apparently now it's EASY for solinsky to run 13:30. so easy in fact that he can do it back to back and not even look tired at the end of the race. solinsky used to collapse at the end of races, be all out. now he runs 26:59 in a 10K and you guys are like, hmm, must be just better focus and smart training.
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I'll give you that. It is peculiar.
I'm just wondering how much faster he would have ran had he not had that number stuck to the bottom of his left spike.
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Shocked.
It was a great positive shock!
He still had several instances with his legs making contact with runners in front of him.
I wonder how much time the lapped runners took away from him by not moving out of lane 1 for him. I'm so mad at the lapped runners who did not move out.
Also, he is so HOT!
UCI XC wrote:
Apologies if this has been mentioned somewhere already: When else, if ever, has anyone broken an American track or field record in a lifetime debut at the event?
Shalane Flanagan, 2008 Cardinal Invitational 10,000.
captain obvious mcclearly wrote:
has it taken this long? do i really have to be the first one to say it?
apparently now it's EASY for solinsky to run 13:30. so easy in fact that he can do it back to back and not even look tired at the end of the race. solinsky used to collapse at the end of races, be all out. now he runs 26:59 in a 10K and you guys are like, hmm, must be just better focus and smart training.
get your heads out of your arses. something is up in oregon, and it ain't clean. running 2659 by closing in 156 is something haile gebrsellassie does. not chris solinsky.
what if tegenkamp runs 1248 next? must just be the training, right?
what if webb comes out and runs 3:29 for 1500. must just be better air in oregon, right?
despite what youve been lead to believe, distance running is not as complex training-wise as people claim. its not some training revolution that's making this happen.
these guys are suspicious as all get-out, guys. solinsky looked like superman out there, and you guys aren't even teh slightest bit skeptical. this is why skeptics are so essential to the world at large. people WANT to believe in teh unbelievable.
this performance has all the hallmarks of cheating:
1) inexplicable massive improvement in one race? check.
2) incredibly fast finish with no hint of slowing down or tying up? check.
3) total lack of fatigue evident in post-race celebration? check.
4) non-oly non-wc year with no major championships, and thus less drug testing? check.
I was shocked.
I was shocked, I still am. Same exact thing after Ritz's run. Hall's HM, a little but he had run pretty damn well in a 20k before and went 13:14 in college.
I coached HS during Solinsky's dominance. I watched him close at Footlocker his final year. What, he ran like 14:42. All alone just out there on cruise. To this day I don't believe any HS guy of any time in the USA could have beat him that day. He mentioned the pace and flow in this race was to be thought of as a glorified tempo. That is what I felt I was seeing at FLOCKER that day. A ton left under the hood. I always felt the people on here were gonna piss him off some day. He is to big etc. Obviously everyone was wrong and Solinsky has always been right. I apologize to Solinsky for the idiocy of so many. So come on everyone PISS SOLINSKY OFF SOME MORE!!! I wish him all the greatest HEALTH in the world. I'll be always praying for such a fine young man...may all his dreams become reality. Good start with the AMERICAN RECORD!
Yeah, Solinsky ran 14:41 at Footlockers to win, but contrary to earlier posts, he didn't win by 41 seconds, he won by 20 seconds. Wesley Smith took second in 15:01. Though who knows how fast he would have gone had he been pushed.
Also, Solinsky's AR IS MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN RITZ'S BECAUSE Chris broke the AR by 14 seconds. Ritz broke the AR by 2 seconds, and even if you double the time since the 10k is twice a 5k, that's still only 4 seconds.
Although, Ritz is 19 seconds off the 5k WR, double that it's 38 seconds. Chris is 42 seconds off the 10k WR, so maybe Ritz's run was better.
lucKY2b wrote:
Right MENTAL ATTITUDE (loose), but a mental WILL TO WIN the race, coupled with taking a step back and working hard on his TRAINING, with financial support/excellent coaching/environment/facilities, culminated in something special.
Said Sergio Sanchez.
i am the hallmark. wrote:
these guys are suspicious as all get-out, guys. solinsky looked like superman out there, and you guys aren't even teh slightest bit skeptical. this is why skeptics are so essential to the world at large. people WANT to believe in teh unbelievable.
this performance has all the hallmarks of cheating:
1) inexplicable massive improvement in one race? check.
2) incredibly fast finish with no hint of slowing down or tying up? check.
3) total lack of fatigue evident in post-race celebration? check.
4) non-oly non-wc year with no major championships, and thus less drug testing? check.
This perfectly describes.....Abebe Bikila 1960, Billy Mills 1968
It was a monstrous field that year, Bobby Curtis, Ben True,Stephen Pifer, Tim Nelson, Garret Heath, Bobby Mack etc etc etc. and I believe Galen Rupp. Chris was up by well over a football field. Chris Solinsky looked so fresh, clear eyes, face fresh not a tint of flush. With about a mile to go I saw him give a little wave of his hand to some young children leaning out on the course and waving at him. The kids would run to another part of course trying to get him to wave at them again. Coaches were starting to scream "TELL HIM TO GO FOR THE RECORD!" Man he looked great and was very content. His family must be so proud of him.