jerry must have been furious
jerry must have been furious
Noz4Nuz wrote:
I listened to a 15-min interview with Chris Solinsky on WSPT 1010 AM in his home town of Stevens Point, Wis., this morning. Solinsky had to correct the interviewer when introduced as the "world record holder" in the 10,000.
"Not yet," Solinsky said, "but that's the goal within a year." He'll have to drop his U.S. record of 26:59 to under 26:17 to make that happen.
Via Twitter, Solinsky walked back this pledge: "Maybe not within a year, but eventually down the road if it is in the cards," he tweeted.
I tweeted back, "Don't back down, man! We're rooting 4 u!"
In the interview he also said he thinks he can drop his 10,000m U.S. record into the 26:40s. His other goals include winning the 5,000m at the 2011 world championships and positioning himself for a 2012 Olympic medal.
He mentioned running 21 miles in 2 hours on his home turf in Stevens Point yesterday. He said he started at a 6 min./mile pace and dropped it down to 5 min./mile. "Just piling on the miles," he said.
Solinsky said his goal is to win the 5,000m at the world championships in 2011, position himself for 2012 Olympic medal and drop his 10,000m U.S. record of 26:59 into the 26:40s.
I'll be rooting for him!
you know, instead of some world record...how about winning some races, eh?
too many small wee wees on this thread
not pretty wrote:you know, instead of some world record...how about winning some races, eh?
Right. Because it is impossible to want to run fast AND win races at the same time.
I just think it's hilarious all these folks who come on here telling Solinsky how to set goals. The guy went sub 27 when no one thought it would be possible for him.
Back in 2007, there was this skinny Jamaican kid most people never heard of named Usain Bolt. He just finished 2nd in the WC 200 final. Couldn't beat Wallace Spearmon ("how about winning some races, eh?"). His best 100m was only 10.03, which put him further behind Asafa Powell's WR of 9.74 than Solinsky is behind 26.17.
It only took Usain 1 year to take down both those records. According to Asafa, Usain got tired of getting beat and decided to work harder....
from the time he was a teenager, El G believed he could run 3:24 and 3:41. He never stopped believing that. It can only help, in running, to have very big but somewhattttt realistic goals. I believe that sub 26:30 is very possible for Chris. And if you don't believe that, than you don't have the right mindset.
The race where Chris ran 26:59 was paced for Rupp, who is probably at least 20 seconds slower than what Chris was capable of this year. And there were essentially no high level 10000s available to race in except the one in Stanford. 26:59 is not what Chris would have been capable of this year in ideal conditions.
Put Chris this year in the same situation that Ritz had last year in Berlin with faster pacing, and I think he might have been right up there with Bekele (maybe before Bekele's kick).
He's a lot closer to 26:17 than his present PR would imply.
laxmack117 wrote:
I think you forgot to add in, that it was his first time in an event that he doesn't focus his training on
He does focus his training on it - high mileage, long threshold workouts, etc... good for 5K and 10K
Was he high?
coach d wrote:
Back in 2007, there was this skinny Jamaican kid most people never heard of named Usain Bolt. He just finished 2nd in the WC 200 final. Couldn't beat Wallace Spearmon ("how about winning some races, eh?"). His best 100m was only 10.03, which put him further behind Asafa Powell's WR of 9.74 than Solinsky is behind 26.17.
It only took Usain 1 year to take down both those records. According to Asafa, Usain got tired of getting beat and decided to work harder....
Yeah, that's not really an accurate telling of that story. While Bolt showed huge improvement in 2008, anyone who followed sprinting knew who he was in 2003/2004 when he was 15/16 and breaking junior records and running ridiculous times. He didn't come out of nowhere.
Solinsky up until this past summer had done nothing to show he was relevant to discussions of world records. If he had run 13:20 as a high schooler, then maybe your analogy would hold.
not in our lifetime
just run brother and shut up, one day of talking can ruin a guys popularly!
