Mike Morgan was a member of Team Nebraska Brooks when he was chosen for the RRCA Scholarship. Also with TNB when he finished 9th at Houston, and 6th at Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K Champs. It is correct that Mike made the Big Jump to Hansons in mid-August. This after proving himself on the roads and with much advocating from myself. My opinion is that he would be a most excellent addition to the WC 1/2 team.
Will Lindgren
President, Team Nebraska Brooks
That was what was said for his reason for not running New Haven. I apologize, that is great put him on the team. Assuming that he is not running Twin Cities. This could be a great team.
If Mike would be an excellent addition to the team, who out of the other candidates would be considered a poor addition. Seems to me, there are other options to be considered before Mike, who, is doing a fine job.
Mike Morgan is doing an awesome job. I wouldnt assume that just because he runs for Hansons if why he was chosen for the World Team. Mike applied for the Roads Scholar way back at the beginning of the year and wasnt even approached by Hansons until May and decided he wanted to go toward the end of June.
Good Job Mike...keep up the good work
fortunately, this is one of the last years the world half will be run so we won't have to deal with this anymore
actually, UNFORTUNATELY, this is the last year for the world half, I think is what you meant. World Half is a great event, and it is a sad comment on the running environment in the world today that it will no longer exist. It's just too bad the USATF struggled all these years determining a team. But like I said before, the problem isn't limited to one particular event.
From what I'd heard earlier this year, the World Half will be replaced by a World Road Championship - the distance may vary each year depending on which races bids for it (could be 10 mile, 8k, 15k, etc). So this will make the selection race different each year as well, I'd imagine.
Now, as to what happened to Abdi on the course. I was on the lead truck, just past the 10K mark the course takes a quick right under I-95 then left along Long Wharf, which is the windiest part of the course. As we're approaching the first turn I was looking at some flags to see how strong and which direction the wind was blowing, and the trcuk kept going straight. Abdi followed about 10-15 meters past the turn, others in the truck and a guy on a bike yelled at him to turn to he went back and onto the right course. His split for that mile was 5:07; the one just before was 4:43. So there's something like 20 seconds, although the wind might account for some of it (his next mile, into the wind, was 4:49).
Then just past 9 miles the truck almost missed another turn, but Abdi was watching the signs and didn't go off course; at worst he took the turn a bit wide. That mile was 4:48.
Finally, in East Rock Park, there was indeed a garbage truck, but it was pulled off to the side and not on the running course, although it did come back down the course a bit later. The vehicular obstruction here was as the lead truck came down a hil before 10 miles there were 2 or 3 cars coming from the opposite direction. The first one was in the process of making a 3 point turn and was 90 degrees across the road, with about 3 feet between the front bumper and the curb. We yelled at the driver not to move, and Abdi was able to slip through the space. His split for that mile was 5:58 (this mile has the one significant climb on the last half of the course). His 11th mile was 4:45, 12th was 4:40.
Draw your own conclusions, but I doubt he would have gotten Khalid's CR even w/ a perfect run, although he would have come a lot closer.
His split for that mile was 5:58 (this mile has the one significant climb on the last half of the course).
Do you mean 4:58?
deja vu! Oncoming traffic into the lead pack, missing course marshals and wrong turns. Tricky course to coordinate I'll grant you, but you'd think after umpteen years......
R U sure wrote:
His split for that mile was 5:58 (this mile has the one significant climb on the last half of the course).
Do you mean 4:58?
Yes, sorry, bad math and no sense of pace.
I would like to clarify exactly what happened in concerns to my selection to the RRCA Roads Scholar Program. I applied to become a Roads Scholar on March 14th 2005 in order to ensure delivery by the original March 31st deadline. The RRCA National office contacted me arround June 1st to ask if I would accept the award, obviously I was extatic and accepted the award. I first talked to Kevin and Keith at the Papa John's 10 miler in early April, then again at the US 25k in mid May before coming for a visit to Rochester Hills June 18-20th.
Carl Sniffen and the RRCA announced the recipients on June 15th, three days before my visit to Hanson's. I made my decision and moved out here on August 15th, just three weeks ago.
I did not indicate on my RRCA application that I was intending to join the Hanson's program because I didn't have any idea that I would get this awesome opportunity until months after my application was completed.
For all of you that have moved around the age of 25, you know that it takes a lot of money to move and get settled in to your new location. I am sure that Carl Sniffen and the RRCA National Office are proud to see that their funding has allowed me to enhance my running by moving to Rochester Hills and joining this fantastic program.
As far as the Wold Half Selection goes, I would love to go, my fitness is improving every day that I am out here and I hope I get the opportunity to represent the US in Canada on October 1st. I don't write the rules, I just run the best that I can. I leave the rules up to Jim Estes and the USATF Board, they seem to be doing a fine job.
Thank you to all the supporters of my running and the Hansons ODP.
-Mike
Mike-Congrats, you have reached the big time. You are a member of Hansons and people say you suck on Lets Run. Those are the 2 things that most of us can never achieve. You better get some thick skin as the better you get the more shit that you have to put up with on this board. Take a look at your new teammate, Brian Sell. I think that the reason that most people attack people like the Hanson athletes is that you make us all look bad. My HS times are better than many of you guys. My college times are better than a few of you guys. But you guys made the committment that we were not willing to. So we attack you rather than accept our own weaknesses. Good Luck.
I don't think anybody said Mike Morgan sucked...
The 3-4 athletes, who were not in the lead pack, screwed up in 2001, not the course or the race. In addition, this is the first time there has ever been a complaint about a vehicle on the course. As stated earlier, 3 cars and a truck on a 20km city course doesn't seem outrageous.
Also, the athletes that are complaining about wrong turns should try reading the rules of road racing. Course tours are available and the signs are clearly posted. IN 2001 those athletes rather stupidly ran straight into stopped traffic when they wre supposed to take a right onto the empty main street. They ran past the police officer who had stopped the traffic and weaved in and out of cars for a few seconds until they realized their mistake.
Despite their error, the race director paid them for the place they wre in when they made their mistake. Overly generous (I believe it cost him at least $2,000) for an error which was entirely the athletes fault. (Two of them admitted it was their error to the jury of appeals after the race).
Ray, I agree with you. However, these problems can be avoided by (1) making sure the drivers of the lead vehicles know the course, and (2) placing a volunteer at each turn in the course. This second point should be mandatory for every important race, but New Haven never does it.
Agreed, and I will passs along your concerns to the Board of Directors. No reason why the lead vehicle should go off course. (Accidents happen). However, there should definetly be a monitor at each turn. I do think they are assigned, it's probably just a matter of whether they actually show up.
India Sucks wrote:
Blow it out your Indian ass. Nic will win Twin Cities this year in 2:12. Leigh will be top 5 in 2:39.
I have had this quote bookmarked for over a month now. In an attempt to hold someone to their words. Could you please explain yourself?
Nick Cordes DNF
Leigh Daniel DNF
The official case has been closed.
man i gotta say, holding a post from an anonymous poster for over a month to see if they're wrong or right - wow that's pathetic. way to go dude. when you're done being bitter at the world i'll take some fries and a coke.
Actually,
I love the fact that when absurd predictions are made they can be brought back up on this board. People talk out of their ass all of the time and when they facts come out they crawl into their little whole. This is very funny.