WEJO's 10K

Wejo, I don't know you, but I defy ANYBODY to call a guy a "pussy" when he does the training you do and runs 10k in 28:54. That's an awesome accomplishment, and so is the win!!! At those levels, you win them any way you can, and following an irrational rabbit 20-40 yards back is called "intelligent" and not "wimpy".

This is coming from a guy with a 35:48 lifetime best......and I'm proud of it!!!

Plus, your website is the best I've seen.

As I've said before, any man who can pace Paula through the majority of a marathon is a serious Olympic trial top 3 contender.

wejo i still think you are a pussy. i was there at the race and you raced like a little bitch. it was the f*cking stanford B section of the 10k. i mean what is the point of going for the "win" there. that is why americna distance running isnt as strong b/c pussys like you are too scared to take it out and run with balls. at least we have FROSH like simon bairu who arent scared to run with some guts.

final statement: wejo you are a pussy.

i too agree with that last post. what is the point of wanting to "win" the stanford B section when there is obviously someone in the race who wants to run fast. wejo didn't you want to try and run 28:40??? i guess the "win" was more important to you.

well wejo good job on beating a college frosh who had a PR of 30:09. i hope that you feel good knowing that you had that much left but weren't willing to push yourself.

Congrats Wejo on a great performance, looks like you will be back to your old form in no time. Great Race.

Well, America doesn't technically HAVE Bairu, as he's Canadian.

I'm glad Wejo doesn't care that people are calling him a pussy. Can't we admire the efforts of both the Wisconsin runner and Wejo? It doesn't matter what the meet is- leading a race takes balls, but so does putting on a huge kick to win the race.

Every good runner has their critics, but in my experience, the critics never beat the target of their criticism. Why would anyone be bitter about someone they consider slow?

This debate brings to mind the semi-famous quote from Teddy Roosevelt:

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Wow. What a justification for Imperialism from the man himself. "I'm gonna just do whatever I want and screw over any dissenters and non-Americans, and you can't critique me because you're not me and you weren't there." Wrong time for that quote. People should ALWAYS be held accountable for their actions. You don't have to take an active part to be able to critque. Sometimes, a more removed perspective is just what the situation needs.

you know what they say...

you are what you jerk off to on the computer

I'm sure Wejo wanted to run 28:40, even 27:40, but wasn't quite ready at this time. This was his first race since Chicago, really. First track race in 2 years. If you read his pre-race comments, he was only able to run 9:16 for 2M the week before. He looked to be laboring mid-race, and the result was very gutsy. I'm sure the win is nice, but he's happy to have a good race and looking forward to the rest of the season.

Maybe you shouldn't be such an asshole, agreed. That, or actually base your thoughts on reality.

Thanks Drifter, that is a SO TRUE. I rarely post here, because I finally realize how retarded I was being arguing with anonymous dimwits. Most others here still don?t realize it. And WeJo of course would hate for anyone one on here to come to that conclusion, because they would then stop hitting his site. People are arguing on whether or not Wejo is a ?pussy.? For the love of God.

Wejo on Sub 28:00??Well that's the goal in the next race.? I won?t argue with anyone, but simply state a fact: that will NEVER happen. NEVER. And it has nothing to with being a pussy or not. He?s just not good enough, that?s all. First race or not, 1 minute is a lot.

Good job Wejo, nice win.

"i mean what is the point of going for the "win" there"

Isn't winning the point?

pussy wrote:

wejo i still think you are a pussy. i was there at the race and you raced like a little bitch

Ahhhh, so you were there at the race. So, who is the bigger pussy, the guy who hasn't raced on a track in almost 2 years and runs 28:54 in the B race or the guy calling him a pussy from the stands who couldn't even get into the race, let alone win? Spoken like a true embittered person who will accomplish little, if anything in life, on or off the track.

Good grief. This is what I hate about this message board. How is someone going to criticize a guy who just ran a 28:54 and hasn't raced on the track in years?? I mean even if he raced every week, its still a 28:54 which is a great time by anyones standards. I don't care how fast you run, even if you are Geb, you still have to respect that time on any level. All of you guys who criticize a guy who runs 28:54 are nothing but a bunch of jealous haters. And I guarantee you anyone who is faster than that would never criticize that time because they have too much respect for the amount of effort it takes to get there and actually run it.

Anyways, GOOD JOB on the 28:54. Very solid effort. You da man!

Bairu ran one heck of a race. He can now go back to wisconsin and sit around and train for a month and a half as he got his 28:58 qualifier at Stanford. With that amount of training he should be able to run a 28:20. I heard that somewhere around 6km bairu was going at 28:10 pace. It is to bad that he couldn't hold on to that.

Great job Wejo.....keep it up!

dirk wrote:

Bairu ran one heck of a race. He can now go back to wisconsin and sit around and train for a month and a half as he got his 28:58 qualifier at Stanford. With that amount of training he should be able to run a 28:20. I heard that somewhere around 6km bairu was going at 28:10 pace. It is to bad that he couldn't hold on to that.

Don't know where you heard that. He went through 5k probably at 14:26.

And to the guy who said I don't have the talent to run 28:00. I ran 28:10 2 years ago. So unless you assume that was the perfect day, and I will never improve I don't see how you can state that so confidently.