Goucher breaks 28

haha oh yeah you got me man....

He killed his PR...I mean look at him he is the next big thing....oh wait no he didn't he barely broke his PR in the 5000...come on get real at least I post under my real name and admit when I'm wrong...you want even post under your real name...what are you some 12 year old behind the computer right...thought so

Now that we got that out of the way lets get back to the topic...

Goucher underperformed in this race but if he sticks at it he will defiantly pop off a decent time...Still don't think he'll get the American Record he just doesn't have the endurance of Meb.

this supports the "goucher is scared so he stopped taking drugs" theory. so dirty, so very very dirty.

that 20 yr old kenyan that one better watch out and start saving himself till he is older. he is definitely going to burn out!!!

i wonder what it would've been like if Gouch had another American in the race? having raced XC nationals as an individual one year, and with teammates the next, i understand how important a teammate can be. having someone by your side can be so much easier. i think he would have done better if someone like Meb, Fam or Ritz could've been there for those last 10 laps.

Great White Hope wrote:

but he is overraced.

Overraced? He really hasn't raced that much this year....compare his number of races to the established pros, and I would guess that he raced less than average.

HHH wrote:

I'm sorry, have I missed something? Since when is sub 28 not a decent performance?

funny wrote:

HA HA HA.......the great Goucher disappoints his rabid fans again.

(I thought, according to the experts on here, that Goucher after his World X-C performance would "definitely" be under 13:00 and 27:20 by this point in the season. What happened??)

You've hit the nail on hte head. It was great performance for him by all means.

I was talking abou tthe guy who said that sub 28 is good time.

track dude wrote:

Overraced? He really hasn't raced that much this year....compare his number of races to the established pros, and I would guess that he raced less than average.

Well technically, you're right, but I guess my point is that he has been in OUTSTANDING shape since January, and you only have so many months to deliver your peak efforts. I admit that I was disappointed with this time, because I think he is a much better runner, but there's probably very little left in the tank.

Does anyone even know the manner in which Gouch ran 2759? If he went 1330-1429....i say its a great show of fitness and that he just couldnt hadle the pace. If he went 1350-1409 for splits he tanked. It makes a BIG difference

13:37/14:22

Californian wrote:

13:37/14:22

Yea, i saw the splits after posting it. His 3k split was way to fast. 2725-2730 fitness i'd say he showed today.

Yeah, I agree. He was 26:55 pace at 2 miles. 27:25-30 sounds right.

mrr82 wrote:

Californian wrote:

13:37/14:22

Yea, i saw the splits after posting it. His 3k split was way to fast. 2725-2730 fitness i'd say he showed today.

Actually he did get you right on target. My primary memories of your posts, swofford11 are about how you claimed Adam Goucher would never return to form, how he was cooked at the 2000 USATF cross country championships because he doubled and would NEVER EVER break 13:20 again for the 5,000 let alone come back. That's why you get hounded on here. Did you know Deena Drossin doubled that weekend too?

That said, Goucher had a terrible 10,000 today relative t his ability. Any time Adam comes up short of his potential, his failure will always make you look good.

What an asshole.

swofford11 wrote:

Goucher underperformed in this race but if he sticks at it he will defiantly pop off a decent time...

Come on. The least you could do is misspell "definitely" in the usual Letsrun.com manner, i.e., by replacing the second "i" with an "a." Instead you substituted a whole new word.

Be thankful ttc hangs around this place, because otherwise you'd be the most dipshitty prognosticator of negative outcomes on the message board.

hahaha

this is great three posts from the same kid...didn’t know I was so famous

You got to love letsrun...that's why I still come here...

Goucher is running good this year...but others have said it…he might have raced his peak this year...we'll see in another month.

Goucher can't be happy with his time when you look at what Ritz did in college - 27:38.50 in 2004. He probably should stick with the 5000 as he seems much better in that event. However, he is no quitter and his determination and work ethic seem to overcome bigger obstacles than this. I wish him the best.