Anyone besides me getting less impressed by Kessler's 3:34, two guys who can't even make it to NCAAs just ran 3:37

Lol. Yeah, shockingly.... somehow.... coevett missed the 1:59 Marathon and the Untouchable Bekele records getting crushed. Oh, wait those times had nothing to do with the shoes but were only due to EPO. My bad!

[ and if Jacob breaks a world record someday, it will of course have nothing to do with drugs, shoes, or anything else other than hard work, good genetics , good coaching and the courageous self-belief of breaking through the racist barriers holding back white runners!]

Nico Young couldn't even make NCAA's... If he runs 13:15 at world juniors would you not be impressed? Sometimes good runners don't make it out of regionals.

Kessler ran faster than ANY NCAA athlete this year. When was the last time a high schooler had a faster time than any NCAA runner? I'll let you pick any event. @Rojo, do some research on that

No, because he's in high school. Even if Kessler ran 3:37 we would still all be losing our sh!t.

I’m convinced that this troll account is Rojos

Just spouts off bad take after bad take on purpose to inflame threads

What about Nico Young? wrote:

Nico Young couldn't even make NCAA's... If he runs 13:15 at world juniors would you not be impressed? Sometimes good runners don't make it out of regionals.

Kessler ran faster than ANY NCAA athlete this year. When was the last time a high schooler had a faster time than any NCAA runner? I'll let you pick any event. @Rojo, do some research on that

Correction, he ran faster than any NCAA athlete EVER. I fail to see how two NCAA guys running 3:37 and not making NCAA's in different events makes that less impressive. All that tells us is those two chuckleheads were running in the wrong events at regionals.

xcfan8967 wrote:

Jesus christ you are such a tool Rojo. Nobody can run a good race anymore without you immediately ranting about super spikes and how unimpressive their run actually is. Cranky douchebag.

this ^

guccislides wrote:

xcfan8967 wrote:

Jesus christ you are such a tool Rojo. Nobody can run a good race anymore without you immediately ranting about super spikes and how unimpressive their run actually is. Cranky douchebag.

this ^

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king999 wrote:

Perhaps, folks should be asking how Craig Engels who has made U.S. teams with all this technology help? Has only ever run 3:33.x?

See? Doesn't sound so hot, does it? He has run one second faster than a HS 18 year old.

Engels is an immature clown. He lives in a van and cares more about his hair and his mustache than he cares about his training. He got kicked off the team at NC State because he was a jackass.

rojo wrote:

For the record, I think Kessler is a SUPREME talent but when everyone runs 3:37, 3:34 isn't all that.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/2021-stumptown-twilight-results-josh-kerr-331-crushes-1500-craig-engels-sinclaire-johnson-win-800s/

"In the second heat, two guys who didn't even make it to NCAAs, picked up Olympic Trials qualifiers by dropping their PBs from 3:41 to 3:37.  New Mexico sophomore Abdirizak Ibrahim, who was only 16th in the 5000 at NCAA regionals last week, won in 3:37.19 as Oregon redshirt senior Jack Yearian, who was 16th in the 1500 at regionals and ran the 10,000 at Pac 12s (where he was 7th in 29:00 in his only Pac 12 track appearance during his Oregon career) ran 3:37.24."

Are you on crack? This has gotta be one of the worst takes I’ve ever seen on this website. You’re not impressed by a high schooler running 3:34 because guys in the NCAA are running 3:37? If this is clickbait it’s disappointing and if this is your actual opinion then that’s sad.

Clickbait title; did not click.

the alpha special wrote:

guccislides wrote:

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Plus...comparing a kid who just turned 18 to a red-shirt college senior is showing very poor form Rojo. You can do better.

At this point, rojo is just saying the opposite of what's expected to drum up controversy. A high school kid ran faster than any NCAA athlete, ever, including 3:50 milers on bouncy, air-conditioned indoor tracks. This run is hugely impressive, even if the shoes gave it a second or two. Anybody saying otherwise is simply denying reality and might be a bit senile. Just enjoy it.

Its crazy that the biggest forum about running that connects a large group of track fans was created by an absolute moron. Put down the drink, Rojo. Maybe find yourself a therapist.

toomanyspikes wrote:

What a terrible take. Why not celebrate that some kids unfortunately missing out on NCAAs get a chance to compete at the sport's highest domestic stage instead of bashing on a high schooler just for the sake of pushing your "times don't matter anymore because uhhhhh super shoes" narrative, especially at those college kids' expense? Another previous poster said it already but does this mean Nico Young and his 13:24 isn't that good anymore because he didn't make NCAAs?

Only shoes you need to be concerned with are the clown shoes on your feet, Rojo.

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rojo - be a fan, a supporter and a contributing member of the T&F community, rather than a detractor. In 5years, 10years, how do you think everyone will look back on your childish disrespect for Kessler's incredible performance? F%&K - give him 4 SECONDS for "the shoes" and he still beats Webb's 3:53 split. We thought 3:53 was untouchable!

What I don't understand is what does Kessler have anything to do with those random college kids? And why am I not supposed to be impressed with a high schooler running three seconds faster than a college redshirt senior?

Besides the take sucking - it makes zero sense.

xcfan8967 wrote:

Jesus christ you are such a tool Rojo. Nobody can run a good race anymore without you immediately ranting about super spikes and how unimpressive their run actually is. Cranky douchebag.

I agree. Super spikes are making track lame. 3:37!? 3:34!? Pft. put an asterisk by all their names.

What Rojo should be doing, if he had even one scintilla of decency is STOP using Hobbs Kessler who he clearly does not endorse, as a resource to generate Internet traffic, clicks and posts.

That however is very Unlikely

There are 4- five Kessler thread on Letsrun.

Stop being so f-ing obvious

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The NCAA kids have had a HUGE advantage in terms of training this past year. You need to take that into account.

Rojo is beating a dead horse but why have NCAA kids have a huge advantage in training? Less distractions/partying? Less racing?

wejo wrote:

` wrote:

The NCAA kids have had a HUGE advantage in terms of training this past year. You need to take that into account.

Rojo is beating a dead horse but why have NCAA kids have a huge advantage in training? Less distractions/partying? Less racing?

And yet Wejo allows Rojo to beat that dead horse. We all thought YOU were in charge