Official Doha DL discussion thread

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

OriginalLurker wrote:

It'll be 100° F (they're not running in the WC stadium).

Some of those times may be a bit optimistic.

Yikes, you are right. Somewhat absurd to me that they will hold it there and not in the bigger, domed stadium! Looks like we can expect mid 90s temps with it run in the evening. I think the 800s won't be too affected. The 1500s maybe a tad, but the 3000 and Steeple definitely should be a bit slower.

Yep, the LRC Doha preview stated the meet was to be held at the air-conditioned Olympic stadium. It wasn't.

scared potato wrote:

CinqueMinute wrote:

Jakob avoids Timothy!!!

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think firster wrote:

Jakob got no chance. Tim rips 3:30 for breakfast...

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scared potato wrote:

Lol. Looks like Timmy avoiding Jakob. Not to be seen in the first DL.

Jakob is also smiling after this. Seeing that he blew away McSweyns doors better than Timmy did. Jakob smells the gold. It's in the bag.

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This is what I have wrote:

lmao what a joke, what's Jakob's record vs Tim again ?

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Bluejay wrote:

Nobody knows how Jakob will do vs. Timothy this year. Jakob has come closer and closer the last years and if he improves 1-1.5 second again this year Timothy has to PR too to beat him.

The only permanent thing in this world is impermanence!

DohaMeetWatcher wrote:

Yep, the LRC Doha preview stated the meet was to be held at the air-conditioned Olympic stadium. It wasn't.

The weather turned out to be not so bad, which is why I think the races were still pretty fast. Low dewpoint, mid-90s or below for the races and only a light breeze. Much better than Gateshead that's for sure.

Look at what did the Moroccan though he not a 1500m specialist or a kicker.

This is worth to close so mouths that opens great in these forums

https://i.ibb.co/GRpyX7N/doha.jpg

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3k58ypNtE

What happened to this Ethiopians:

Tefera

?

Damn, McSweyn looks incredible! Wonder if he'll do 1500 or 5000 in Tokyo?

DohaMeetWatcher wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Yikes, you are right. Somewhat absurd to me that they will hold it there and not in the bigger, domed stadium! Looks like we can expect mid 90s temps with it run in the evening. I think the 800s won't be too affected. The 1500s maybe a tad, but the 3000 and Steeple definitely should be a bit slower.

Yep, the LRC Doha preview stated the meet was to be held at the air-conditioned Olympic stadium. It wasn't.

Geoff Burns says the Qatari Sports Club has AC:

Oh that is cool

this is what I have wrote:

scared potato wrote:

Lol. Looks like Timmy avoiding Jakob. Not to be seen in the first DL.

Jakob is also smiling after this. Seeing that he blew away McSweyns doors better than Timmy did. Jakob smells the gold. It's in the bag.

lmao what a joke, what's Jakob's record vs Tim again ?

Yeah, discounting the fact that Timmy beat McSweyn more handily, it's still funny for someone to think anyone good would pick Gateshead over Doha.

There was a big ass temperature display on the infield, it was 36°C down there.

I don't think Richardson runs anywhere close to 10.6 here. I don't think she even beats Okagbare.

nerinxer wrote:

this is what I have wrote:

lmao what a joke, what's Jakob's record vs Tim again ?

Yeah, discounting the fact that Timmy beat McSweyn more handily, it's still funny for someone to think anyone good would pick Gateshead over Doha.

Guess you missed the Gateshead race where Jakob more emphatically ran away from McSweyn ending up ahead of him the same difference as Tim did today. Which "good" guys pick Doha over Gateshead?? Doha was traditionally just for the Africans. If you had any knowledge of running you'd see that Gateshead had 3 of the top 10 guys in the world, and Doha had 3 out of the top 10.

I don't see where Doha is anything special.

btw by the way wrote:

nerinxer wrote:

Yeah, discounting the fact that Timmy beat McSweyn more handily, it's still funny for someone to think anyone good would pick Gateshead over Doha.

Guess you missed the Gateshead race where Jakob more emphatically ran away from McSweyn ending up ahead of him the same difference as Tim did today. Which "good" guys pick Doha over Gateshead?? Doha was traditionally just for the Africans. If you had any knowledge of running you'd see that Gateshead had 3 of the top 10 guys in the world, and Doha had 3 out of the top 10.

I don't see where Doha is anything special.

I saw Gateshead and Tim won by more today, so no it wasn't "more emphatic" from Jakob.

What good athletes picked Doha over Gateshead?

SAFP

Kipyegon

Michael Norman

Rai Benjamin

Tim

Kinyamal

You know, stars of the sport.

btw by the way wrote:

nerinxer wrote:

Yeah, discounting the fact that Timmy beat McSweyn more handily, it's still funny for someone to think anyone good would pick Gateshead over Doha.

Guess you missed the Gateshead race where Jakob more emphatically ran away from McSweyn ending up ahead of him the same difference as Tim did today. Which "good" guys pick Doha over Gateshead?? Doha was traditionally just for the Africans. If you had any knowledge of running you'd see that Gateshead had 3 of the top 10 guys in the world, and Doha had 3 out of the top 10.

I don't see where Doha is anything special.

Doha had 1 of the top 1 in the world, Gateshead had 0 of the top 1.

jonesy22 wrote:

btw by the way wrote:

Guess you missed the Gateshead race where Jakob more emphatically ran away from McSweyn ending up ahead of him the same difference as Tim did today. Which "good" guys pick Doha over Gateshead?? Doha was traditionally just for the Africans. If you had any knowledge of running you'd see that Gateshead had 3 of the top 10 guys in the world, and Doha had 3 out of the top 10.

I don't see where Doha is anything special.

Doha had 1 of the top 1 in the world, Gateshead had 0 of the top 1.

Wha?

nerinxer wrote:

btw by the way wrote:

Guess you missed the Gateshead race where Jakob more emphatically ran away from McSweyn ending up ahead of him the same difference as Tim did today. Which "good" guys pick Doha over Gateshead?? Doha was traditionally just for the Africans. If you had any knowledge of running you'd see that Gateshead had 3 of the top 10 guys in the world, and Doha had 3 out of the top 10.

I don't see where Doha is anything special.

I saw Gateshead and Tim won by more today, so no it wasn't "more emphatic" from Jakob.

What good athletes picked Doha over Gateshead?

SAFP

Kipyegon

Michael Norman

Rai Benjamin

Tim

Kinyamal

You know, stars of the sport.

I don;t know a lot of these names. I don't watch womens events much and don't watch much under 800m.

Gateshead did not have an 800m event.

btw by the way wrote:

nerinxer wrote:

I saw Gateshead and Tim won by more today, so no it wasn't "more emphatic" from Jakob.

What good athletes picked Doha over Gateshead?

SAFP

Kipyegon

Michael Norman

Rai Benjamin

Tim

Kinyamal

You know, stars of the sport.

I don;t know a lot of these names. I don't watch womens events much and don't watch much under 800m.

Gateshead did not have an 800m event.

Well since you just watch a fraction of the races, let someone who watches a lot more fill you in on a not-so-little-secret: Doha is the bigger draw, which is why it had the better athletes.

Like I said, I didn't see any difference in quality of the athletes. I dont care what you saw.

Potatoe Man jogs the equivalent of Alan Webb's AR on a regular basis lol