2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships Official Day 1 Discussion Thread (+ live video show at 12 midnight ET)

thank you - I caved and I'm happy to be here!

How in the world did all these guys end up in heat 1? I guess they don't convert indoor mile times?

Seems like Nike needs to build some hotels and start a budget airline serving tracktown.

How did Ribich end up with UAC?

Now the fun really begins!!

Goose is loose

An embarrassingly choppy feed. Almost unwatchable.

These announcers don't know what they are talking about. "No one is going to write poems about that 3:35."

Does he not realize that the US championship record is 3:34? Nuguse is super impressive.

Hoping Centro can hang onto the fastest loser spot but doubt it

From what I recall, dude actually wrote an entire book about going to a DII school and then becoming a mediocre pro, as if it was some unbelievable underdog story. DIII runners have done bigger things, even excluding Symmonds. Ever heard of Boris Berain The ego to write a book with zero teams made is pretty insane.

Yared looks like he just went for a stroll. Chilling.

Nathan Green won’t be a factor in a 3:35 race. Not fit enough this year.

Stick a fork in him.

Hey when you are paying the CEO $3 million, you gotta save elsewhere.

Memo to USATF, if you can't handle the demand, stream it on youtube.

Waskom getting the big Q is legit in that stacked 1st heat.

Thought Green would do better. Had him ahead of Waskom. Not today….

I was thinking the same thing. They needed to re-arrange with Heat 2. Shame to have 6 guys in heat 1 who have a legit shot to make the team. Tough draw!

These commentators are corny as hell. Hate them

Expect HOLT THE BOLT to drop a 48 last lap...