That they were sick was confirmed by Jonathan Gault. Otherwise, it didn't make sense that they would fade like that.
It makes perfect sense, they've been given the California GF treatment and now they're in the same mental boat. Nothing physical happened, they were broken mentally, if Aaron hadn't passed Leo then I'm pretty sure Leo would've managed to mantain the same pace, until he was passed by someone else, once they realized they weren't going to win, they broke.
Not sure what happened to the one that bonked mid race, but the one that was leading and passed by Aaron- didn’t he lose 10 seconds or so in the last stretch? Not much different than the week before when one of them lost 10 seconds over the last 800 to the other twin.
Not sure what happened to the one that bonked mid race, but the one that was leading and passed by Aaron- didn’t he lose 10 seconds or so in the last stretch? Not much different than the week before when one of them lost 10 seconds over the last 800 to the other twin.
when they die, they die hard.
Aaron is the better runner on the team. I say this spring Leo and Lex will be 3rd and 4th fastest on their roster. I see Aaron Defeating them both and I see Brayden Seymour beating them both.
Not sure what happened to the one that bonked mid race, but the one that was leading and passed by Aaron- didn’t he lose 10 seconds or so in the last stretch? Not much different than the week before when one of them lost 10 seconds over the last 800 to the other twin.
when they die, they die hard.
Aaron is the better runner on the team. I say this spring Leo and Lex will be 3rd and 4th fastest on their roster. I see Aaron Defeating them both and I see Brayden Seymour beating them both.
One bad race doesn't define them. You cant just say that over one race!
It could have been them being sick, upset at a teammate, lack of hydration, jet lag, too cold and muscles weren't contracting to their optimal level... There's a ton of stuff that could have cause them to have a bad race. We don't know. They do. One thing is clear tho, we cant say they are done over one race!
Not sure what happened to the one that bonked mid race, but the one that was leading and passed by Aaron- didn’t he lose 10 seconds or so in the last stretch? Not much different than the week before when one of them lost 10 seconds over the last 800 to the other twin.
when they die, they die hard.
Leo lost 10.5s on Lex at state, looking like he shutdown and was working on "I was sick" excuse, almost letting Aaron Sahlman close enough to kick him down, rather than fighting to finish as fast/well as he could. At NXN, Leo lost 13.7s on Sahlman and 10 places in the last 400m, because that's how they've been racing and what they've been encouraged to do by the fans.
Some of you guys must have never ran a race in your life, yet you post here.
They ran very "unintelligent" to be kind. Great runners who didn't respect the weather. Their little pull away speed moves bit them in the butt. In better weather, they'd have probably went 1-2, but not today.
Bringing Sean into this is ridiculous! They weren't burned out and they didn't train poorly, they just ran stupid arrogant style races today and they beat themselves. Accept it as that's what happened.
How do runners not know how to correctly use the word "run?"
Some of you guys must have never ran a race in your life, yet you post here.
They ran very "unintelligent" to be kind. Great runners who didn't respect the weather. Their little pull away speed moves bit them in the butt. In better weather, they'd have probably went 1-2, but not today.
Bringing Sean into this is ridiculous! They weren't burned out and they didn't train poorly, they just ran stupid arrogant style races today and they beat themselves. Accept it as that's what happened.
That they were sick was confirmed by Jonathan Gault. Otherwise, it didn't make sense that they would fade like that.
It makes perfect sense, they've been given the California GF treatment and now they're in the same mental boat. Nothing physical happened, they were broken mentally, if Aaron hadn't passed Leo then I'm pretty sure Leo would've managed to mantain the same pace, until he was passed by someone else, once they realized they weren't going to win, they broke.
provide a single shred of evidence that isn’t wild speculation or horrible bs psychological analysis
leo had slowed a ton a few seconds before aaron passed
Not sure what happened to the one that bonked mid race, but the one that was leading and passed by Aaron- didn’t he lose 10 seconds or so in the last stretch? Not much different than the week before when one of them lost 10 seconds over the last 800 to the other twin.
when they die, they die hard.
Aaron is the better runner on the team. I say this spring Leo and Lex will be 3rd and 4th fastest on their roster. I see Aaron Defeating them both and I see Brayden Seymour beating them both.
every day there is a post on this site that is somehow more stupid than every other one before it. incredible
Saturday’s race did not appear to be the result of burnout… More like two high school brothers who haven’t had real competition besides each other for a year. Lots of speculation indicate they worked together to break away from Sahlman. But what it really looked like was just an all out effort to break the field and the course record. Going right to the front 500m in was not the smartest tactic considering the competition and weather conditions. If you watch the race video the Youngs run side by side until Lex began to fall off. For that matter, the entire lead pack seemed content to fight the wind individually running 5 guys wide for the first 3k. Their approach looked no different from any other race this season, but fighting the wind individually allowed Sahlman to get within striking distance late in the race. The hill 200m from the finish was the nail in the coffin for Leo, but he still managed to salvage an 11th place finish. On paper it seems underwhelming, but staggering to the finish jello-legged after 4800m of leading the deepest high school national field in tough weather conditions is nothing to be overlooked.
Who knows what the real goal was for the Young brothers? They likely went into the race thinking a bad day still meant 1st and 2nd, just not the record. At the California state meet they were apparently not only out for German Fernandez’s record, but sub-14:20. They came up short, but still made the 1-2 punch look easy. Credit to Sahlman for staying in the fight mid-race and creating the opportunity to reel in whoever might have attacked late in the race. Again, it didn’t seem like Lex and Leo had it out for Aaron, it’s just the way they’ve gotten used to racing without anyone to chase except records.
I don’t believe they’re burned out. I’d guess they’re fired up and will come back on the track with a vengeance.