which makes us ask....just how good was lukas verzbicas?

RIP Verzbicas. Your cult following will always be there for you

ric flair woo wrote:

RIP Verzbicas. Your cult following will always be there for you

+1

Dude can’t ride his bike.

Personally?

LV's picture of him get out bed shortly after his accident

I S the most inspiring impression from an endurance athlete's

perspective. If I were a major magazine writer, I'd bang

down his door/agent to get his view...Atlantic Magazine are you

listening? Smithsonian?

Hope he is well and keeping a positive mental attitude.

Why only a cult following? He is one of the top 3 HS distance runners of all time.

Best HS two mile with LV working hard in the final 200:

https://www.letsrun.com/photos/2011/presaturday/images/Verzbicas_Lukas1-Pre11.JPG

One more: LV had best indoor track meet in history at 2011 NB Indoor Nationals: Friday night he wins 5,000 in national record 14:06; Sunday morning beats King Ches in 2 mile in 8:40.70, missing Lindgren's record by about half a second; and 90 minutes later, wins the mile in 4:10.

http://www.runblogrun.com/assets_c/2011/03/Verzbicas_LukasMileFV1_NBN11-thumb-500x750-1063.jpg

DC Wonk wrote:

One more: LV had best indoor track meet in history at 2011 NB Indoor Nationals: Friday night he wins 5,000 in national record 14:06; Sunday morning beats King Ches in 2 mile in 8:40.70, missing Lindgren's record by about half a second; and 90 minutes later, wins the mile in 4:10.

http://www.runblogrun.com/assets_c/2011/03/Verzbicas_LukasMileFV1_NBN11-thumb-500x750-1063.jpg

what a treat that was, mate. Lukas was truly something special. I remember being in complete shock the weekend of that meet.

Age cheat.

Its egun wrote:

Age cheat.

go outside

HaveYouEver wrote:

Webb ran 27:34 for 10,000m looking like that in 2006 and was faster than Ritz at 10k that year.

haha Webb was definitely juiced to the gills for a about a 6 month period

anon. wrote:

Personally?

LV's picture of him get out bed shortly after his accident

I S the most inspiring impression from an endurance athlete's

perspective. If I were a major magazine writer, I'd bang

down his door/agent to get his view...Atlantic Magazine are you

listening? Smithsonian?

Hope he is well and keeping a positive mental attitude.

Link to that picture?

Lukas is just a great guy, and he is part of the revolution that is making America great again.

qdfdf wrote:

anon. wrote:

Personally?

LV's picture of him get out bed shortly after his accident

I S the most inspiring impression from an endurance athlete's

perspective. If I were a major magazine writer, I'd bang

down his door/agent to get his view...Atlantic Magazine are you

listening? Smithsonian?

Hope he is well and keeping a positive mental attitude.

Link to that picture?

not sure about a photo but here is the video on youtube

Cult or no wrote:

Why only a cult following? He is one of the top 3 HS distance runners of all time.

Because he hasn't run a race since 2013?

Its egun wrote:

Age cheat.

Lol calling this kid an age cheat just shows your ignorance. Unless you're just trolling, then well done.

WOOOOOOW!!!! JUST REWATCHED 2010 FOOTLOCKER LUKAS LITERALLY JOGGED THE LAST 100M AND WALKED THE LAST 10 METERS AND STILL WENT SUB 15 WTF

HE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

Apparently not so good at staying on his bike.

I agree with the fans. I remember the indoor meet mentioned above. 3 events. There was an indoor second place to Lagat, I think. Everyone remembers the XC races the most, but those were against a shallower pool of competition than the occasional pro race. Here's what today's youth may not realize:

Never joined his HS track team.

Never ran in a State-sanctioned HS meet.

Never ran a 1600 or 3200 that I'm aware of. (I followed him at the time and never heard about one, feel free to correct if you know of any.)