If he skips a world championship to run a half marathon all is forgiven? Not for me.
A 10k Olympic medallist should run World xc. It's incredibly lame that he and Rupp never had the guts to do it.
As I tell my son. Life's not perfect. The date of the meet is a little early. But as you are getting in shape for it, you also are builldinng towardsa half marathon after it. How in the world is training for world xc not good for training for 13.1? It's ideal.
Is there any way that Grant is actually being humble in believing he would have a difficult time getting on the podium at World XC? I know that isn’t the reason he has given, but to me I have a little bit more respect for someone who is willing to pass on something they don’t think they can succeed at. I can’t blame him if he doesn’t want to go because he doesn’t want to get destroyed by Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya.
Grants PRs and success in events ranging from the 3k to 10k makes him America’s best distance runner and among top 5 in the world; the possibility of him getting “destroyed by Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya” is highly unlikely. Also the USA is competing as a team most Americans are not focused on individual success.
I Ike Scaneli but he is always posting the most non-profound (is that a word?) things on twitter. It’s always like “Work hard today. You will thank yourself later in the season.) #thanksmike