Men's 1500 is almost here. Who you got?

okayokay wrote:

Some one or two will need to go nuts in the first 300 m to sort them out. The only one who won't react is HK.

Have a look at the crazy first 200 of the 1972 Olympic 800 that allowed Dave Wottle to waltz back and win in an average to slow time. of 1:45.3 or something

Yeah yeah I know its a 1500, but no one wants another jog and kick win in 3:37

I think all of them want that (except those without the standard or high enough ranking)

I'm not sure if the anti Centro people are trolls, haters, or just want to have it in writing in case something goes really wrong.

If he is healthy and doesn't fall (sorry to pull a Rojo here) I'd be SHOCKED if he doesn't make the team. As shocked as I was about the Brazier race, maybe even more so because the 800 is more of a crapshoot.

At this point basically the only reason to pick against Hocker is that he hasn't done it before.

That leaves Nuguse and Engels for the third spot, IMO. I'd love to see Kessler there but running 3 rounds may leave a dent in him. I should probably believe in Nuguse more than I do, but his limp/floppy form leave me a bit.... limp.

Centrowitz, Hocker, Engels.

Hocker begins his kick with 200 to go, but due to the high heat the extra sweat saturation in his man bun causes it to come undone. Sweat soaked hair plasters over his eyes and, a la Shawn Crawford and his dislodged Phantom of the Opera mask, strays unpredictably across 2 lanes and tangles with fellow kickers Centro and Engles. The melee impedes several other runners, while Colby Alexander, Ben Blankenship, and Eric Avila squeeze by cleanly on the inside. Kicking free Alexander and Blankenship go 1-2. Avila can't handle the hot pace and stops for a walk break, or is he actually still running? Can't tell. Meanwhile, Kessler uses his favorite climbing move, the knee mantle, to clear the pile and blitz past Avila for 3rd. Kessler the only one with the standard is the sole US representative at the Olympics.

(I don't actually know how selection works if some of the top 3 don't have the standard)

under a bridge wrote:

okayokay wrote:

Some one or two will need to go nuts in the first 300 m to sort them out. The only one who won't react is HK.

Have a look at the crazy first 200 of the 1972 Olympic 800 that allowed Dave Wottle to waltz back and win in an average to slow time. of 1:45.3 or something

Yeah yeah I know its a 1500, but no one wants another jog and kick win in 3:37

I think all of them want that (except those without the standard or high enough ranking)

True. The race is not gonna be slower than 3:35, as runners like Colby Alexander, Josh Thompson, Waleed Suliman, Eric Holt, Eric Avila and mostly important - Sam Prakel will want to try to crack the standard and make top 3 at the same time. They are all too close to 3:35 not to try to take a shot at it.

Calling it now: the winning time will be faster than 3:35.

lonesome moon wrote:

I'm not sure if the anti Centro people are trolls, haters, or just want to have it in writing in case something goes really wrong.

If he is healthy and doesn't fall (sorry to pull a Rojo here) I'd be SHOCKED if he doesn't make the team. As shocked as I was about the Brazier race, maybe even more so because the 800 is more of a crapshoot.

At this point basically the only reason to pick against Hocker is that he hasn't done it before.

That leaves Nuguse and Engels for the third spot, IMO. I'd love to see Kessler there but running 3 rounds may leave a dent in him. I should probably believe in Nuguse more than I do, but his limp/floppy form leave me a bit.... limp.

Centrowitz, Hocker, Engels.

Sh*t I forgot about Blankenship....

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

under a bridge wrote:

I think all of them want that (except those without the standard or high enough ranking)

Calling it now: the winning time will be faster than 3:35.

Obviously, that's possible, but to me, it seems unlikely. It's happened once, and that was 2016. That's also the Trials record. The high temp for Eugene that day was 67. I'm not optimistic that someone is going attack the standard in 100+ heat. Not at the Trials.

Tell me something I don't already know, I had to surmise that you wouldn't know the term since you were talking about spelling like an inbred imbecile.

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

silver spoons wrote:

Hey dummy, the words were all spelled correctly. They just made no grammatical sense as constructed.

Hello retard. The word you are looking for is syntax.

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

under a bridge wrote:

I think all of them want that (except those without the standard or high enough ranking)

True. The race is not gonna be slower than 3:35, as runners like Colby Alexander, Josh Thompson, Waleed Suliman, Eric Holt, Eric Avila and mostly important - Sam Prakel will want to try to crack the standard and make top 3 at the same time. They are all too close to 3:35 not to try to take a shot at it.

Calling it now: the winning time will be faster than 3:35.

im going with a 3:45, and a 52-53 last 400

Funny thing i was doing the same. I mean, inability to follow the topic while clinging on grammar mistakes is not a sign of a bright person. So for you and others of your kind: this is about the upcoming 1500m at USATF olympic trials. Despite the wrong syntax in the title.

silver spoons wrote:

Tell me something I don't already know, I had to surmise that you wouldn't know the term since you were talking about spelling like an inbred imbecile.

