Klown wrote:
Or rather he was 20 when he ran the 3:37 indoors.
Eh, still a bit funny.
Klown wrote:
Or rather he was 20 when he ran the 3:37 indoors.
Eh, still a bit funny.
Just nice too see full races without commercials. No matter what you think of the commentators they were far better that what you see on national channels,
For the running community this the best were going to get, for now.plus they’ve been free.
"Mad" Marc Scott
"Big" Sean McGorty
I forget Klecker's nickname. Maybe they'll stick. I can't be mad at the commentator, he gave it an honest effort, and from what I hear, Tracklandia is pretty funny. I'm just glad they had anyone talking about it rather than a silent live stream, and somebody who seemed excited. Not that many people have experience announcing for track and field.
Good job Jeff.
badger miler wrote:
JBaller33 wrote:
We'll see who is right. I'm going to say that the winning time is 13:18. Just don't think this is going to go as fast as everybody thinks it is. It's not a single training group time trial. A few different training groups are here and it will be a competitive race, which means slower.
...and as last time, people with these types of comments never return to the thread post race.
Bump.
Typical letsrun playbook:
1) spout BS as fact like you think you know something
2) be completely wrong
3) fail to return to thread
4) change screen name
At least that Wigins character that predicted 2500 deaths for covid was ballsy enough to keep his screen name.
sodissappointedAlt wrote:
"Mad" Marc Scott
"Big" Sean McGorty
I forget Klecker's nickname. Maybe they'll stick. I can't be mad at the commentator, he gave it an honest effort, and from what I hear, Tracklandia is pretty funny. I'm just glad they had anyone talking about it rather than a silent live stream, and somebody who seemed excited. Not that many people have experience announcing for track and field.
Good job Jeff.
Flying Fish
Allie BUCHALSKI comes off an injury with a lot of crosstraining, and goes sub 15, a 25sec PB.
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JBaller33 wrote:
We'll see who is right. I'm going to say that the winning time is 13:18. Just don't think this is going to go as fast as everybody thinks it is. It's not a single training group time trial. A few different training groups are here and it will be a competitive race, which means slower.
Just a reminder....Nice call moran
I'll admit they were in a lot better shape than I thought. Woody basically served as another pacemaker since he blew up. Can't think that was the plan though. Still very much a time trial race. You were right. Sub-13:00 was never under threat though. Fisher closed in 55/1:54 to get that 13:02.
On another note, nothing but great signs from Fisher to try to make the Olympic team. Gotta think he has an excellent chance in the 5,000 if he can close like that. Woody? What the heck man? You ever going to learn how to race?
we need more women announcers wrote:
serarsxZ wrote:
Ok, I'm not a fanatic but I do sort of follow the ladies distance scene and I have never heard of Allie Buchalski.
She's a multi-time all american for Furman and NCAA runner up in the 5k at 2018 NCAA
And she's hot.
Dairyland wrote:
rojo wrote:
So Scott skipped Europeans for that?
I just don't get it. He should have at least begged his way into the indoor meet we broadcast.
You skip Euros for a sub-13 attempt. Not a "let's run 1312 pace and kick to 13:02-05."
Huh? Do you know how incredibly rare it is to get a non African under 13:05 or 13 flat? It’s very rare.
Yea, 13:05 is pretty fricking good. Certainly would indicate he's good enough to make it to the Olympic final.
JBaller33 wrote:
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Just a reminder....Nice call moran
I'll admit they were in a lot better shape than I thought. Woody basically served as another pacemaker since he blew up. Can't think that was the plan though. Still very much a time trial race. You were right. Sub-13:00 was never under threat though. Fisher closed in 55/1:54 to get that 13:02.
On another note, nothing but great signs from Fisher to try to make the Olympic team. Gotta think he has an excellent chance in the 5,000 if he can close like that. Woody? What the heck man? You ever going to learn how to race?
Tip of the hat to return.
And yes, Kincaid was a planned pacer.
Woody? Really. He was a planned pacemaker. I thought he looked awesome. Looked to me like he could have easily carried on and won. The 4th k he was speeding up then slowing down when they couldn't go with him. He looked like he could have easily taken off during that 4th k.
