God Bless Marco Langon - He races like we all wish we would race. What a gutsy performance.

Rojo is very complimentary of Musau and the site highlighted the anecdote from his indoor title about basically blacking out (he wanted it that bad) and also thinking he lost to a lapped runner. One thing for Rojo to ask Dave Smith id love to know is why not have Musau run the 10,000 trial at Pre? Granted it’d be his debut but a good experience, reasonable travel and a chance to break 27 either way. Transitive property but Musau can beat 26:50 guys and is also plenty good at XC.

Good run for the young man, but at what point did he ever have the lead or push the pace in Pre esque way? Never. Hanson deserves the most credit for a gutsy run, with Strangio getting some credit as well.

Very impressive run for 20 yr old Langon vs 27 yr old Musau

if you are not geeked out at the finish line are you really trying to win? #freakyflash

Deletion is proof enough that OP can't stand up to honest criticism. You are certainly wonderful with euphemisms, your status is well-earned.

Langon is 20 turning 21 in August.

Musau is 18 turning 19 in December.

Langon is more than 2 years older.

If you believe Musau is really only 18, I have a bridge to sell you. That bro's at least 23.

I saw little or no impact, nor causal effect, and he was after all running too close to Musau, who had the inside position. Musau was just better on the day and Langon lost steam once he was spent. Next year, however, it could be Langon getting the win.

My take of his race was quite different. With about 250 to go, he was shoved, and then overreacted by going hard after Masau. he seemed to be all-out in the turn trying to catch him, and well, we all know how it ended. Had he remained calm after the shoving, and inched up until the final straight, maybe there is a different outcome in his favor?

Hansen is the one that pushed the pace. He wasn’t able to hold on but if he didn’t do that it likely would have been a 13:45-50 race. It’s a stretch to say Langon had more guts than anyone. Nice race. Likely smarter than Hansen but definitely not gutsier just because he had an interview that told you he wanted it more than others. That means nothing.

This should have ended the thread.

The Great White Nope. You are looking for something that is not there, Rojo

Yep

Disagree. The rail has many risks of wipeouts and injury. Better to stay away from trouble. Many great runners ran in lane 2 in traffic.

This thread amazes me, it is clear people don't understand how championship racing works. Langon didn't get into any traffic besides making his move on Musau, so the argument about him running along the outside lane is irrelevant because if anything, in the longer races, there is a pretty solid chance you get boxed in or tripped up. He stayed patient and let it all out the final 150.

This. Just because Marco loves to shove down people’s throats that he had a hard upbringing the dude is from an upper middle class NJ suburb while Musau and Samuel actually had it tough. Don’t buy into what’s he’s selling just because he’s overdramatic

It’s Marco.. I agree he’d had some big ass balls for leading.

Absolutely agree with you. I've never understood the American distance running mentality of hanging back and relying on a late kick. For all the outlier anecdotes it's a marvelous method to underachieve and stack the odds against you.

When I attended both ACC and NCAA indoors the stands were loaded with coaches of the various teams. Many of them started talking to me, assuming I was a coach. One lady assistant from Cal put it best, as we watched a dawdling race headed toward a chaotic finish, "Everybody out there thinks they have the best kick. You can't convince them otherwise."

I like Langon, and while watching the race thought he had a realistic shot to win, however I think his timing was off and he made his move a little too early. If he could have been patient for something like maybe 8-10 more seconds before letting it rip and full sending, I think he could have pulled it off. Musau and Samwell are just so good that you have to basically execute flawlessly to beat them. Oh well. Respect to all 3.

you're even more dense, comparing struggles between the 3. These guys are here to run fast and compete. Leave their life/past struggles out of it.