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

Hello retard. The word you are looking for is syntax.

bannned i got wrote:

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

The race is not gonna be slower than 3:35, as runners like Colby Alexander, Josh Thompson, Waleed Suliman, Eric Holt, Eric Avila and mostly important - Sam Prakel will want to try to crack the standard and make top 3 at the same time. They are all too close to 3:35 not to try to take a shot at it.

Calling it now: the winning time will be faster than 3:35.

im going with a 3:45, and a 52-53 last 400

Ok, but what's the point for 6 guys with 3:36 SB to go at 3:50 pace as they don't have the standard? Might as well stay at home then.

It's not just that it's grammatically incorrect. Rojo has shown himself to be so utter lacking in spelling, grammar, logic, syntax, etc that, for a self-proclaimed "journalist," it's embarrassing. The guy is functionally illiterate, and his blatherings on his pod are a tough listen. He's as long-winded and circular in his speaking as Jon Marcus (who does a pod with Magness), and that's saying a lot. Surprisingly, Wejo is way better on all counts. And Rojo's lack of coherent writing shows up in his articles too, not just his posts. What makes this one funny is that also comes across as an epic fail by a middle-aged white guy trying to use slang. The slang is "who you got?" yet Rojo has managed to make it seem slightly "grammatical" (though it's not) with a woefully incorrect and inept "who you've got?". Rojo is basically a self-parody at this point.

quote post wrote:

pathfinder wrote:

Logic fail. We can do both.

Exactly

ribich

Sopa de SabadelI wrote:

bannned i got wrote:

im going with a 3:45, and a 52-53 last 400

Ok, but what's the point for 6 guys with 3:36 SB to go at 3:50 pace as they don't have the standard? Might as well stay at home then.

They could try for it in the qualifying rounds instead of the final.

Sopa de SabadelI wrote:

bannned i got wrote:

im going with a 3:45, and a 52-53 last 400

Ok, but what's the point for 6 guys with 3:36 SB to go at 3:50 pace as they don't have the standard? Might as well stay at home then.

i agree, but US does this way too often. knowing they need the time and they will take off at 58 or so for the first 400m and f*ck their chances, centro will just smile knowing that things just got easier for him

3:35.00....thats basically 14.33 per 100m if you roll dead nuts even, but im telling you they will not hit 42-43 for the first 300, they will be slow and it will be a hard last 300-400m. then those guys will have to try to hit a qualifying time a the next meet....only centro will get invited to monaco

if they had balls and were smart they would try and hit pace for 3:33 just to be safe...you might not win but if you get top there and die and hit 3:34 you made it

bannned i got wrote:

Sopa de Sabadell wrote:

True. The race is not gonna be slower than 3:35, as runners like Colby Alexander, Josh Thompson, Waleed Suliman, Eric Holt, Eric Avila and mostly important - Sam Prakel will want to try to crack the standard and make top 3 at the same time. They are all too close to 3:35 not to try to take a shot at it.

Calling it now: the winning time will be faster than 3:35.

im going with a 3:45, and a 52-53 last 400

Agreed, certainly for the final.

Do you think they’ll go for it in the prelims?

sad hunter wrote:

Sopa de SabadelI wrote:

Ok, but what's the point for 6 guys with 3:36 SB to go at 3:50 pace as they don't have the standard? Might as well stay at home then.

They could try for it in the qualifying rounds instead of the final.

A lot of them have it on world ranking.

Sopa de SabadelI wrote:

Funny thing i was doing the same. I mean, inability to follow the topic while clinging on grammar mistakes is not a sign of a bright person.

So for you and others of your kind: this is about the upcoming 1500m at USATF olympic trials. Despite the wrong syntax in the title.

silver spoons wrote:

Tell me something I don't already know, I had to surmise that you wouldn't know the term since you were talking about spelling like an inbred imbecile.

Congratulations, you win the LRC Gold Medal in the Race to the Bottom! You have a lifetime reserved spot on the sofa in the LRBF Lounge and a bottomless bowl of sour grapes.

bannned i got wrote:

Sopa de SabadelI wrote:

Ok, but what's the point for 6 guys with 3:36 SB to go at 3:50 pace as they don't have the standard? Might as well stay at home then.

i agree, but US does this way too often.

Well if nobody learns from Jewitt, then they do not deserve to be on the olympic team to begin with.

I say these six guys better go for it or die trying. Nothing to lose anyway.

1. engels 3:36

2. ciattei 3:36

3. centro 3:36

4. hocker 3:37

5. nuguse 3:37

6. hobbs 3:38

7. gregorek 3:38