Hejendo76 wrote:
Syd closed in 61 after falling off the pace, think he had more in the tank than he thought. Maybe some imposter syndrome but this 5k at the trials will be very interesting considering what happened this week in VA and tn. There will be some very good guys left out
Happy for Syd to run a 7second PB after a couple of hard years. In many ways the race was perfect for people like Syd and Robert Brandt but I actually think having more people to race and slightly slower pace would have benefited them. Definitely faster times for both of them to come
JBaller33 wrote:
` wrote:
Just a reminder....Nice call moran
I'll admit they were in a lot better shape than I thought. Woody basically served as another pacemaker since he blew up. Can't think that was the plan though. Still very much a time trial race. You were right. Sub-13:00 was never under threat though. Fisher closed in 55/1:54 to get that 13:02.
On another note, nothing but great signs from Fisher to try to make the Olympic team. Gotta think he has an excellent chance in the 5,000 if he can close like that. Woody? What the heck man? You ever going to learn how to race?
I told you in response to your predictions earlier that Woody was a pacemaker, if that wasn’t obvious to you in watching the race, or the fact that he and Tuntivate were listed with “NT” on the entry list.
Also, Fisher’s last 800 was 1:57.02, not 1:54.
John Wesley Harding wrote:
JBaller33 wrote:
I'll admit they were in a lot better shape than I thought. Woody basically served as another pacemaker since he blew up. Can't think that was the plan though. Still very much a time trial race. You were right. Sub-13:00 was never under threat though. Fisher closed in 55/1:54 to get that 13:02.
On another note, nothing but great signs from Fisher to try to make the Olympic team. Gotta think he has an excellent chance in the 5,000 if he can close like that. Woody? What the heck man? You ever going to learn how to race?
I told you in response to your predictions earlier that Woody was a pacemaker, if that wasn’t obvious to you in watching the race, or the fact that he and Tuntivate were listed with “NT” on the entry list.
Also, Fisher’s last 800 was 1:57.02, not 1:54.
Was watching without sound. Chill man. Fisher was great though.
rojo wrote:
So Scott skipped Europeans for that?
I just don't get it. He should have at least begged his way into the indoor meet we broadcast.
You skip Euros for a sub-13 attempt. Not a "let's run 1312 pace and kick to 13:02-05."
These are the moments you train for as an athlete. Yes, you could go to the Euros, go toe-to-toe with one of the best athletes in the world right now (Ingebrigtsen), probably come away with a medal, broadcast on the BBC and across Europe, and raise your profile and sponsor opportunities by being written about in the national press. But for an athlete, nothing can compare to coming second in a badly-paced time trial, with no crowd, and broadcast solely on some sketchy stream.
I predicted before the race Fisher would run 13:01 to 13:03... good prediction. Boy not ad good ad my 26:10.98 prediction for Cheptegeis WR in the 10000m
As. I can’t type. lol
JBaller33 wrote:
` wrote:
Just a reminder....Nice call moran
I'll admit they were in a lot better shape than I thought. Woody basically served as another pacemaker since he blew up. Can't think that was the plan though. Still very much a time trial race. You were right. Sub-13:00 was never under threat though. Fisher closed in 55/1:54 to get that 13:02.
On another note, nothing but great signs from Fisher to try to make the Olympic team. Gotta think he has an excellent chance in the 5,000 if he can close like that. Woody? What the heck man? You ever going to learn how to race?
Still not sure why you thought going 13:46-13:25 in a 10K equals 13:15 for all out 5K, but props to you for admitting you were wrong.
I agree on Fisher. He looked as good as we’ve ever seen him over the last 200m. Put 3 sec on Scott in the final 250m. And like the recent 10K, he held his exact robotic form all the way through the line. There’s certainly another 3 seconds in him. This has to be a huge confidence booster.
And as someone above posted, don’t forget this wasn’t run in a stadium, with a huge crowd, on a track made for speed, with guys that are capable of running 12:50. There were F’n cars driving by like 30 feet from the track. Grant probably heard “ruuuunnn Forrest!” down the backstretch of his new lifetime best performance.
Where was "the brickyard"?
It looked like there were fewer viewers of the stream this week than last week, even though the fields were much better. Any ideas why?
Also, I'm probably in a minority of one, but I liked the setup where fans could contribute to bump up the prize money. Seemed a bit cheesy, but I doubt the winners will complain about making an extra couple of hundred $, and it's a way to let fans engage.