Official 2017 Oxy Live Discussion Thread.

Hey, I'm just hearing news that the 3000m Steeplechase at Oxy last night won't count, because some of the barriers were set too low. RunnerSpace is reporting it. Any news? (Scroll to the last paragraph of the article) http://middle-distance-classic.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=3423&do=news&news_id=478917

Aren't Olympic sports the bulk of NBCSN programming (now that hockey about over)? How will NBCSN & Gold BOTH provide quality programming? Note - I said Olympic sports.....not just T&F.

is it just me or am I able to watch highlight videos here

http://www.nbcsports.com/video/event/2017-usatf-distance-classic

not a gold subscriber or subscriber of any kind

or am I watching a different event?

Whoa nice find!

but why wrote:

is it just me or am I able to watch highlight videos here

http://www.nbcsports.com/video/event/2017-usatf-distance-classic

not a gold subscriber or subscriber of any kind

or am I watching a different event?

yeah this is rather enjoyable, they made a big mistake not making this available live for free to encourage running in the USA

nice little meet and the women's 5000 and the men's 1500 is exciting

video quality is excellent and it's like those 60fps football games

commentary is far superior to what NBC does for mainstream broadcasts

watching the centro post-interview now

The water jump barrier fell to the womens height on the first jump. It must not have been set properly.

Laura Weightman is fit, dang, nice race

and she is wearing that Nike seasonal clothing/colors only elites can get

I want that Nike shopping catalog!

It occurs to me that Muir is nudging Weightman into the 5000.

Why did I pay for a USATF.tv subscription?

I want my money back, baby, back, baby back

Holy moly wrote:

The water jump barrier fell to the womens height on the first jump. It must not have been set properly.

They started the race a bit late after messing around with that barrier for several minutes.

Anybody else notice Mo running in lane 4 on the backstretch for about 100-150 meters appearing to do strides yet coincidentally being perfectly even with Jenkins during his race?

What happened to Brazier? He was sitting in the crowd watching the meet.

YEAH BUDDY wrote:

malmo wrote:

WTF? The third fastest ever run by an American on US soil, and you have to go all the way back to 1984 to find anyone else to have run faster.

It's only May.

Or, y'know, 2015

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/06/evan-jager-runs-the-fastest-1500-by-an-american-born-athlete-on-american-soil-with-a-huge-332-97-pr/

Count Jager + Ryun + Centrowitz: = 3 Americans. "You have to go all the way back to 1984 (Coe and Cram) to find anyone else to have run faster."

I forgot about the super-prolific1996 Oly semifinal though.

3:32.53 Sebastian Coe (GB) Los Angeles 11 Aug 84 (OG)

3:32.88 Noureddine Morceli (Alg) Atlanta 1 Aug 96 (OG semi)

3:32.97 Evan Jager Portland 2015

3:33.1 Jim Ryun (US) Los Angeles 8 Jul 67

3:33.12 Cacho Atlanta 1996

3:33.30 Abdi Bile Atlanta 1996

3:33.40 Steve Cram LA 1984

3:33.41 Matthew Centrowitz Oxy 2017

3:33.57 Tanui Atlanta 1996

3:33.73 Rotich Atlanta 1996

3:33.92 Leo Manzano new York 2010

3:34.13 Bernard Lagat (Ken) Gresham 17 May 03

3:34.13 Heath Garrett Portland 2015

3:34.19 Mo Farah Oxy 2017

3:34.30 Jose Abascal LA 1984

3:34.34 Lagat (US) Carson 22 May 05

3:34.35 Maazouzi Atlanta 1996

3:34.35 Christopher O’Hare Oxy 2017

3:34.52 Chesire LA 1984

3:34.55 Mayock Atlanta 1996

3:34.74 Rachid Ramzi (Brn) Stanford 30 May 05

3:34.75 Galen Rupp Oxy 2012

3:34.75 Robbie Andrews Oxy 2012

3:34.82 Alan Webb Indy 2007

3:34.84 Chekhemani Atlanta 1996

3:34.87 Uwe Becker (WG) Durham, NC 26 Jun 82

3:34.91 Mark Carroll (Ire) Raleigh 17 Jun 00

3:34.92 Steve Scott (US) Knoxville 20 Jun 82

Form German's twitter feed:

"I guess getting clipped is just something I can't escape"

https://twitter.com/german_ferndz/status/865438969370099712

Holy moly wrote:

THat's big range for Rogers. USA half marathon champ down to 15:08 in the 5k.

She is big time.

Rogers is very impressive. I'm a fan, and very excited about her comeback since the '12 Trials. I really hope she makes the team in a few weeks.

Always psyched when Wheating runs a good time and always hoping that he can build on these performances rather than them being one-off. Maybe training on his own was the key. Hunter's 3:55.86 conversion to mile (x1.08) would be close to a 1 second pr, so continued good progress for him. If he had just run 3:38.39 1500m as a true freshman (but old for his class), plenty would be very excited about that. He has good mile speed for a 5000m runner if that turns out to be his best event, and once he gets down to 3:35-36 should contend for an American team at the 5.

Jenny is going to need sub- 2:00 speed to even be a factor at the Pre.