LetsRun.com wrote:
evlogía wrote:
+1
Typical of NBC
Yeah, let's make this racial. My goodness. What a disgraceful post.
NBC is looking for stories. Did you notice how much attention they gave to the black 6th place finisher in the women's 400?
Make it racial? It was blatantly racist. Most can see this. Pointing out racism not okay?
Let’s not call it racist.
What it is is xenophobic.
not a fan wrote:
Juice Springsteen wrote:
Bump.
Dude has been low key in awesome shape for years and has an impressive body of work. This year the stars aligned with the competition (no Jager) and his health. I don’t mean that as a slight either, health and availability is a skill.
Yes his 'impressive" body of work is a very pedestrian PR of 8:22 and never making a world's team. It's a joke to think that Bayer would have made it with Jager. He couldn't even keep up with For and Kenebai .
He's a 4th place runner in life.
What are you talking about? He has PRs of 8:14, 3:34, 3:52, and 7:38. He missed making the team by .07 in 2017. He has had a solid career and I'm glad to see him make the team.
not a fan wrote:
He's a 4th place runner in life.
What a stupid thing to say.
I'm a huge fan. Not afraid to go to Europe and mix it up with the top competition. Already has done THREE Diamond League races and ONE World Challenge race this year. I'm sure he's headed back to finish the series.
Go Andy!
Wow. Tough crowd. You could not be more wrong. First, he made the World Championships this Friday so that makes him one of the best in the world. But more importantly, you are way off base (and incredibly rude) with your "4th place runner in life" comment. You clearly don't know him. The dude is an exceptional human being who has done nothing but succeed, sometimes against the odds, his entire life. He's from a small town but graduated from a large, major university (IU). He went as a walk on but with lots of hard work ended up leading the track and cross country teams and earning numerous Big 10 and NCAA honors. He's had a world-class career by training hard and staying in great shape. That takes incredible discipline - more than the average person is capable of. He and his wife just adopted two school-age children. If all of this reflects a 4th place life, then it's what we should all strive for.
simon53 wrote:
Wow. Tough crowd. You could not be more wrong. First, he made the World Championships this Friday so that makes him one of the best in the world. But more importantly, you are way off base (and incredibly rude) with your "4th place runner in life" comment. You clearly don't know him. The dude is an exceptional human being who has done nothing but succeed, sometimes against the odds, his entire life. He's from a small town but graduated from a large, major university (IU). He went as a walk on but with lots of hard work ended up leading the track and cross country teams and earning numerous Big 10 and NCAA honors. He's had a world-class career by training hard and staying in great shape. That takes incredible discipline - more than the average person is capable of. He and his wife just adopted two school-age children. If all of this reflects a 4th place life, then it's what we should all strive for.
+1
Congrats to Andy and best wishes in the final