Jersey Shore wrote:
We all know there's a difference between a one shot race and a 3 round meet, right? AND who were they beating at OT? Centro? Andrews? Blankenship? Who's off?
Exactly. Good point. After reading about Colby on these boards it becomes apparent why he "only" took 7th at the Trials yet put a whoopin' on a comparable, if not better, field yesterday.
This thread has pointed out that Colby is a low mileage guy at this point in his career. Race once and his talent allows him to run fast and compete well at the highest of U.S. levels.
Make him run 3 races in 4 days and he has no legs left by the last go 'round.
He was in great shape with 350 to go in the Olympic Trial final but had no kick over the last 350. He was probably fried by then.
He's young and if they can build up his mileage over the next few years, he could be a real threat to win a Trials final in 2020.