And the award for most disappointing race/runner of the year in 2018 goes to...

Galen Rupp deserves this award. It is the last award he will ever get. He is literally toast.

these are 4 off the top of my head

Bekele was a pretty big disappointment overall

Mary Cain's come-back race in Europe

Ummmmm ever heard of jordan hassay?

Des Linden's pathetic 2:39:55 in Boston

Bekele destroyed the field in a major 10 miller with big hills and without carbon springs in 46 minutes and didn't evan try hard so that was good. He was unfortunately injured for his marathons but he could still get the WR next year in 2019. Look at 2015 where he missed the whole year but bounced back for an epic 2016.

Most disappointing race of the year, I'd probably have to go with white. Between the number of school shootings and mass murderers, an overwhelming majority of politicians getting nothing done, sexual assaults in power positions...Definitely not a good year.

Stay classy, you matched pair of Johnson's.

They grow there own trees, don't they? wrote:

Galen Rupp deserves this award. It is the last award he will ever get. He is literally toast.

Harsh man, he has never let you yanks down and is best talent you will have for a generation.

They grow there own trees, don't they? wrote:

Galen Rupp deserves this award. It is the last award he will ever get. He is literally toast.

No, he is figuratively toast. Unless you actually mean that he's been transformed into a piece of bread and been heated up in a toaster. Then he would literally be toast.

They grow there own trees, don't they? wrote:

Bekele destroyed the field in a major 10 miller with big hills and without carbon springs in 46 minutes and didn't evan try hard so that was good. He was unfortunately injured for his marathons but he could still get the WR next year in 2019. Look at 2015 where he missed the whole year but bounced back for an epic 2016.

Bekele is finished. Sorry to break it to you Banana Bread.

For ultra running that must be Camille Herron.

She promised us a new World Record in 24 hour running in the 170-174 mile range.

All what we got was a lousy 162.9 miles.

Gotta agree with Gwen Jorgensen’s marathon performance, as there was such much hype and content prepared for the fizzle.

literally does not mean figuratively wrote:

They grow there own trees, don't they? wrote:

Galen Rupp deserves this award. It is the last award he will ever get. He is literally toast.

No, he is figuratively toast. Unless you actually mean that he's been transformed into a piece of bread and been heated up in a toaster. Then he would literally be toast.

POTD

Please give the doping excuse award to Kiprop.

Are you injecting EPO?

Not really.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a9W3w7H_JwE

I'm not banana bread. I think Bekele will bounce back next year and get the marathon WR. Jos Hermens said Bekele got injured and didn't really get time to train yet he still ran 2:04 pace for most of the race and would of gotten 2:07 if he cared about finishing in 2:07 to satisfy some idiots. Imagine how good he can be without injuries and full periods of training. I personally literally believe he can beat Kipchoge.

Honorable mention. A disappointing race (or maybe race director?), would be this year's Reebok (formerly Tufts) 10K for Women. A turnaround was shortened last minute by 150 meters for a 10k that was really only 9.7k. Before it was known that the course was short, the Boston Globe released an article titled "Emily Sisson sets US 10K record in winning Reebok Boston race" for her 30:39 performance. SMH.

"Sisson checked her watch twice at the mile four mark. "I have raced here maybe three or four times, and I love it here. I felt really good [at mile four], and I wondered what I ran - [my watch read] 4:05 and I said, 'I don't feel that good,'" laughed Sisson."

http://www.runblogrun.com/2018/10/emily-sisson-wins-second-reebok-boston-10k-for-women-in-3039-300m-short-of-10k.html

How about an award category for best (or most ridiculously laughable) negative split? I think Mary Keitany's 75:50/66:58 in NYC would take the cake.

Can you run an analytic on all 2018 posts for the most referenced athlete? "Most talked about athlete on LR" could be another.

They grow there own trees, don't they? wrote:

Galen Rupp deserves this award. It is the last award he will ever get. He is literally toast.

Two 2:06-lows in 2018.

Let me guess. You were one of the NOP-haters that in December 2017 would say that Rupp was just a 2:09 guy and in December 2016 would point out that he had never broken 2:10.

Bekele and his dounut belly. He isn’t even trying to stay lean anymore.

Joey Defeo

Easy - Gwen’s disaster of a marathon in Chicago