TLWutt wrote:
The golf cart rumor was true - it was in a Flotrack house tour or something. Was real cringe back then too.
LOL is this true??? Here's the video:
https://www.flotrack.org/video/5550249-nc-state-2015-track-shackSeems to be paywalled, so I can't watch it. Can anyone with a flotrack account record the relevant section? Or confirm?
TLWutt wrote:
(dual citizenship loophole to the Olympics)
Is it really a loophole? Countries set their own standards for qualifying, and the actively choose to allow this under their rules. Whether you like the practice or not, it seems like something countries intentionally allow rather than a loophole.
It's funny to see the golf cart thing described as a "rumor", like it wasn't something he just did routinely out in the open. It's 100% true . Nothing to do with injury, everything to do with rich parents.
Time to bring out that Tibetan Singing Bowl for it's "healing powers" lmao
Parsons does not have the hard standard. But no German runner has for the 5k. So if any will qualify it is by world ranking. The German championship performance is not directly relevant for this. A win or second place in the German CS with a 13:20ish time would have brought quite a few points for the ranking, so this was bad luck for him as it seems rather unlikely that Parsons can put in another good race+placement in the next 3 weeks for the ranking he would need to qualify at all. The early date of the German CS was rather stupid, most other european countries have them in two or three weeks.
Bartelsmeyer missed the 1500m standard but got a good time and placement points so he will probably qualify via the ranking.
The German press reported that she was missing from the German champs due to back problems
blankety blank wrote:
Where is Klosterhalfen? She hasn't raced since February...?
I heard, after 10k in Austin she developed a stress fracture. Not sure if that's correct but it would make sense she is still not racing.
henrik wrote:
I heard, after 10k in Austin she developed a stress fracture. Not sure if that's correct but it would make sense she is still not racing.
Consistent with the obvious eating disorder. Those around her should do better.
JO Coach wrote:
TLWutt wrote:
The golf cart rumor was true - it was in a Flotrack house tour or something. Was real cringe back then too.
Surely there was a good reason for the golf cart. Rehabbing from injury maybe?
Candy ass isn't a running injury, that I'm aware of.
loophole? wrote:
TLWutt wrote:
(dual citizenship loophole to the Olympics)
Is it really a loophole? Countries set their own standards for qualifying, and the actively choose to allow this under their rules. Whether you like the practice or not, it seems like something countries intentionally allow rather than a loophole.
Transfer of national allegiance allows for athletes to not be locked out of competition due to despotic governments, corrupt NGBs, or international boycotts. Like Sydney Maree or Mark Plaatjes. The only think Parsons fled was his own inability to compete better against the countrymen of his native land and squaring that with his insecurity, basically a C-grade Bahraini or Qatari native to Ethiopia or Kenya. That kind of shadow never goes away, as we just saw.
What a BRAVE and TOUGH race. He took it out hard and made everyone work for it. SUCH AN INSPIRATION
Don't worry , new TME will DROP next weekend. Hard to get any training in when you're a marketing/designer genius.
free shipping with purchases wrote:
Waiting for the mescaline inspired instagram post replete with new age catchphrases that makes it seem as though he is engaged in some sort of holy quest as opposed to just being a rich kid who should get a real job. Namaste, Sam. Namaste.
Probably some black and white photo with sweat beading off his forehead as he stares off into the distance.
Ok, I just watched the whole race, and focused very closely on Parsons' body language and also the splits and his race position. I have never seen someone drop out with 600-800 to go in a 5,000 unless they literally were shoved, tripped up or somehow incurred an injury due to the race at that point. Parsons did not have any of those things occur. This is merely due to Parsons not being in shape, and honestly, there was no way Parsons could have closed a 13:30 tactical race right now with a 2:32.1 last 1,000. He is definitely not in shape to be dropping a 2:32 last K. He realized he is not good enough to win the German champs, and dropped out, and cooked up an excuse by holding his foot for the camera to see. Will then hop on social media, and post a video about how it had somehow been bothering him.
Watch the race before making passive aggressive comments behind a keyboard. He wasn't injured. He just got dropped big time with 600-800 to go, and couldn't hang. There was ZERO compensation, which would have been occurring if he had pain or an injury. At that point in the race, he would have finished. And yes, I have raced a championship on a stress fracture.
She is recovering from a back injury in Austria and had to cancel her appearance at German nationals like many others
Lower back issues is code for sacral stress fx if she hasn't raced/ran in weeks. It's either due to loading issues through bad mechanics or nutritional with I think her issue is the latter.
The difference is Kiplimo could make the team in literally any country
Is this still the injury that Tinman gave him?
skrrt wrote:
The difference is Kiplimo could make the team in literally any country
Yeah most of the Kenyans going to Bahrain and Qatar are not doing it because they aren't good enough, but because these countries will pay them a crap ton of money to run for them. For a relatively poor Kenyan runner, it's a no brainer.
*Or Ugandan, in this case.