"Letsrun, where the dreams of the fast are ridiculed by the jealousness of the slow."
coach d wrote:
He's a lot closer to 26:17 than his present PR would imply.
True, but that still doesn't mean he is close in any realistic sense of the word.
pre-nuptial turnon wrote:
26:59 in first attempt, with 1:56 last 800. 26:30 should be his goal.
Sorry to break it to you but the top 10,000 all time list is full of marks from runners attempting the 10,000 the first time. And most of those guys were younger and had less experience than Solinky. What makes you think that Solinski will continue improving year after year? Because he's American?
There was no "pledge," just unguarded talk. Saying it was a "pledge" makes it sound like you do opposition research for politicians.
Anyway, good for Chris for dreaming big. Too bad any time someone publicly sets big goals all the trolls come out to gripe.
corrector of facts wrote:
coach d wrote:Back in 2007, there was this skinny Jamaican kid most people never heard of named Usain Bolt. He just finished 2nd in the WC 200 final. Couldn't beat Wallace Spearmon ("how about winning some races, eh?"). His best 100m was only 10.03, which put him further behind Asafa Powell's WR of 9.74 than Solinsky is behind 26.17.
It only took Usain 1 year to take down both those records. According to Asafa, Usain got tired of getting beat and decided to work harder....
Yeah, that's not really an accurate telling of that story. While Bolt showed huge improvement in 2008, anyone who followed sprinting knew who he was in 2003/2004 when he was 15/16 and breaking junior records and running ridiculous times. He didn't come out of nowhere.
Solinsky up until this past summer had done nothing to show he was relevant to discussions of world records. If he had run 13:20 as a high schooler, then maybe your analogy would hold.
This guy knows whats going on. People in the know knew about Bolt when he was a young teen and it was obvious where he would go. I find it amazing that people on this site can't see the future for Sol does not include a world record in the 10,000.
I find it amazing that people on this site can't see the future for Sol does not include a world record in the 10,000.[/quote]
He breaks 27 by the skin of his teeth, runs the race of his life, everything goes perfect,.......and now he's going to break the 10,000 WR? Please!
I wish he could but you guys are loony at best. He's now going to go 2, that's 2 sub 13:10's in a row, because he broke 27 by less than a second last year? I'd love to see him do it, seriously, but until he breaks 26:50, you guys are freaking nuts!
Even if he breaks 26:17 he won't end the year as the world record holder. There's no way he could solo a 26:17 and if a WR race was set up and he went under the mark, others would go under by more. It's MORE likely that Bekele, Tadese, Kipsiro, Kiprop, Menjo etc break the WR than he does
it's not likely menjo breaks the world record for 10k, perhaps he's in the race, but I don't see him running 26:16
While actually setting a world record is highly unlikely (perfect race on a perfect day) it is possible for Chris to run 26:XX and win a championship medal. The point is that he recognizes himself as a sub 27 guy and is not afraid to race at that pace. His paradigm has shifted. It's a good thing.
step back and breath wrote:
I find it amazing that people on this site can't see the future for Sol does not include a world record in the 10,000.
He breaks 27 by the skin of his teeth, runs the race of his life, everything goes perfect,.......and now he's going to break the 10,000 WR? Please!
I wish he could but you guys are loony at best. He's now going to go 2, that's 2 sub 13:10's in a row, because he broke 27 by less than a second last year? I'd love to see him do it, seriously, but until he breaks 26:50, you guys are freaking nuts![/quote]
All we are saying is that it is reasonable for a 26:59 guy to dream of running a world record. We're not saying he will do it. I think it is really really unlikely and I wouldn't bet on it, no way in hell.
I can't speak for the other posters on this thread, but all I was saying was that it's a reasonable dream. Hell, I didn't break 4:15 in the mile, but I was dreaming of running sub4 someday. Didn't get it, but it doesn't mean that it wasn't a valuable dream.