Flying down on Thursday, volunteer orientation Friday, course volunteer all day Saturday, running Club 10K as part of a 50+ team Sunday. Fly home that evening. Looking forward to all the action and a brief reprieve from winter.
Driving down Thursday and staying with former teammates/running buddies. Doing the community race after (I'll be the guy in last) and staying Sunday to watch a friend run Club Cross.
Looking forward to the ZAP reunion with the 430Miler!
Never mind you can still cheer the Eritrean oops I mean Israeli team eh.
We have good cross country runners in Burundi Rodrigue Kwizera is one of the best on the circuit in Europe. Thierry Ndikumwanayo got tired of this bs he switched allegiance to Spain and is now European champion. Egide, Celestin, Therence, Jean de Dieu, etc they all based in Italy & have been travelling elsewhere in the world representing the country without an issue.
cannot wait for WXC. Easily the most exciting races I've ever seen in person or on tv.
We're flying. Racing the 4k fun run, hoping it's competitive for my purposes. Watching friends in club nationals race the day after. Spending a few days bopping around and taking in a little bit of the region (hoping for some sun and a break from winter.
I’m driving to it on Friday for Awards Presentation Volunteer training and working it on Saturday. I might do the fun run if the awards presentation is completed in time to do it. Driving home early Sunday morning.
I've been debating going for the past year -- I am a 6-hour drive away -- and have decided not to attend. It would be fun to meet the Letsrun staff, but the reality is most top distance runners are not going to peak in January, and that's why so many top runners can't be bothered.
Definitely not participating: Chebet, Kipyegon, Tsegay, Fisher, Nuguse, Hocker, L Girma, K Girma, Hailu, Kjelcha, Sawe, Barega, J Korir, Jepkosgei, Jepchirchir, Feysa, Assefa, B Kosgei, Mantz.
Presumably not participating: Cheptegai, J Kiplimo, Ingrebretsen, Almgren, G Mills, El Bakkali, Battocletti, Nader, Beamish, W Yavi.
Part of the problem is I do not know who is running. I cannot find a start list. That's lame.
To add insult to injury, 10000m silver medalists Kjelcha and Battocletti just ran some random road 10K in Europe instead. They are fit but they have chosen to stay away.
Fisher, Nuguse, and Hocker are gearing up to run some indoor meets pretty soon. They seem to be fit. They won't be running in Tallahassee either.
Yes it's a world championship, but so is the world championship road mile (congratulations Hobbs Kessler). Speaking of Hobbs Kessler, why isn't he competing? What about other 1500m guys like P Koech and J Koech and Wightman, Habz, etc.?
At the end of the day, this is not near the caliber of a track and field world championship or the Olympics or for that matter any major Diamond League track meet. It's roughly the equivalent of the Shanghai Diamond League track meet.
I hope the USA guys do well. I will be cheering them on from afar.
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