Crowds look pretty sparse, especially on the backstretch. 4:00 meet start local time.
To be fair, it’s 1) Wednesday and 2) a day of almost all semis on the track. If you’re not a family member or friend of someone competing, you have to be a hard core fan to come out to watch a bunch of semis. Or really into field events.
I get not wanting to lead but when it’s that slow, just make a move to the lead on the rail, slow back down and then don’t let 5 people ever get past you. Or do what Sahlman did and go from last to ~4th in lane 2/3, somehow slide back to last again and then kick furiously to try to overcome the unnecessary deficit. Whatever floats your boat.
A distance runner will have to explain the distance mentality of sit and kick to me. Every runner in the first heat has run 10 seconds faster than the winning time. Why not just at your fullest capacity and try to PR, instead of intentionally running slow and missing out on finals.
I know this is more of a distance site, but does anyone know why the 4x100 is still under review? Does Utah Valley have a chance at getting bumped into finals??
Basically being in the lead at that pace is marginally making you more fatigued and considering how close the last laps of these prelims tend to be runners know that those small margins can cost them. But in a case for someone like teffra or sahlman they should probably just lead
A distance runner will have to explain the distance mentality of sit and kick to me. Every runner in the first heat has run 10 seconds faster than the winning time. Why not just at your fullest capacity and try to PR, instead of intentionally running slow and missing out on finals.
The mentality is that American, male middle distance runners are TERRIFIED of leading a 1500m race early. Not being able to draft off others during the first two laps is the worst thing in the world to them. This fear causes them to lose their ever freaking minds. Or something like that.
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I know this is more of a distance site, but does anyone know why the 4x100 is still under review? Does Utah Valley have a chance at getting bumped into finals??
Usf 3rd leg did step over inside lane after handoff I believe
bizarre, all year long you run time trials and fast races - you finally make it to Nats and you take it out like an old lady driving to church on Sunday. none of these guys are used to this, none train for this. they all looked uncomfortable out there, Abel and Colin were out in the 3rd lane for awhile. Liam was leading for awhile and looked like he was ready to take off and make it an honest race but held back.
I get that tactics are a big part of racing, but you can do tactics AND run in the low to mid 3:40's. once you're in that 3:50 range you're basically throwing all your training out the window and just playing the lottery. ridiculous way for your season to end.
I know this is more of a distance site, but does anyone know why the 4x100 is still under review? Does Utah Valley have a chance at getting bumped into finals??
Usf 3rd leg did step over inside lane after handoff I believe
bizarre, all year long you run time trials and fast races - you finally make it to Nats and you take it out like an old lady driving to church on Sunday. none of these guys are used to this, none train for this. they all looked uncomfortable out there, Abel and Colin were out in the 3rd lane for awhile. Liam was leading for awhile and looked like he was ready to take off and make it an honest race but held back.
I get that tactics are a big part of racing, but you can do tactics AND run in the low to mid 3:40's. once you're in that 3:50 range you're basically throwing all your training out the window and just playing the lottery. ridiculous way for your season to end.
Seriously! How would you feel if you were the collegiate record holder but your season ended in the prelims because you ran over 20 seconds slower than your PR? Talk about regrets.