2014 Fifth Avenue Mile Official Discussion Thread - Jordan McNamara and Jenny Simpson win!

oldold runner wrote:

Larry Dickman wrote:

Foot-by-foot, NYC is the most videod city in the world.

By chance, is there a video link to the race for those of us stranded in one of the fly-over states?

I just watched the race on Flotrack. Go there.

Better quality and less bumpy. No commentary, tough:

Men's race:

Women's:

VERY impressed by Hasay, stuck her node in it, not afraid to chase Jenny, and beat several strong 1500M runners.

Look at his name. Jealous post by grunwald's husband.

Larry Dickman wrote:

Double-downed Moron, you said "jordan hasay what an embarrassment. She had no business being in that race" and now you're trying to parse "good" and "great."

Please tell us more about moving goalposts.

No, YOU are being a moron AGAIN. You have to be a troll, no one could possibly have reading comprehension this bad. My post specifically said "Hasay had a good race". I even created a separate paragraph for that statement to be clear of my opinion on her performance. That is the complete opposite of saying she had no business being in that race.

Learn to read. And no I'm not trying to parse good and great. The phrases were " in top form" vs "great shape". Learn to read.

Larry Dickman wrote:

And by the way kdkdk, elite milers in great shape will often finish 4 seconds, 8 seconds, even 12 seconds behind the winner. Have you ever watched an Olympic final? In fact, have you ever been to a track meet or left a comment on the internet? I'm obviously arguing with a high school sophomore here.

Nevertheless, don't drop in to just denigrate another runner. It's totally unnecessary, and it's the worst of the forums.

If they finish 12 seconds behind their usual time, then they are not in top form. This is the difference between "great shape" and "top form".

Once again,I never said anything negative about anyone. I said the opposite. I said Hasay had a good race. Learn to read.

Jenny finished so close to the right tape bearer.I think her arm was ready for an arm block. She was coiling it up just in case Brenda got any closer

Simpson 1st, Martinez 2nd and Mageean 3rd -- That's 1-2-3 for New Balance! Nice to see all that black and orange up front, especially in the race video.

Possibly the craziest move I've ever seen by will leer around 2:50. And law I responded to it. Two nut cases and boy did they pay for it, look at leer pulling up, did they go for a half mile prize or what?

better replay1 wrote:

oldold runner wrote:

I just watched the race on Flotrack. Go there.

Better quality and less bumpy. No commentary, tough:

Men's race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAVV-ngPqE

Women's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPY0CyeVMvQ

hereforalaugh wrote:

Possibly the craziest move I've ever seen by will leer around 2:50. And law I responded to it. Two nut cases and boy did they pay for it, look at leer pulling up, did they go for a half mile prize or what?

Yep, knew they would not place so went for the prize money at half.

sllewf wrote:

hereforalaugh wrote:

Possibly the craziest move I've ever seen by will leer around 2:50. And law I responded to it. Two nut cases and boy did they pay for it, look at leer pulling up, did they go for a half mile prize or what?

Yep, knew they would not place so went for the prize money at half.

Actually it was Lawi that caused it, he wouldn't let Will Leer run beside him. Amateur-hour by the both of them.

Strange, I watched the tape without the commentary but with a guy giving instructions to his driver from the back of a motorcycle and for a moment I thought he was coaching leer. He said "speed up, speed up" at just the moment Leer sped up.

Uceny needs a good sport psychologist. Ran the first half of the race 10 feet to the side of the entire group. She should have been in the top 3 for sure. Races so bad. Time is running out.

Jenny led wire-to-wire; total domination.

Jordan didn't even look like she was trying.

Cain looked like the scientists have gotten to her and taken away her previous elastic bouncy stride. Turning into a robot, unfortunately.

Brenda is hot. Maybe it's the speed goggles, but I don't care.

Good to see that Blow Hard Leer get his butt handed to him. He's been awfully quiet since his pouting about indoors.

Sorry Willy when you get real competition you suck.

yep. agree. Uceny will pop a good one next year.

David,

The early races had a start and finish a bit north of the current points. I'm thinking half-3/4 block. When did it change? I do not think the change made the course faster or slower just a slightly different footprint.

Back when this race was an idea I lobbied Fred hard to run the race along the East Drive going south from the reservoir and down Cat Hill.

Thanks for the course info.

Tom

sllewf wrote:

hereforalaugh wrote:

Possibly the craziest move I've ever seen by will leer around 2:50. And law I responded to it. Two nut cases and boy did they pay for it, look at leer pulling up, did they go for a half mile prize or what?

Yep, knew they would not place so went for the prize money at half.

Yeah just saw the flotrack video where the half mile prize was brought up, I didn't know there was one. That sort of explains what the heck was happening! I thought they'd both lost their minds there!!

leer and lalang def went for the prize money. i do think it cost them a bit as they simply slowed down right after the half and let everyone catch back up to them.

also cain was pretty upset after the race, salazar needed and moser took her to the side and tried to calm her down. maybe just really disappointed with her result?

Wow, sensational race video of Simpson's win - best race video of the year so far for me!

How she led that gun to tape, so determined. The time also was quite fast.

I know the Fifth Avenue Mile is slightly downhill, but still: 4:19,4 is equal to No 17 performance on the track for women!!

wineturtle wrote:

David,

The early races had a start and finish a bit north of the current points. I'm thinking half-3/4 block. When did it change? I do not think the change made the course faster or slower just a slightly different footprint.

The course has "slid" up and down Fifth Avenue by a block or two for various reasons over the years. For instance, when Trump was the sponsor, he wanted the race to finish in front of a Trump building (the former GM building). In some years, construction dictated the start location.

DFM