Comeback from the depths of hell in Collegiate 4 x 400m

not even close wrote:

skinnywolf wrote:

BEST FINISH EVER!!

KICK OF THE .... EVER!!!!

nope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjejTQdK5OI

Props to anyone who nearly gets their skull crushed with 200 meters to go and still wins the race. Lucky for her, Fawn Dorr is a hurdler...

Depths of hell? wrote:

Irish Runner 4 x 4 wrote:http://irishrunner.com/video-comeback-queen-healy-from-the-depths-of-hell/

CRAZY FINISH

Crazy announcers!

Like listening to drunk leprechauns. I couldn't stand to listen to that mess again!

termsandconditions wrote:

Depths of hell? wrote:

Crazy announcers!

Like listening to drunk leprechauns. I couldn't stand to listen to that mess again!

What? That is exactly why most of us like the announcing. Who doesn't like drunk leprechauns?

Law_5 wrote:

I've actually visited most of the schools in this race, so I knew who the announcers were talking aboot.

Look, there are only a small number of third level schools in all of Ireland. Athletics is not exactly the biggest sport in the country. These races are more comparable to a mid-level high school program, where you don't have enough runners to fill all of the slots, so people have to double up.

At my high school (in the US), the track team is over 300 kids. There is a huge tradition, however, that virtually every runner will also participate in the JV 4 x 400. I've seen runners who just finished the 3000 being told which 4 x 4 team they would be on. "You can be the anchor since you just finished the 3000."

THIS.

Not unusual for League Athletics meets in the Commonwealth to draw on whoever available to complete the 1600 relay. I would like to see more middle distance runners comprising the B or C team at meets over here....lane availability notwithstanding.

Why are you scorning, fat man?

Larry Dickman wrote:

Why are you scorning, fat man?

Blah blah needs to read this, which was linked on the front page here.

sdfsdfsdfsdfsdf wrote:

termsandconditions wrote:

Like listening to drunk leprechauns. I couldn't stand to listen to that mess again!

What? That is exactly why most of us like the announcing. Who doesn't like drunk leprechauns?

That was the best part!...absolutely ridiculous!

No doubt at all that Phil Healy is the REAL DEAL!

WOW!!!

Amazing commentary

I want to see these two in place of Cram at the BBC for the Olympics lol

Metric Miler wrote:

Amazing commentary

I want to see these two in place of Cram at the BBC for the Olympics lol

They should do the Olympics for NBC instead of Craig Masback and Tom Hammond.

The ratings would skyrocket!

... and with ads for Meldonium..."as used by Maria Sharapova"

Now we are talking about making athletics entertaining again!

Two tenors. Damn that was fun.

temp tracker dude wrote:

Lucky Charms wrote:

On another subject who was the last world class runner form Ireland?

That might be Alistair Cragg with PBs of 13:03 and 27:39, but he was born and raised in South Africa.

Breeda Dennehy-Willis?

Depths of hell...

They are running class C HS times.

Depths of mediocrity....

Thank you for indexing it to the finish instead of all 4 laps, minimizing the amount of my time you wasted.

In the future please use honest thread titles, e.g. "badly mismatched anchor legs in 4x400 relay."

fraternity wrote:

Depths of hell...

They are running class C HS times.

Depths of mediocrity....

I thought the "depths of hell" line was fantastic.

It has absolutely nothing to do with times.

I have been watching track races for 42 years and that race by Phil Healy was one of the greatest efforts I have ever seen.

After winning...she was flat on her face on the track... WOW!

Why do you think it went viral?

Because anyone can see it was an amazing and incredible performance.

Go Phil Healy!!!

Sad sad person.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Thank you for indexing it to the finish instead of all 4 laps, minimizing the amount of my time you wasted.

In the future please use honest thread titles, e.g. "badly mismatched anchor legs in 4x400 relay."

That runner is faster than you, she would walk you down and hand you your ass on a silver platter.PS: No snu-snu for you, ever, Go win a beer pong tournament.

fraternity wrote:

Depths of hell...

They are running class C HS times.

Depths of mediocrity....

The lead runner at the start of the anchor leg ran a 68. That is not exactly a competitive performance, unless she had a few beers first. Even letsrunners can run that fast.

KudzuRunner wrote:

Two tenors. Damn that was fun.

Here is an article by the commentator on the video that sounds like a "squealing pig"...Cathal Dennehy.

Law_5 wrote:

I've actually visited most of the schools in this race, so I knew who the announcers were talking aboot.

Look, there are only a small number of third level schools in all of Ireland. Athletics is not exactly the biggest sport in the country. These races are more comparable to a mid-level high school program, where you don't have enough runners to fill all of the slots, so people have to double up.

At my high school (in the US), the track team is over 300 kids. There is a huge tradition, however, that virtually every runner will also participate in the JV 4 x 400. I've seen runners who just finished the 3000 being told which 4 x 4 team they would be on. "You can be the anchor since you just finished the 3000."

Just an FYI: Most high schools (I'd say 99.9 percent) in the U.S don't have 300 kids on the track team. Your perception of the tradition here may be a bit skewed.