I am curious to see how many empty seats will dot Hayward. I have a feeling it will be a lot and Track Town USA will stay home devastated.
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I am about to pis% in my pants! Will run the %k on Sunday and watch the men's marathon then go to the track for M 10000. Monday will run around Springfield for the women's marathon then off to the afternoon track session for the M SC and the W 1500, along with all the other events in those time slots.
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track chick wrote:
Haven't heard of the March Madness tournament so I don't get excited for either the men or women's tournament.
The women's 800 especially will be great this year. It's just a fact that women run slower times than men, don't throw or jump as far. Sad if you want to discount literally half of the events and have no interest or excitement in them as it cuts your viewing pleasure in half.
I'd imagine most people on here will watch the women's 800.
Womens 800; rooting for a USA sweep.
Mens 200; love a grudge match.
I’m not too excited by either 1500, but both the men and women’s steeple look like they could be great and unpredictable.
Crouser and Kovacs make the shot put fun.
(So I guess my answer is… I’m excited about the events team USA is gonna crush) :)40 -
Ghost of Mike Golic wrote:
track chick wrote:
I'm most excited about the women's 800 and 1500 but that's just personal bias!
What is this, LetRunW? Who would be excited about a bunch of women running times that a HS sophomore could do in any state?
I bet you also get WAY more excited for the women’s March Madness tournament each year than you do the men’s?
I was thinking about this the other day. In track, the men's and women's competitions are treated pretty evenly as it's mainly about a beating b, etc so the difference in times isn't that important. In basketball, the difference in ability is obvious if you are watching it.
But golf is much like track - it's mainly about a beating b - and yet the women's golfers make like 1/10th of what men make.
Someone asked about Hassan, we have an update.
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THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
I think no offense to Grant, but the more compelling storyline may be who is the current best distance runner in the world (if there is one)? Barega? Cheptegei? Aregawi? Do we get someone running just one event winning a gold?
Also I think the mens 400, womens 100H (world record v possible), womens steeple, and womens 1500 could be great.
Excellent point. The men's 10 and 5 are going to be INSANE. Who wins the 10k- Barega or Cheptegei? Then they come back in the 5 with Jakob?
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bloviating wrote:
I am curious to see how many empty seats will dot Hayward. I have a feeling it will be a lot and Track Town USA will stay home devastated.
I looked at the ticketing website. The 2nd weekend is very full.
The stadium is small. I think it will look great. It's not hard to get 15,000 track fans from the entire globe to show up at the first Worlds in 3 years.
The PM sessions for the opening and closing weekends are very full. I didn't check mid-week. AM? I doubt it.
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Interesting what you say about cutthroat 800 semis ... are you old enough to remember the 84 Trials and 84 Games (Johnny Gray, Earl Jones, Joaquim Cruz)? Man, those were cutthroat!
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Excited to see what Sydney M, Mu, Ajee and the BEST US womens 1500 team will do at the meet.
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rojo wrote:
THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:
I think no offense to Grant, but the more compelling storyline may be who is the current best distance runner in the world (if there is one)? Barega? Cheptegei? Aregawi? Do we get someone running just one event winning a gold?
Also I think the mens 400, womens 100H (world record v possible), womens steeple, and womens 1500 could be great.
Excellent point. The men's 10 and 5 are going to be INSANE. Who wins the 10k- Barega or Cheptegei? Then they come back in the 5 with Jakob?
Yes, is this not the greatest men’s 5000 m field ever assembled? This is the race of the meet. Now that Hassan is back, I’d say her quest for a double again is a better story than several others listed. Finally, I know Mu looked a touch vulnerable at the trials, but she’s going to smoke this field when it counts and in retrospect the women’s 800 will be a🥱
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What? Did Calgary get retroactively kicked out of the Western Hemisphere?
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Aaaack, sorry, meant Edmonton!
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If the stands are not going to be full is it possible that they could give the tickets to local high schools for a very discounted fee? I know some other championships did similar. It might spark a lifelong interest in some children.
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1. Sydney.
2. Womens 200m. Mostly Steiner 3. Mens 200m4. Womens 800m
5. Womens 4x4
6. Mens 100hs
7. Mens 400hs
8 Mens 100m
9 Mens 400m
10. Mondo
The biggest story is all the different nationalities of women and those track goddess bodies. Omg. Can’t get enough. Hopefully there’s butt cheeks and pierced nips everywhere lol.
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Ghost of Mike Golic wrote:
track chick wrote:
I'm most excited about the women's 800 and 1500 but that's just personal bias!
What is this, LetRunW? Who would be excited about a bunch of women running times that a HS sophomore could do in any state?
I bet you also get WAY more excited for the women’s March Madness tournament each year than you do the men’s?
Fishing for snowflakes?
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89 steps wrote:
Confused writer wrote:
I’ve gotta say, I really question JG’s use of “gunned down” as a metaphor in the section of the article about the 200m. You could have used any number of less aggressive and violent sounding metaphors, especially amidst a summer of mass shootings in the US. Just kinda came off in bad taste to me
Triggered much?
I thought it was the perfect metaphor and I am very much anti gun.
Gunned down. Triggered.
lol
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michimanx wrote:
Interesting what you say about cutthroat 800 semis ... are you old enough to remember the 84 Trials and 84 Games (Johnny Gray, Earl Jones, Joaquim Cruz)? Man, those were cutthroat!
Was there for both. Sad to see guys like Paige, Robinson and Wilson not get another chance but watched Jones and Marshall all season and knew they were in the hunt for a spot. Gray and Jones advance to the final in LA with Jones being my favorite and hopeful but Cruz was on a tear and his size and back kick was imposing. Coe was my idol but 800s are like NASCAR. Its all about position. Jones clung smartly to the rail but ran out of time/track and Cruz was fulfilling his destiny.
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Ghost of Mike Golic wrote:
track chick wrote:
I'm most excited about the women's 800 and 1500 but that's just personal bias!
What is this, LetRunW? Who would be excited about a bunch of women running times that a HS sophomore could do in any state?
I bet you also get WAY more excited for the women’s March Madness tournament each year than you do the men’s?
Hey lookit, one of the resident incels weighs in.
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Right, I’m sure all those sold out sessions are going to be totally empty. 🙄
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The best race is gonna be McLaughlin/Muhammad/Bol in the women's 400H. It's possible two of them could run WRs and lose.
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bloviating wrote:
I am curious to see how many empty seats will dot Hayward. I have a feeling it will be a lot and Track Town USA will stay home devastated.
It will be pretty full. Don't forget, it's not a local crowd like nationals. Athletics officials from all over the world will be attending. The Super Bowl is full not because the stands are packed with locals but because of personnel from the NFL and all the teams are attending.
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