He did run well but I don't think he looked comfortable doing it. The top three from the first heat would all have taken him down. He should get top eight, I wouldn't put money on much more than that
he looked weak from the get-go, and had no kick - in his press conference he said he's still recovering from bronchitis and could barely train. feel bad for him, a healthy Beamish is a medal threat.
I've said this on other threads, but I'm convinced the training is cooking them. It worked for a year or two, then everyone started to break down or underperform. Here's a lot of flexing about crushing hard workouts that comes from the group, but as Jakob has said, that tends to indicate a lack of confidence. Realistically, only Nuguse can salvage anything for OAC from this Olympics, and I'm not confident about him doing it when it counts. Other than that, Sinta Vissa will do well to get to the semi and McDonald probably won't make the final. Obiri is still my pick for gold but that will be papering over the cracks for the group. A big reset looks to be needed for next season
I had a coach that used to give us a peaking workout 7-10 days out that was low volume but extremely fast paces. Usually 4x200, and some guys would handle it fine but it would absolutely fry me. My next race would look exactly like Hoare and Beamish did in the heats. A real loss of pop, struggling to cover moves, flat in the kick. I wonder if Dathan is cooking them in a similar way...
Folks making excuses for him are missing the massive elephant in the room. Even if he had an injury or an illness recently, even if his training had him feeling flat and Ritz mis-timed his peak, Geordie could have 100% made the final if he did not go straight to the back and leave it all to the end as he always does. If he truly wanted to make the final, he could have done it by putting himself in the necessary position. Rooks ran like he wanted it and with actual awareness of where he needed to be position wise. Beamish should take notes.
"It’s pretty incredible to see the support garnered through going to the Olympics. It feels that half of Hawke’s Bay, where I am from, is out in Paris. I looked up into the crowd and saw my girlfriend and siblings, and I was tearing up on the start line. It’s pretty special."
"It’s pretty incredible to see the support garnered through going to the Olympics. It feels that half of Hawke’s Bay, where I am from, is out in Paris. I looked up into the crowd and saw my girlfriend and siblings, and I was tearing up on the start line. It’s pretty special."
To the people who count this means a lot.
Letrun douchebags will never get it.
He did what he could on the day and it was still a special moment for him that almost everyone here will never experience.
“Yeah pretty much not at all. Pretty much in the same place I was in a Paris. Unfortunately, it was pretty rough month, just been in pain every single day...Just wasn't able to get in the training required to complete this level. I haven't done a barrier since Paris. I haven’t even done a stride after an easy run. It’s been in too much pain to do that – just been gritting my teeth through a workout and then been on the bike for two days after every session in St. Moritz. It was a hard month to get through. There were a lot of times I didn’t think I would make the start line. But happy to have made it and it was cool to be there.”
Really disappointed for him that this pretty much derailed what was looking to be a good season. Also a little frustrating that on the podcast and in his raceday video with Roll Recovery this seemed pretty minimized. That coupled with his steeple results made me think he was passed these issues and going to get rolling. Obviously I didn't expect him to just come out and say "training has been nonexistent going into the biggest races of my life and I'm just happy to be here" but it does feel a little disingenuous to see him and the other guys chilling shirtless in St Moritz and getting excited, just for them to come out after disappointing results saying they weren't actually that confident.
“Yeah pretty much not at all. Pretty much in the same place I was in a Paris. Unfortunately, it was pretty rough month, just been in pain every single day...Just wasn't able to get in the training required to complete this level. I haven't done a barrier since Paris. I haven’t even done a stride after an easy run. It’s been in too much pain to do that – just been gritting my teeth through a workout and then been on the bike for two days after every session in St. Moritz. It was a hard month to get through. There were a lot of times I didn’t think I would make the start line. But happy to have made it and it was cool to be there.”
Really disappointed for him that this pretty much derailed what was looking to be a good season. Also a little frustrating that on the podcast and in his raceday video with Roll Recovery this seemed pretty minimized. That coupled with his steeple results made me think he was passed these issues and going to get rolling. Obviously I didn't expect him to just come out and say "training has been nonexistent going into the biggest races of my life and I'm just happy to be here" but it does feel a little disingenuous to see him and the other guys chilling shirtless in St Moritz and getting excited, just for them to come out after disappointing results saying they weren't actually that confident.
This is what they always do. Everything is great and you're in the best shape ever until you come up way short and then all of a sudden "I didn't get any training the last two months" "I was sick leading up to the event" "I had an ear blockage during the race" etc. I tend to believe what they say beforehand more than the excuses that come up after.
This is what they always do. Everything is great and you're in the best shape ever until you come up way short and then all of a sudden "I didn't get any training the last two months" "I was sick leading up to the event" "I had an ear blockage during the race" etc. I tend to believe what they say beforehand more than the excuses that come up after.
I know this is pretty standard for runners, and I guess athletes in general, but it is one major hinderance of having a regular podcast while being a competing athlete. One of the reasons I really enjoy Coffee Club is it feels like a running podcast with athletes where they are less constrained. But still, it always gets uncomfortable when they have to talk about a teammate underperforming or how their race didn't go well. I actually find the guys are pretty good at owning up to a bad race afterwards but struggle to find a comfortable way to talk about their teammates underperforming. Again, it's all understandable but it's also one reason why not all active athletes have a podcast or regular media presence. It's gonna be a rough one this week on the results side but hopefully they've had a great time being in Paris with friends, family, and teammates.
Furthermore, I imagine professional athletes don't want to verbalize excuses before a big race as well. On one hand, you don't want competitors to know if you aren't 100%. On the other, you also want to focus on getting to the start line healthy and to the best of one's abilities. With things like illness or smaller injuries, how you feel changes day to day, and they most likely believe that they have as good a chance as anyone else if they feel good on the day.
Initial reaction “Pretty gutted. Pretty sore. Would’ve loved to be in that final Wednesday. It’s sad not to be there, but grateful to make the start line.”
On his recovery from injury/bronchitis:
“Yeah pretty much not at all. Pretty much in the same place I was in a Paris. Unfortunately, it was pretty rough month, just been in pain every single day...Just wasn't able to get in the training required to complete this level. I haven't done a barrier since Paris. I haven’t even done a stride after an easy run. It’s been in too much pain to do that – just been gritting my teeth through a workout and then been on the bike for two days after every session in St. Moritz. It was a hard month to get through. There were a lot of times I didn’t think I would make the start line. But happy to have made it and it was cool to be there.”
On what it meant to represent his country at the Olympics despite it not being the result that he wanted:
"It’s pretty incredible to see the support garnered through going to the Olympics. It feels that half of Hawke’s Bay, where I am from, is out in Paris. I looked up into the crowd and saw my girlfriend and siblings, and I was tearing up on the start line. It’s pretty special."
This is tough. So clearly it's been a disaster since he got bronchitis. Track's never going to have an injury report, but if it did this result wouldn't have been surprising at all. Is Morgan OK? We can hope?
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