Disappointing effort from Lex Young

Long ago, my teammate had the world leading time in the 10000m going into NCAAs and a superior 5000m PR to the rest of the NCAA in the 5000m, and had just been the 3000m indoor champion. He was second in the 10000m, and failed to advance in the 5000m running almost a minute slower than his PR.

Sometimes it isn't your day.

Yeah, in the longer runs he will continue to do well.

Look for him in the 10,000 in 2026.

This is the correct answer. Only and inexperienced or a failed douchebag would start a thread like this one. What motivates them to do this? Do they hate the sport or hate themselves more? He needs to grow up.

Too bad letsrun wasn’t around to sh*t all over your friends performance.

I doubt it.

Very weird that he closed in 60s. Would think he would have just ran another 75 and saved his energy for the 5k.

Yes. Not too smart.

That one lap, out of 25, will have zero affect on how he does in the 5000m.

No. It was not a disappointing effort. It was a below expectation TIME.

Lex went to his arms at the end and gave it all he had. His effort was not the problem.

Why would he be satisfied with the effort?

You may want to look at the top times in that race, then check the temperature and humidity at race time.

It was a qualifying race and It’s very likely the top guys ran any harder than they had to. He really did run a bad race for him, but it wasn’t a career definer for him.