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  • Olin Czerniak

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/16/2023 5:45am EDT
    re: bumblebee

    bumblebee wrote:

    this is why the sport struggles so much. Even so called fans of the sport can't be bothered to get excited for the important events. It's less than a month out from Worlds and the world's best are still fit and ready to chase records. Why wouldn't you be excited?

    Couldn't care less where it's being held as i'm going to watch on tv regardless.

    It's not purely the fans. A load of athletes who travelled to Eugene simply wished this meet wasn't on the calendar. Even the Americans who travelled West, 'back home'.

    Some had flight delays and missed connections. Others had to travel in excess of 24 hours of air time to reach Eugene.

    This Athletics Weekly article brings a tonne into perspective, especially its headline:

    athleticsweekly.com
    Why Budapest was possibly the best world champs ever - AW
    Here is a look at some of the stats from Hungary and the event's overall success
    Open link

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    LarsL11

    Member since 05/02/2022.

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 6:09am EDT
    re: Track is over

    Track is over wrote:

    Track season is over.
    We have already watched and enjoyed the WC. Prefontaine Classic this year feels like the Pro Bowl after already enjoying a great Super Bowl.

    Speak for yourself. Will Nuguse beat Jakob today in a fantastic race on home soil? Will they go for the WR? How will the 3000m fare, revenge for the Ethiopians?

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    Jed Clampett

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 10:14am EDT
    re: jacksprat

    jacksprat wrote:

    USA record holder. USA champion. Olympian. What have you won?

    Exactly! Respect the pioneers and what they did for the support.

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    hayward field

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 1:52pm EDT
    re: jacksprat

    jacksprat wrote:

    “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt, Strenuous Life

    Great quote, Jack! That's a new one for me.

    Kinda reminds me of the T.E.Lawrence (of Arabia) quote:

    "All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible."

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    jacksprat

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 3:37pm EDT
    re: hayward field

    Thanks for that one Hayward!

  • username 1

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 4:11pm EDT
    re: Track is over

    I would like for the DL final to be before worlds. Around the time the London DL meet usually is would be perfect. If Zurich and Brussels moved up, there could be a DL meet every Fri/Sat from May to mid-July, no off weeks. It would feel more like a sport with a league.

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    Jonathan Commentor

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 5:12pm EDT
    re: wejo

    yup. Quite anticlimactic.

  • Knot Uncommon

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/16/2023 5:19pm EDT
    re: Jonathan Commentor

    Jonathan Commentor wrote:

    yup. Quite anticlimactic.

    This format of worlds mid season with pro league Champs later works fine for golf, tennis, skìng etc

  • great call OP lol

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/16/2023 5:23pm EDT
    re: Jonathan Commentor

    Jonathan Commentor wrote:

    yup. Quite anticlimactic.

    Only one of the most exciting races I’ve seen in my life. What a letdown!

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    ex-runner

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 5:38pm EDT
    re: Bad Wigins

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    Hosoe wrote:

    No that wouldn’t help and it has NOTHING to do with the OP’s point.

    It has everything to do with it. DL Eugene isn't an important meet, or it would be able to schedule itself at a more important point in the season.

    For the USA to name its flagship meet after Prefontaine is like if Kenya named its flagship meet after Edward Cheserek. A guy who totally dominated the NCAA, then flopped as a pro and disappeared.

    Maybe the WCs should be after the Diamond League season has finished?

    To the poster that blamed the fans for not being bothered to watch; the problem isn’t that fans don’t appreciate the sport, it’s that there is a complete lack of structure to it.

    It is uniquely strange to have a top league which runs all season, but breaks in the middle to hold the main championships (which is all that anyone cares about), and then continue with the league. Very odd.

  • username 1

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 5:48pm EDT
    re: Knot Uncommon

    Knot Uncommon wrote:

    Jonathan Commentor wrote:

    yup. Quite anticlimactic.

    This format of worlds mid season with pro league Champs later works fine for golf, tennis, skìng etc

    Running is different in that it's really hard to stay at a high level of performance for a long time and you need adequete rest to prevent burnout. You can't have 2-3 calendar season tours throughout the year like with other sports that involve more skill.

