American Performances at Berlin

Horrible wrote:

How is it possible that the best Americans out there can only run 2:29?

There are 50 American men under 2:29 this year. 51 Americans, including Davila.

Horrible wrote:

Unbelievable. I can't wait til the olympics when our first runner goes 2:29 and gets 264252th place.

At the last Olympic Games, American marathoners finished 9th and 10th. The previous Olympiad, Americans earned silver and bronze medals in the marathon.

Great 2:17:42 by Alex Crabill, only 23 and a Tacoma native/UCLA grad with a mile PR of 4:02. He ran wickedly even splits, no KM more than a few seconds off of the others.

http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-track/mtt/crabill_alex00.html

Jeff Wigand wrote:

There are 50 American men under 2:29 this year. 51 Americans, including Davila.

At the last Olympic Games, American marathoners finished 9th and 10th. The previous Olympiad, Americans earned silver and bronze medals in the marathon.

I think you don't know what the f*ck youre talking about. There is NO chance that someone will medal at the olympics running 2:29, get a god damn clue

Frankie the Gaffer wrote:

So if he (or she) has run faster than 2:29 they are allowed to not respect these people?

If he did run faster than 2:29 he WOULD respect these people.

Tftftft wrote:

John Tanis does seem to be indeed registered in the 65 yo age category. His chip time is 2:52 and his actual is 2:29. This would mean that not only did he beat the 65 yo world best by over 12 min (and is below the 60 yo world best by 7 min), but he did that by navigating his way through 3000 joggers.

athlink shows a john tanis to be a 4-5 hr marathon finisher (4 NYC's) way back in the 1990's. last race was a 50+ minute 5k

Think he sold his bib?

Should wojo start one and only one thread to figure this out?

A few reasons:

1) Chicago and NYC are coming up

2) The trials are coming up

3) Travel is expensive and USATF doesn't give a crap about US road racing

4) The depth isn't there. Why go to Berlin if you are shooting for 2:20 or even 2:18 when you can just go to Twin Cities or Chicago? Much cheaper and closer to home. Berlin is for guys shooting for 2:12 or faster, it seems.

Yes, i'm sure my buddy Ankur is "completely embarrased" (sic) at his 5min PB in the marathon. thanks for pointing out how embarrassing it is to PR by 5min, in spite of blowing up the last 10K (check his splits, he gets the next one right, he'll run 2:2x). once again, thank you captain obvious. also, your speellling skils are slightly deficient. thanks for playing, have a nice day. Nice job ankur, proud of you bro!cheers, dude-

Horrible wrote: Completely embarrasing in my opinion.

..........Tarneja, Ankur (USA) M30 02:31:40

Horrible wrote:

Jeff Wigand wrote:

There are 50 American men under 2:29 this year. 51 Americans, including Davila.

At the last Olympic Games, American marathoners finished 9th and 10th. The previous Olympiad, Americans earned silver and bronze medals in the marathon.

I think you don't know what the f*ck youre talking about. There is NO chance that someone will medal at the olympics running 2:29, get a god damn clue

Sorry, but this post really destroyed your trolling effort.

9/10 he actually had some of you believing him. Solid trolling effort

Horrible wrote:

Jeff Wigand wrote:

There are 50 American men under 2:29 this year. 51 Americans, including Davila.

At the last Olympic Games, American marathoners finished 9th and 10th. The previous Olympiad, Americans earned silver and bronze medals in the marathon.

I think you don't know what the f*ck youre talking about. There is NO chance that someone will medal at the olympics running 2:29, get a god damn clue

2:27 won bronze and silver medals at the last Olympics so maybe it's you, here just to stir some shit up, that is lacking in clues.

somerandomdude wrote:

Yes, i'm sure my buddy Ankur is "completely embarrased" (sic) at his 5min PB in the marathon. thanks for pointing out how embarrassing it is to PR by 5min, in spite of blowing up the last 10K (check his splits, he gets the next one right, he'll run 2:2x). once again, thank you captain obvious. also, your speellling skils are slightly deficient. thanks for playing, have a nice day. Nice job ankur, proud of you bro!

cheers, dude-

Haha I run with Ankur too. The guy is a stud -- he's not a pro getting "sent over" to represent the US, he's a guy with a full-time job who enjoys running and trained hard to set a PR. OP, your comments make you sound like an ignorant a$$hole.

Many Americans run very fast. Many good runners in America - so why go to old Europe city when nice places in America to run.

2:29 at age 65 would be a new age group world record by some margin. I think we can safely assume it didn't happen.

http://www.arrs.net/SA_Mara.htm

How many people on this thread think "Horrible" is a f*ck-tard? My guess is everyone!!

Berlin is a great marathon event and a chance for a fast time, but it is not a WC event, such as Daegu, which means our Country does not "send" its athletes over to compete.

Get a life you confused moron...

Hmmmmm?? wrote:

Hey 'horrible'. Let me ask you. Have you run faster than 2.29.14-2.36.33 for a marathon? If you haven't, you need to still respect the men who ran the times you listed regardless. They deserve respect instead of being demoralized because they didn't run a 2.04-10 time. Educate yourself.

Yet again one of the weakest "arguments" seen on these boards...one's own performances have nothing to do with the ability to judge others' performances. The original poster said nothing about not "respecting" these runners, he just said they were "horrible" in terms of being world class.

Horrible wrote:

Once again, we show why we don't get any respect as a nation when it comes to distance runners. Every other country sends their best runners to this race, and our chosen marathoners run like this? Completely embarrasing in my opinion.

» Prof. Tanis, John (USA) M65 02:29:14

Tarneja, Ankur (USA) M30 02:31:40

Buschman, Mark (USA) MH 02:36:33

Guess what, broski? Guys who are in the 2:20+ range and head overseas to races like Berlin are running tourists, not elites. Subelites are nowhere near valuable enough to races like Berlin to give them any appearance fee, probably not even a free entry. They probably don't have any sponsors and are traveling to these races on their own dime.

Horrible wrote:

Once again, we show why we don't get any respect as a nation when it comes to distance runners. Every other country sends their best runners to this race, and our chosen marathoners run like this? Completely embarrasing in my opinion.

» Prof. Tanis, John (USA) M65 02:29:14

I don't know, 2:29 for a 65 year old is pretty damn impressive if you ask me.

oohlala wrote:

9/10 he actually had some of you believing him. Solid trolling effort

Ha thanks, not bad for my trolling debut on letsrun lol

Tftftft wrote:

If you click on the person's name in the results, you see that he covered the first 5k in 45 min and the second 5 k in 45 min also. Nothing for the next checkpoints until 40k. I am sure that he then took the bus and walked over to get his stuff at the finish line (walking over the mat in the process).

Good detective work, Tftftft!

The erroneous time has been acknowledged and no longer appears in the results: