Allyson Felix has a zillion Olympic gold medals all the while being a mom.
Allyson Felix has a zillion Olympic gold medals all the while being a mom.
Pretty sure he just means Meb had already won NYC and medaled at the Olympics. 2014 Boston was a surprise for sure, but Meb already had won major marathons.
xcobserver78 wrote:
Pretty sure he just means Meb had already won NYC and medaled at the Olympics. 2014 Boston was a surprise for sure, but Meb already had won major marathons.
So then Meb winning silver or NYC would be the biggest of his stories
Wejo forgot that many East Africans live in huts and below the poverty line. Sifan Hassan is a god damn refugee. Get your head out of your ass. And keira isn’t rich and she wasn’t in rags.
Poon Shooter. wrote:
wejo wrote: Meb winning Boston was pretty cool but it was Meb.
Wtf does THAT mean?
Let me phrase that better (and I’ll correct up top)
Meb winning Boston was pretty cool but he was already was an Olympic silver medalist. (And had won NY so he was constantly surprising us)
wejo wrote:
Poon Shooter. wrote:
Wtf does THAT mean?
Let me phrase that better (and I’ll correct up top)Meb winning Boston was pretty cool but he was already was an Olympic silver medalist. (And had won NY so he was constantly surprising us)
Meb, also, was average. He also lived in a refugee camp. He busted his ass and became great. How can you be this out of touch?
You are wrong. Might not even be this weeks coolest story with Stetson Bennetts championship.
mh007 wrote:
You are wrong. Might not even be this weeks coolest story with Stetson Bennetts championship.
Ah, see you said it he sport. Missed that. Still no big issue great story.
wejo wrote:
Poon Shooter. wrote:
Wtf does THAT mean?
Let me phrase that better (and I’ll correct up top)Meb winning Boston was pretty cool but he was already was an Olympic silver medalist. (And had won NY so he was constantly surprising us)
Huh? Which is it? Are you saying it’s the “coolest” story or the best “rags to riches” story, or are you saying that rags to riches stories are cool, Mr. Silver Spooned Elitish
And then wouldn’t Meb winning NYC be the cooler story?
Use your words
Brian Sell making the Olympics in 2008 is a bigger deal and better story. Running a fast time in an event where routes are not standard and it is very weather/course dependent just leaves me a bit colder.
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meh. rags to doped to the gills.
wejo wrote:
To prove me wrong, you must post a better rags to riches story.
Radcliffe: from an also-ran (getting dropped easily on the last lap) to multiple world records;
Ramzi: from an also-ran (getting dropped...) to multiple Gold medals;
Farah: from an also-ran (getting...) to multiple Gold medals;
Houlihan: from a 15:49 PR at age 22 to a 14:23 and multiple American and world records.
Rags to riches, Wejo??
She grew up in Fairfax County, VA. Went to Oakton High School.
This is hardly "rags".
Fairfax County is the 2nd highest per capita and family income in Virginia. Their school system is one of the nation's best and Oakton high school is at top of the high schools in Fairfax County.
wejo wrote:
I just called Jon Gault with the statement above and he said maybe this decade.To prove me wrong, you must post a better rags to riches story.Dreams do become reality.Meb winning Boston was pretty cool but he was already was an Olympic silver medalist.
Lopez Lomong really puts Kiera's story in perspective in terms of "rags to riches"
You get a national championship , and you get a national champio wrote:
37 yrs old, decade away from the sport and breaks an American record running an amazing time. Why does no one question the legitimacy of this? We question and suspect everyone else that runs fast.
The shoes work better for some … she’s very fortunate !
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Her last 3 miles were 15:36!!!
How long until some 2:15 dude decides to change his identity and take it down?
comedyre|;3f wrote:
How long until some 2:15 dude decides to change his identity and take it down?
Very few American men can run 2:15.