    A counter argument could be that maybe gold and tennis have room for improvement in their sports.

  • bbgwrq

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 6:47pm EDT
    re: Track is over

    Track is over wrote:

    Track season is over.
    We have already watched and enjoyed the WC. Prefontaine Classic this year feels like the Pro Bowl after already enjoying a great Super Bowl.

    So don't bother watching, following, or commenting. Loser!

  • Knot Uncommon

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/16/2023 7:07pm EDT
    re: username 1

    username 1 wrote:

    Running is different in that it's really hard to stay at a high level of performance for a long time and you need adequete rest to prevent burnout. You can't have 2-3 calendar season tours throughout the year like with other sports that involve more skill.

    A counter argument could be that maybe gold and tennis have room for improvement in their sports.

    Rai, Jacob, Nuguse handled season well.

  • runnerdave

    runnerdave

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 8:01pm EDT
    re: The rock

    The rock wrote:

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    It would help if they named it after someone who actually succeeded as a world elite, like Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson or Florence Griffith Joyner.

    If it has to be some local hero, there's still plenty better: Mary Slaney, Joaquim Cruz, Nick Symmonds.

    That's a good point.

    They named a meet after a drunk guy who lost control over his little sports car. Nothing sporty about that really.

    I have a lot of words for you but none that I can use in a post.

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    kiowavt

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    2 years ago 09/16/2023 8:44pm EDT
    re: bumblebee

    bumblebee wrote:

    this is why the sport struggles so much. Even so called fans of the sport can't be bothered to get excited for the important events. It's less than a month out from Worlds and the world's best are still fit and ready to chase records. Why wouldn't you be excited?

    Couldn't care less where it's being held as i'm going to watch on tv regardless.

    Thank you! Could not agree more. Though one difference was I will not watch on TV. I was in person today and will be tomorrow. Best track venue I have ever been in, fans totally tuned in, best meet I have ever been to in person (which includes world’s twice and some major meets USA and abroad). And that’s just the first day. Ignore the naysayers. I worried they might be right. Eugene great. Meet great. Races amazing.

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    Just Another Hobby Jogger

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    2 years ago 09/17/2023 3:46am EDT
    re: username 1

    username 1 wrote:

    Knot Uncommon wrote:

    This format of worlds mid season with pro league Champs later works fine for golf, tennis, skìng etc

    Running is different in that it's really hard to stay at a high level of performance for a long time and you need adequete rest to prevent burnout. You can't have 2-3 calendar season tours throughout the year like with other sports that involve more skill.

    A counter argument could be that maybe gold and tennis have room for improvement in their sports.

    That's why as a spectator sport, track & field is so much more successful than... oh, wait.

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    Just Another Hobby Jogger

    Member since 04/05/2021.

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    2 years ago 09/17/2023 3:47am EDT
    re: Knot Uncommon

    Knot Uncommon wrote:

    username 1 wrote:

    Running is different in that it's really hard to stay at a high level of performance for a long time and you need adequete rest to prevent burnout. You can't have 2-3 calendar season tours throughout the year like with other sports that involve more skill.

    A counter argument could be that maybe gold and tennis have room for improvement in their sports.

    Rai, Jacob, Nuguse handled season well.

    I am not sure if Rai handled the season well. He should have run that race a few weeks ago in Budapest.

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    High hopes

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    2 years ago 09/17/2023 3:50am EDT
    re: Track is over

    I'm principal, I agree, anything after the World Champs is anti-climactic. But there's still been some good racing at Pre. Benjamin taking down Warholm is epic and sets up next season very nicely. The return of Coleman and Thompson-Herah is ominous as well and we still have day 2 with the women's 800.

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    Deno

    Member since 05/01/2022.

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    2 years ago 09/17/2023 3:53am EDT
    re: Track is over

    What is with all the whiners here, sheesh! I have never had a track season that didn't deliver the goods.

    Who out there actually saw Prefontaine compete?

  • History is Made

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/17/2023 4:05am EDT
    re: Track is over

    It does not compare to the WC. Letsrun is making something out of nothing.

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