This sport is seriously bad at promoting events. How is it possible that this race with some of the world's best 1500m runners has happened with no coverage/publicity?
I'm a new fan of Track that has recently fell in love with the sport, so I'm actively trying to keep up with events and I still have no idea what event this is from, how is a casual fan meant to keep up with the sport at all?
This sport is seriously bad at promoting events. How is it possible that this race with some of the world's best 1500m runners has happened with no coverage/publicity?
I'm a new fan of Track that has recently fell in love with the sport, so I'm actively trying to keep up with events and I still have no idea what event this is from, how is a casual fan meant to keep up with the sport at all?
This was a non-gold level race at an Indoor Tour Gold event. It had Kessler looking for a tune-up before the big show at Millrose. It became good because Wightman is a New Balance athlete, so he came in for his sponsor and get a race in before chasing a qualifier (if he didn’t get it here). But in general it was a better race than expected with only 2 top-50 type guys globally. This is all to say the sport is hard to follow completely comprehensively because there are a lot of meets where a good guy or two will race. But just watch the Indoor Tour Gold and Diamond League and you get 75% of the big action. There’s a second tier of event (Continental Tour Gold) that gets 15% of the rest, and the last 10% is NCAAs and setup races/time trials at smaller meets.
So Wightman looked like a marathon runner in his first race back in over a year, but Kessler looked great in just managing to hold him off?
Bit of a straw man. Wightman looked a tad rusty, but good overall. He had 1 moment where he tried to lazily pass Kessler early, and Hobbs easily shut that down. He had a lapse in concentration where he let the gap grow with 2 laps to go, which would cost him 5-6 places in a Diamond League race. But he had a nice rally to the finish, and is only .56 off the qualifying time now. I don’t quite get going to Australia when he could save a lot of travel and snag it behind Nuguse in NYC but whatever, I’m sure they have their reasons ($$$$).
All true. Hobbs showed up and raced well. Won. All you can do.
Yes, Wightman (like St Pierre) missed all of last year and they have some fine tuning to do. That has nothing to do with Kessler (or Hull). Both ran great.
PeacockTV. I pay annual happily as they cover so many marathons and track meets. Sign up. If we pay for track access they will have more of it. Like the other sports. Otherwise our sport stays obscure. Makes life easy and I could miss the meet but watch the replay without knowing the results.
This sport is seriously bad at promoting events. How is it possible that this race with some of the world's best 1500m runners has happened with no coverage/publicity?
I'm a new fan of Track that has recently fell in love with the sport, so I'm actively trying to keep up with events and I still have no idea what event this is from, how is a casual fan meant to keep up with the sport at all?
The USA dawgs are ready to roll. We got the Goose, the Oregon hillbilly, and Hobbs baby!!
The NAU fan boiz must hate that Hobbs is younger than Nico, too! Any track title in the NCAA from 800-5K should come with an asterisks that reads “a gift from Kessler”.
I have the same advice for both competitors and observers -- act like you've been there before.
It will keep you grounded.
Oh please. You're quite presumptuous.
But I'll take that at face value.
I predict based on the kick that Wightman is a contender for a medal just like Kessler is.
In fact, I'm staking my knowledge of kicks against your "like you've been there before" against my being on letsrun..ever.
I'm predicting Wightman can kick to a medal or you can ban my name, my IP etc for life.
But if I'm right, you can't be a moderator anymore, even if you've been there before.
Remember... with the Danica bet, I chose to leave until I didn't.
But this is different as you can ban me.
Deal?
I have no idea what internal demons predicated this rant, nor what you're trying to say? My point is straightforward. Settle down and enjoy the races for what they are. Easy to understand.
Predictions? Staking your knowledge? Ban you? Danica bet? Mendoza line? Who knows wtf you're talking about?
Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean we're still not out to get you.
I predict based on the kick that Wightman is a contender for a medal just like Kessler is.
In fact, I'm staking my knowledge of kicks against your "like you've been there before" against my being on letsrun..ever.
I'm predicting Wightman can kick to a medal or you can ban my name, my IP etc for life.
But if I'm right, you can't be a moderator anymore, even if you've been there before.
Remember... with the Danica bet, I chose to leave until I didn't.
But this is different as you can ban me.
Deal?
I have no idea what internal demons predicated this rant, nor what you're trying to say? My point is straightforward. Settle down and enjoy the races for what they are. Easy to understand.
Predictions? Staking your knowledge? Ban you? Danica bet? Mendoza line? Who knows wtf you're talking about?
Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean we're still not out to get you.
I'll be more clear. You're judging my take on Wightman by a lens of a snob.
I can be enthusiastic about a kick and give my rendering.
I'll enjoy the races how I want. I don't subscribe by a Scandinavian standard of life...I go by mine. And Wightman impressed me with his kick.
I can say that.
Brass tacks, don't judge my judgment just because you think you have clout.
Because believe me, I'll remember this and if I'm right, I'm going to remind you every hour of every day about your judgment.