Not like the runners who enter races with no competition on a fast track and then boast WL times. They haven’t raced. They did a time trial. You know who I’m talking about. There’s one or two out there.
Surprised we aren't talking about the lack of ads as much. I've really appreciated not watching minutes of ads every other race like every other sports event in the United States.
This may have been covered earlier but the camera work is some of the absolute worst I have ever seen. It’s completely nauseating to watch. Like, absolutely horrid.
Massai Russell runs the fastest American time ever and you get no sense of how fast she’s going with the bizarre aerial drone shot. Smh…
wow the reverse shot as well, awful, this is miserable
That's because they clearly hired a clown to fly the drone. He/she is using a DJI Avata 2, which is not a professional quality FPV drone and sells for around $1,000, which makes it a toy. Most of the photographers have a lens alone that cost 5 to 10 times that much and the image quality and maneuverability of that toy drone is evident. For live broadcast quality they should at minimum be using a DJI Matrice 350 RTK or equivalent which costs over 20K. Using a $1,000 drone to broadcast to a national audience for a reported 30 million dollar sports league is bush league.
Same for the women, and they didn't just jog a sub-sub-elite high school time, did they?
14:25 5000m for women, vs 8:17 for men. (2:53 per 1000 for the women, vs 2:46 for the men.)
Not that far from the same pace.
I bet the women's time will be better than the men's in the 5000.
One of the women in my running club says tactical races are a male ego thing. I increasingly think there’s something to that.
Every man in a field like this thinks he has the fastest last 100. In a women’s field the athletes might have a better understanding of their own capabilities and when they can best make a move to win the race.
That doesn’t mean women never have tactical races, but I think they generally get going a little earlier, and don’t end up more than 10% off runners’ PRs.
MJ must be pleased with his paid commentators sh*tting on the races and the slogan for GST
Good for them.
It's called journalism, not cheerleading.
You're really going to call these people *journalists* as your primary argument? Other than cram these are hacks. Chavez is at least human and interesting. Any competent professional can acknowledge the pace for what it is, generate excitement, and provide worthwhile commentary without every 5th word being a critique of the time or pace (when one of the stated purposes of the event is to promote track and promote racing).
Surprised we aren't talking about the lack of ads as much. I've really appreciated not watching minutes of ads every other race like every other sports event in the United States.
If only those pros were as smart as those high school students!
Those pros are going to find themselves uninvited to the party next year if they keep embarrassing themselves (and the meet) like that.
Correct.
These guy thinks he's clever to observe that they are 'only doing what they have to do.'
Let's see how that works out. 🤡
Any viewer, new to track or a longtime viewer, will honestly reflect that running and winning in a slow high school boys' time is a joke, and jogging 1:17 laps is visually embarrassing to the meet.
I like Grand Slam. I like the competition, I like the pretty graphics during the races, I like the camera work, I like the human interest interviews. They are more authentic than the ones NBC shows during the Olympics.
You're really going to call these people *journalists* as your primary argument? Other than cram these are hacks. Chavez is at least human and interesting. Any competent professional can acknowledge the pace for what it is, generate excitement, and provide worthwhile commentary without every 5th word being a critique of the time or pace (when one of the stated purposes of the event is to promote track and promote racing).
The question for a journalist is: What is the interesting story?
And the answer in this case was that the embarrassingly slow pace was by far the most interesting thing happening.
Oh, and here's a hint: You can "promote racing" without running 30 seconds/mile slower than your PB pace in a given event. Gosh, do you think it might "promote racing" more if they made an effort before the last 1000m.
This was just a C-league middle-distance race, not a distance race. The group should be cut at this point.
wow the reverse shot as well, awful, this is miserable
That's because they clearly hired a clown to fly the drone. He/she is using a DJI Avata 2, which is not a professional quality FPV drone and sells for around $1,000, which makes it a toy. Most of the photographers have a lens alone that cost 5 to 10 times that much and the image quality and maneuverability of that toy drone is evident. For live broadcast quality they should at minimum be using a DJI Matrice 350 RTK or equivalent which costs over 20K. Using a $1,000 drone to broadcast to a national audience for a reported 30 million dollar sports league is bush league.
I knew I didn't believe that 48.6 that Naser ran in Jamaica. 49 is more like it.
Gardiner is making his way back. I look forward to seeing what shape he is in for the 400M.
Well done every one. Thanks for the meet
LOTS of interesting stories in the long sprints groups (200/400), and the short distance groups (800/1500).
Just CUT then men's long distance group. (Keep the women -- 14:25 to win in that weather is EXCELLENT, and the race was riveting.)
The men's distance group were basically walking, jockeying like sprint cyclists on the velodrome, except.... GUYS YOU ARE NOT SPRINTERS. That was so cringe to watch them "sprint." It's like buying a ticket or streaming a powerlifting competition between marathoners.
Someone explain to them that while a 12-point 100m to finish a 7:30 3000m is incredibly impressive, a 12-point 100m after a few minutes of jogging is...not.
The question for a journalist is: What is the interesting story?
And the answer in this case was that the embarrassingly slow pace was by far the most interesting thing happening.
Oh, and here's a hint: You can "promote racing" without running 30 seconds/mile slower than your PB pace in a given event. Gosh, do you think it might "promote racing" more if they made an effort before the last 1000m.
This was just a C-league middle-distance race, not a distance race. The group should be cut at this point.
I don’t know if “cut the group” makes sense. Women’s long distance doesn’t have this problem. They need to find the right athletes for challengers to push the pace a bit.
You're really going to call these people *journalists* as your primary argument? Other than cram these are hacks. Chavez is at least human and interesting. Any competent professional can acknowledge the pace for what it is, generate excitement, and provide worthwhile commentary without every 5th word being a critique of the time or pace (when one of the stated purposes of the event is to promote track and promote racing).
The question for a journalist is: What is the interesting story?
And the answer in this case was that the embarrassingly slow pace was by far the most interesting thing happening.
Oh, and here's a hint: You can "promote racing" without running 30 seconds/mile slower than your PB pace in a given event. Gosh, do you think it might "promote racing" more if they made an effort before the last 1000m.
This was just a C-league middle-distance race, not a distance race. The group should be cut at this point.
Lol this guy lost too many arguments on Reddit, decides to come be a keyboard warrior on a letsrun thread where people are trying to keep up with the GST action.
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