DREW HUNTER

Won’t he be a bit old by then?

A lot of the hate Hunter gets is probably backlash from the years of annoying TME self-hype imo. It's unfortunate as that stuff is mostly due to Parsons, Drew seems pretty mild-mannered in comparison

Well said … I was waiting for someone to speak up and spit facts.

You’re forgetting the first rule of the Drew Hunter fan club:

He is always and forever “still young”

LOL

Tinman is very opinionated, but he tried to protect young athletes from exploitation and got fired for it.

Chelanga was in the thick of that race and he's 39.

Drew Hunter is 26. At 30 he could definitely make another run. Maybe he moves up to the marathon in the next couple years.

But tbh the 10 is a good event for Drew. He actually raced it perfectly, just got out-muscled by the big 3 guys. Sometimes in this sport you just gotta go for it, whether you have the standard or not.

Even paced? The splits are free to see on results.usatf.org.

What was his 5K split? Yeah- thought so. When the top 6-8 went out fast, who hung back? Yeah- thought so.

His interview showed that he has gained a great deal of perspective on how to approach life, which is commendable, to learn from his mistakes, and to figure out how to run the mileage he needs to run his best events. He said he was doing 200s and 300s to prepare for the 1500m last year because he couldn't hack any mileage or longer workouts, and he got it figured out and is very optimistic about what he can do in the future now that he can run mileage again. And he should be optimistic after hanging with those three sub-27 guys in weather like that. Just a gritty, tough run from him.

Not at all.

they opened up with 64's and 65's for the first mile, settled into 67's as a chase pack then 2 laps after he and the chase pack reattached his splits were 69, 68, 71, 67, 71 and then he closed the last 4 laps in 66, 63, 62, 57. That is far from even paced

It was hot, when grant woody nico ran a minute faster the weather was much cooler. Drew was high school sensation skipped college, had lots of ups and downs...still young...I personally think he has the talent to run 331, 1250s, 27 minute 10k...it would be cool to c him train with Grant or woody for a couple of years. He is dripping with talent.

I texted him last night that for me personally, this was one of the greatest performances I have ever seen in trials history. And sure, he didn't win the race or even make the team but it's not the point. We know Drew has had a tough time of it physically over the years with injury after injury but it's difficult to comprehend how difficult it's been for him emotionally and mentally - pressure from his sponsors, reading what people write about you on message boards (guys say they don't read but they do) etc, and to show up like that and just hold on as guy after guy dropped off (and really good guys too) - just sensational. I mean he made Nico Young - a 12.57/26.52 guy push it to his absolute max just to hold him off and I personally was convinced Drew was going to roll him in the final 120.

Just everything about it was great - even down to the optics that he even looked laboured (emblematic of his injury history) as he just trucked around lap after lap - and yet he just couldn't be broken until the final 60m.

That is what the Olympic trials and the sport is all about. I'll never forget that run.

Heartbreaking, but between this incredible run and the news that another baby is on the way, I’m so happy for Drew. Excited to see what comes next for him.

calm down

Uplifting not heartbreaking…he wasn’t going to make a team last night, but he showed he belonged at the top tier of US distance running. It’s been a tough journey to that, but props to Drew. He can look to break 13 or 27, make teams etc. and those are realistic goals for him. I’d love if he doesn’t make that 5k team if he takes a crack at the HM American record for instance.

LOL

Really not much to say other than “ok we get it, you like Drew Hunter.”

I'm very calm. I just don't look at races and performances purely on times or places - because at the end of the day it's just running. So stories like this mean more to me.

I do like him. And he's taken a ton of unfair sh-t on messageboards like this one for years so forgive me if someone has something nice to say about him. Ya keyboard warrior weasel.