JENNY RHINES 1455 FOR 5k

Great Race! Way to go Jen!

why is that ludicrous? have you read this board much? forget it . . . you're the one being narrow minded and i don't feel like getting into an online argument.

uh, yeah, so . . . wrote:

why is that ludicrous? have you read this board much? forget it . . . you're the one being narrow minded and i don't feel like getting into an online argument.

As a matter of fact, I read the messages on this board several times each day, but thanks for your concern!

You're not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, are you? You jump into a thread that should be focused upon Rhines' great new PR, and apparently your very best contribution consists of focusing upon the athlete's race and appearance.

Then, after making what amounts to racially volatile comments in your original post, you have the audacity to say "...i don't feel like getting into an online argument"? LoL!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, that's definitely YOU all right. You are simply overflowing with kindness, joy, and peace for everyone!

Please take your childish garbage back to DyeStat...I'm certain they will love your little act over there.

Compare Jen Rhines' stride with Tirunesh Dibabas' :)

Like day and night...or should I say night and day!

You folks are crazy if you think Jen Rhines isn't clean -- what a bunch of A-holes. Go pop some zits.

i can't see why people think 14:55 is dirty. didnt radcliffe basically split that in her 30:01 10000m? or the Ethipian girls basically close out the 10000m at Oly and WC's that fast. It's a sweet PR for Jen no doubt, but it's still 200m down on WR pace.

With the times Jen Rhines and Blake Russell have been running on the track, you have to think that they both should be able to go sub 2:25, perhaps 2:22 in the Marathon.

The US Ladies should have a very strong marathon team for China....

Jennifer's picture from Bruxells

http://trackandfieldphoto.com/DisplayJpg.php?060825_1903_2981_RLM&next=1

uh, yeah, so . . . wrote:

what makes you think they're clean?

Just for future reference, your point would be much clearer if you would actually make it, rather than imply it from leagues away.

How about:

"What makes you think they're clean? Because they're white and pretty?"

But, back on topic, I am pleasantly surprised by Ms. Rhines' progress, and I think she's clean. I thought Mr. Gatlin was clean until the test result. I am, however, an optimist and an idealist.

How good is 14.55 ~ 13.20 by a male

Dibaba is capable of 14.10 in a men's race

-----------------------------------------------------------"So, I guess you're pretty much done as a track spectator?"

"Really, I'm not trying to be critical of "yeah", I just don't see why someone who thinks like this is even on a running board anymore. If I thought that way, I'd find another sport to follow."

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"uh yeah's" comments are pretty spot on. As he actually stated, he doesn't necessarily think that Rhines is dirty. If some people assume person A is dirty, why can't some other people assume that persons B, C, and D COULD be dirty?

And while I assume that a great deal of professional track athletes are on drugs, I certainly don't restrict my views to track & field. ALL of the professional sports are INFESTED with drug use, and it's depressing and disgusting. But on one level, I can still enjoy watching pro runners racing and setting records. Yes, I realize there's a good chance they were dirty. But on the other hand, it's still competition.

My question for you is - do you watch the NFL, MLB, NHL, or NBA? Do you watch horse racing? Do you watch cycling? If you do, and you don't think a large percentage of these athletes are on drugs, then you're deluded. If you don't, then you're a hypocrite.

rockville management wrote:

this is a great reflection on Team USA CA, go Mammoth!

Team USA CA has had a pretty bad track season outside of Rhines. Most look like they are burned out and peaked back in March. Fleshman won U.S. nationals, but hasn't done anything this summer. Look at what Hall, Dobson, and Buttry have done this summer. DNF's and barely breaking 14:00.

Who coaches Rhines- her husband or Matt Centrowitz?

whoops looks like i blew the cover off a couple of runners as the message was removed.

I don't know what your message said but Im in the same boat. I posted earlier that Wariner is rumored to be busted for drugs in early Sept. (RUMORED!).... But they still deleted it. Apparently there is a few others who will be busted then too....

I'm starting to think that maybe i WILL start to follow another sport if this happens

TGeldean-

At the time I wrote what you quoted, the only thing "uh yeah" had said was "What makes you think they're clean?" All the explanation came later, when he/she finally did state that he/she didn't think the athletes referred to were dirty. "yeah"'s comment had to do with race, but appeared to be a comment on drugs in sport, and appeared (to me) to imply that any improvement in the sport automatically implied drug use.

My point was not that it is wrong for people to think every athlete is on drugs. My point is that, if one does believe this to be true, why even bother to watch the sport at all? At least at the professional level. Which goes ( in a way) to your point - if people are going to watch these events even when they think all the athletes are on drugs, then why would the event promoters care about drug use?

I DON'T watch any of those sports you mention, just because I'm not all that enthralled with the oxymoron of "professional sports." Plus, they bore me, with or without drugs.

Really? Even my post where I suggested that it seems like her marathon training has given her a better aerobic base than she ever had before? Just looking for explanations as to how she lowered her 5k PR by 20 seconds at the age of 32.

It's not impossible. Carlos Lopes being a great example with his Fernando Mamade dual-breaking of the 10k WR a month before LA.

I admit that I joked that "maybe she's been slacking off all these years", but WTF? Some people here must be a little oversensitive.

Coach Who wrote:

rockville management wrote:

this is a great reflection on Team USA CA, go Mammoth!

Team USA CA has had a pretty bad track season outside of Rhines. Most look like they are burned out and peaked back in March. Fleshman won U.S. nationals, but hasn't done anything this summer. Look at what Hall, Dobson, and Buttry have done this summer. DNF's and barely breaking 14:00.

Who coaches Rhines- her husband or Matt Centrowitz?

I feel that Team USA should have hired Coach Sev to run things. When Vigil left this place has turned into a major shitter. With the talent that is here it is ridiculous the lack of positive performances turned in this track season. How are the Oneils running? What about Missy Buttry? Hall and Dobson have looked horrible all track season. This place will roll up the carpeting after 2008. Meb is still being directed by Larsen and Deena still talks with Coach Vigil for direction. I know that someone else holds the stopwatch but that is it. A lot of wasted talent.

Centrowitz, I believe, coaches Rhines. But her husband coaches Deena Kastor, right?

You are right, it has been a pretty down year. However, this is the year to have a "downer". Maybe they were not pushihg for results so much this year. After some breakthroughs last year it is possible that they went back to training and not racing basics until 2007. Only modest possibility that his is correct, but it is possible.