OAC dodges Nur and Woody

After that shi t woody pulled in the 10 last year with Klecker, forget that guy, nobody is here to do him any favors.

This makes them look SOFT. If you don’t want woody on your azz run faster.

WOODROW FOR THE WIIIIIIINNNNN

Lol Nuguse should be in the other heat if he really wants a race on his hands the last 400. Klecker might be good for pacing but Nuguse should easily dominate that field assuming he has the legs for the 5k

OAC probably wants a well-executed race without having to put Joe out there to murder himself, doing the heavy lifting solo for the entire last 1.5 miles while Woody yoyo's behind him and then out kicks him to set the AR and get all the cred.

I do hope the coffee club boys (who I love) do have an open “hashtag, good/bad for the sport” discussion about this.

Cowardly.

Id love to eat a meal with woody, id hate to race him.

Cant blame oac if its intentional, he has impeeded their athletes before so i can see them wanting to avoid him if possible. Not a big deal, theyll race in the trials.

Interesting take. I was gonna point out how last year they said they weren't going for the AR in the 3k. I'm pretty sure Olli said Ritz told him to run several seconds faster than the prescribed pace right before the 5k started, but that memory is a bit hazy. I give them some credit, because they announced they were going for the WR before Millrose last year, but it'll be pretty disappointing if they go through 3k significantly faster than they said they would, and Joe/Yared take a crack at the AR without real competition.

With that said, the OAC heat is first. How sick would it be if Klecker/Nuguse broke the record in the first heat, then Nur/Kincaid broke the new record in the 2nd heat?

You've got it backwards. Woody does zero work. THAT'S cowardly.

Less sick than them actually racing each other.

It’s a race. And they are afraid to race him? There’s nothing noble about dodging competition.

Klecker has beef with Kincaid after last year when he would not lead as much and help the pair get a worlds standard so I bet he would rather race with his training partners who are all after the same goal.

Soft as hell. “Good for the sport”

*Incoming OAC interns downvoting*

A lot of baseless speculation here. For one, we have no idea if this is just how they split it up or if there was communication between OAC and MSE and they decided to split themselves up for other reasons. And people saying there is beef between Klecker and Kincaid clearly didn't pay attention last summer when they both talked about how they were coordinating getting in diamond leagues together and on good terms. I'd wait until coffee club pod or interviews later before calling out one group for dodging competition.

The only thing cringier than this website are people using the term #good/badforthesport.

cry about it, womp womp

This is so f@cking weak. Please tell me you’re kidding.

I agree! I think we should flip these accusations and say that Michael Smith did not want his runners going up against the OAC.

Yared is a GOOSE on the LOOSE, not a duck.

A sensible take like yours has no place here. This arena is for those that want to sensationalize and put down.

Isn’t the idea to win? Stop buying into all that Prefontaine hero cr@p.