death as everybody passes him. Why do people expect Ches to risk his chances for a win just to end up losing and then be forced to watch the backlash. This backlash included 20 new threads on Letsrun celebrating his defeat, Flotrack using every opportunity that week to display his loss as the biggest headline and if it is an important event he just loses points for his team just because the fans want to see him be ballsy. When you're the guy who has the most to lose if you do anything but win then tell me you wouldn't be playing it safe too.

Are you listening flotrack?! wrote:

Now that Cheserek has gotten worked by Lawi, Jenkins, and now Williamsz, oh how I hope the Flotrack turds stop referring to him as The King. Probably silly to be bothered so much by something trivial, but I hate it. He sits on people in nearly every race. I understand the point is to win, but sheesh, share some work once in awhile, dude. Was absolutely wonderful to see him get beat today.

I'll just point out that nearly every runner in any given championship race goes to fairly great lengths to avoid leading. The only exception is typically the 1-2 runners who do decide to lead, and it's very rare that they ever manage to win.

For example, Dejen Gebremeskel a few years ago gave an interview in which he said he's "melt Farah's lungs" or something similar in the championship. Come time for the championship, Gebremeskel refused to lead and got outkicked.

In the race you're describing, Williamsz also went to great lengths to avoid leading in the race. In fact, it was a combination of Cheserek trying to pass the lead and Williamsz repeatedly slowing in response to it that caused the huge slowdown in the first place. You more or less just watched a guy who sits and kicks get beaten by another guy who sits and kicks. And for some reason you're more happy that one of them one than the other?

3000dude wrote:

So he lost to three guys with these credentials:

Lawi Lalang: 3:33.20 1500m, 3:52.88 Mile, 13:00.95 5000m, 7:36.44 3000m.

Eric Jenkins: 7:44.91 3000m, 13:18.57 5000m as a sophomore

Jordy Williamsz: 3:36.74 1500m, 1:46.77 800m

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Ches is at least 3-4 years older than all of them.

Chronogical Passport wrote:

3000dude wrote:

So he lost to three guys with these credentials:

Lawi Lalang: 3:33.20 1500m, 3:52.88 Mile, 13:00.95 5000m, 7:36.44 3000m.

Eric Jenkins: 7:44.91 3000m, 13:18.57 5000m as a sophomore

Jordy Williamsz: 3:36.74 1500m, 1:46.77 800m

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Ches is at least 3-4 years older than all of them.

And you have to "at least" have viable evidence to justify your claim if your gonna start making denominations about the minimum amount of years older he is than those guys.