Shannon Rowbury Breaks American - Runs 14:38.92 in Brussels!

There are literally dozens of top athletes reporting the doping and illicit practices of NOP to USADA

Literally the top investigative journalism outfit in the country, if not the world, picked up the story and chose to put their reputation on the line for it

She and CapriSalazar should be mocked and seen as an exhibit of what "hard work and Nike doping can do for you"

Just do it. Mock and ignore Shannon Rowbury until she says something remotely honest about the situation.

She just wanna cash dem checks, and the normal viewing public is just left with what the Nike PR machine feeds them

This is a sporting culture built by the Diack boys and Craig Reedie

Nike - remember, this is a company making big dollas off Russia and UK and Kenya athletes too - knows they have no incentive to do anything but game the system. Fix the system? Speak out against the system? Salazar already did that. He said you can't beat the Nike Africans without doping Nike Americans

Enjoy your spectacle

simpson fan wrote:

As Rojo said on the other thread, a bit anticlimactic when you lose by more than 30 seconds.

You must have failed preschool mathematics.

Hayduke wrote:

Enh. wrote:

But if Jager gets the record I'll lose my mind.

yea because the one nike sponsored team is full of nike sell outs, and the other nike sponsored team is full of nike cool rebels who would never run for an evil empire like nike.

Ha! Superb.

Are you incapable of doing simple subtraction?

said88 wrote:

simpson fan wrote:

As Rojo said on the other thread, a bit anticlimactic when you lose by more than 30 seconds.

Mathematics is not your profession - correct?

WTH are you talking about?

Of the 3 kinds of people in this world (those who can count and those who cannot) I definitely can count.

You are pathetic.

You know nothing about Shannon Rowbury.

News flash, she is not under investigation and she has never been accused of anything by USADA, WADA, USATF, IAAF, or any other reputable agency

Keep spewing your lies if it makes you feel better.

But rest assured that Shannon will never be convicted of any wrong doing because she has never done anything wrong.

You can rot in your grave waiting for the day that will never come.

simpson fan wrote:

said88 wrote:

Mathematics is not your profession - correct?

WTH are you talking about?

Of the 3 kinds of people in this world (those who can count and those who cannot) I definitely can count.

Then please count the number of seconds between 14:18 and 14:38.

TrackBot! VDOT 14:38 5000m

Yea, what (s)he said. :)

how is 14:39 faster than 14:38?

VDOT for 14:38 5.0km: 71.6

Equivalent race times based on VDOT:

Marathon: 02:20:20

Half marathon: 01:06:59

15K: 00:46:36

10K: 00:30:24

5K: 00:14:37

3Mi: 00:14:05

2Mi: 00:09:05

3200m: 00:09:01

3K: 00:08:24

1Mi: 00:04:15

1600m: 00:04:13

1500m: 00:03:56

I am a bot. Info:

http://habs.sdf.org/trackbot

Nice quote from Shannon on the Brussels Diamond League website.

"In retrospect I maybe had to follow the leaders. I did not run the 5K for two years, but could run verry relaxed today. My feeling was really great. I knew I was the fastest of my little group at the end. My training was way better then when I ran 14.48, so I knew I could beat the national record. I was just a little afraid to come into another event against the top of the world."

Their English translation is a bit off, but based on this quote it appears that Rowbury felt relaxed at that pace and after the race she felt she had more to offer at this distance

She did close a big gap and was in full flight on the home stretch to catch 5th place

Great run for her

rojo wrote:

Requester of BLACK pages wrote:

BLACK PAGE FOR ROWBURY OR I WILL CRY SEXISM!

Black page for Ayana or I will cry racism? or Xenophobia.

SJW's strike again!

Man would I love to tongue-punch rowbury's fart box

plus or minus wrote:

simpson fan wrote:

WTH are you talking about?

Of the 3 kinds of people in this world (those who can count and those who cannot) I definitely can count.

Then please count the number of seconds between 14:18 and 14:38.

It's a joke, bro. Did you not catch the "3 kinds of people..." only to name 2 kinds later?

Why does everyone need to crap on someone's good day? She ran a PR and an American Record. Be happy for her or don't say anything at all. Most of these guys on here probably couldn't even break 15:00. SMH

Huddle does not have the same sub 4 1500 m leg turnover (4:08 PR I believe) as Rowburgy so I think her old AR may be near her potential despite having more endurance.

Biological profile wrote:

Rowbury and other American runners are subjected to numerous out of competition drug tests throughout the year. Their African counterparts are rarely tested because of the remote locations and lack of testing facilities. 14:38 is a very impressive time but not unexpected given that she ran a expertly paced effort and has over 15 years of hard training under her belt. She ran 14.46 two years ago off of a lot less mileage in her training. What you guys should be questioning is why an outstanding performance and American record only got her 5th place.

Right, because Al Sal would never dope the NOP runners. He was just testing the testosterone cream so no one could sabotage his athletes. He coaches his athletes on how to get TUES since that is 'technically' not breaking the rules.

He is a POS and his behavior carries down to those runners that choose to run for him. The debacle that is Mo Farrah is just additional ammo. Shannon is a very good runner, no doubt, but I find it hard to root for anyone that chooses to stay and run for NOP.

Nike is bad enough but I have much more respect for BTC.

There is zero evidence that Wetmore and JS or EC dope so in a sense JS is beyond reproach because she didn't do anything wrong. There is a lot of smoke around the NOP-Salazar camp. This means they are under the umbrella of suspicion. There is a big difference.

Privileged ones wrote:

No. The JS fans think she is privileged and beyond reproach.

Having followed this rivalry for the past year this has become quite obvious to me.