Nico Young - greatest redliner in history?

Modern day Lindgren.

Nothing tops this for redlining.

In high school he looked in pain before starter pistol went off. Now his form is better and he runs more relaxed.

Look at HS Ritz running Foot Locker in Orlando. Had a huge lead but ran hard until finishing on fumes.

Yuki Kawauchi... end of thread.

Korolev did have one of the greatest racing faces of all time

Mantz is best.

young will be the better collegiate runner than coop teare when it's all said and done. Take that to the bank

So Young is the first runner in the history of distance running that can out race his natural ability? What makes you think that? He seems pretty talented to me.

Hello it is I Nicholas Youth, my secret is that i always have to take a massive crap before races. My usual pre race meals include laxatives

Then I race with the incessant need to crap until I run a record time

just because you're a lil drama queen w/ a huge pain face dont mean nothing to me lol ridiculous

SDSU Aztec wrote:

So Young is the first runner in the history of distance running that can out race his natural ability? What makes you think that? He seems pretty talented to me.

lol, this. he is clearly very pain-tolerant, but he's a huge talent.

wetmore has that quote about Ritz having the ability to "destroy himself." i do think ritz also had that same nico-like element.

running2begood wrote:

young will be the better collegiate runner than coop teare when it's all said and done. Take that to the bank

Why is everyone talking about teare when Hocker is younger and just as good?

Dude have you seen his brothers, they all look like that, it’s genetics

His build is literally the reason he’s successful, he has a healthy weight that’s lower than the average guy

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Yuki Kawauchi... end of thread.

100% agree with you.

Unfortunately this thread isn't about Neil Young.

Ritzenhein has to be in the conversation. The fact that he ran 12:56 when his max 800 ability was probably about 1:55 is absurd.

animaxcg wrote:

I doubt young makes an olympic team.. infact with his build I'll be surprised if he does anything by his senior year.. the dude def has an eating disorder/doesn't eat enough which tends to end horribly unless your Molly Seidel. Not trying to shame him but running at the level he is now and where he is progressing to doesn't end well for most runners unless they can figure out how to be a healthy weight.

You state that he has a eating disorder or doesn't eat enough, as a fact, but you have no personal knowledge. I believe that a young man that runs as much as Young does, probably consumes 4,000+ calories a day. If he is starving himself, he wouldn't run as fast as he does and would be frequently injured.

Why can't some LR posters accept that he is an incredibly talented runner that is on a path to possibly match Rupp's career achievements?

Pat Porter was 6 1" 135 pounds! Won 10 USA Cross Country Championships..was an Olympian. Other than Herb Lindsey and Paul Mcmullen how many long distance runners do you know, who dont look like they need a burger? He does not have a eating disorder lol. If he does then so do all distance runners.

Humidity is my altitude wrote:

I think it is awesome how great he is doing, but I especially like watching the last 25% of his races. He is obviously one of the more talented individuals this generation, but I don't think he matches the talent of some of the other guys running in the NCAA right now (Teare for instance). Is Nico just one of the greatest redliners and grinders we've ever seen? I really do think of it like Fast and the Furious, where in the last bit of his races, he is in the RPM danger zone higher and for longer than anyone else racing and the pain in his face shows it. Is there anyone who has gotten more out of their level of talent than him? And I'm aware he's not done yet

There's no chance he's the "best redliner in history" whatever that really means. He's a good athlete who shows his pain on his face when others don't.