Rory Linkletter says American marathoners are TOO SOFT

Meh. I've lived in both places, and in Canada there is...

- better healthcare for all
- better public education
- great affordable universities
- better infrastructure (NYC subway or transit anywhere are borderline hellscapes)

Being moderately well-off (a physician), my quality of life in the US was good. But much better in Canada. The third-world poverty on the streets of NYC vs Toronto is incomparable.

Russia is a better country then the USA so its not that shocking to anyone paying attention.

As the only Canadian male to win a Prefontaine mile ( and a third place as well in that race behind Cruz and the rat ) I can confidently say that Rory Linkysnailmail does not represent the Canadian view of American marathoners.

Roary is a wanna be Canadian, living the majority of his life outside our country. He moved to the US at age 5 and holds dual citizenship. He never even played hockey!!he doesn’t even watch LetterKenny or idolize Don Cherry!

he doesn’t speak for us Canadians!

His put down of Americans is ridiculous since he is an American citizen!

I admire American Marathoners, always have. Shorter, Rodgers, Tabb, Salad bar, kemp, I can see a stone, , kef, etc. Linky man is showing disrespect. I apologize on behalf of all Real Canadian runners. The only real marathoner we had who could bang with America’s best was Jerome Drayton. Rory could at best to contribute to Canadian marathoning by licking the sweat off Jerome’s Jock after he won Boston or fukuoka marathons. Drayton’s off day was top ten at the Olympics.

The little “ roary” man needs to learn respect.

at least I want my American friends to know he does not represent a Canadian view. No way

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Interesting! I am 30 years both countries. i agree with all your statements about Canada except I would add massive more taxes in Canada ( my wife is an MD too, but being American the incorporating option is much more difficult considering the IRS won’t accept a single person corporation as I am sure you know). much much more especially compared to Texas where we moved from.

No they simply suck and are not good enough.

Let's run: We need more trash talking in the sport - it's good!

Also Let's run: Not like this!

Rory Sphincter’s still upset over our victory in Milano! Go listen to some FreeBird and gettcha some matey!

He isn’t entirely incorrect. The US Marathon is weak by the data. For example….looking at the Current World Rankings, Kenya could fill 13 full world teams (3 athletes) with the US filling 1 team. This is based off the amount of Kenyan runners ahead of our number 3 runner by the rankings. Now instead of just saying ehh they are weak blah blah blah…..I think we are on a great trajectory, we just can’t let it slip. What do we need to do as a country to fix this issue? My opinion is that the individualization with American runner is to our detriment. Kenya is very club based, and the results show. The US used to have great clubs, and we had success. Now it seems US runners just run solo, or with very small groups. Imagine what we could accomplish if we had a true club based training group not only looking to be the best American, but competitive on the global stage. I don’t think this will happen anytime soon due to the nonsense behind shoe deals and what not, but I truly believe it is what is the missing piece for American road running. We have a lot of talent, but it just hasn’t been fully developed. It is very difficult to do it alone, possible, but difficult.

He talks about "the Japanese way" like it's amazing and meanwhile all the top finishers are African runners lmao

Geography is hard huh?

American's aren't exactly experts at getting up. More of a roll over kinda country.

There are only 4 Americans ever who have ran faster than him - 3 if you don't count Hall's 2011 Boston performance.

*excuse me, for got Hall's London 2008 run. Disregard the last part of my post.

Please, stay in Canada. We don't need you here softy.

the bloke who just ran 2.07 and change explains it perfectly in the podcast. Excellent job by JG and Rojo.

and that Hall race shows exactly what he is talking about.

Rory has American citizenship and has lived in the US since he was 5. His wife his American. His children are American. His post has nothing to do with Canada anymore than if Grant Fisher posted about American running. Look at his post. Look at her top 50 times in that Japanese race. All he’s saying is the depth in Japan is greater than US and it shouldn’t be. Stop making his post about Canada and just read for f’s sake. Why everyone wants to make this post political and us vs them is juat announcing your lack of comprehension (read stupidity). What he’s saying is not that complicated.

Correct! Rory gained US citizenship in 2020 but has lived in the US since the age of 5. I guess by making the statement that "American marathoners are too soft" he is also pointing the finger directly at himself as well.

Low blowww