1976 mile world record holder ...John Walker was running the 800 also. In the call room he was bitching about then wait and says " I hope they don't make us wait this long tomorrow " out load to the group. One of the American athletes responds, " Only two of us get auto advance and one of them is going to be me, so good luck. "
Enjoyed the insight from Willis on the 2016 1500 m final about the long wait probably leading to why the pace was so slow, which obviously worked perfectly for Centro
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Fun read, Jonathan Gault. Thanks.
Fantastic piece! It must have been fun extracting the gory details from these guys.
I would like to hear a distaff version of these experiences.
The guy taking a piss on the side of the track really takes the cake! We learned to squat and hang it out the side of our shorts to appear a little less noticeable but I'm sure nobody was fooled.
I remember back in the early 80's there was a small wooded area on Peachtree Street near the start of the July 4 race. Only the seeded runners had good access to this. The first time that I jogged into those woods, I came face to face with Mary Slaney. At some point, we're all equal and I think most runners just disregard these things without embarrassment.
Similarly, a friend of mine from South Africa used to run the Berlin Marathon and told me about men and women stripping down naked to cool off in the sprinklers after the race.
I really enjoyed the piece and remember reading a British runners experience before a 1500 where Alan Webb was playing air guitar really passionately in the call room while all the other guys just stared at him. I'll look for the article...
Tamburlaine wrote:
This piece was fantastic. I was laughing out loud as I read all the Capel stuff.
Not quite. The first half of the article was exceptional, both content and style. Then it started to bog down .... and suddenly it stopped short! Without a resolution it just ended suddenly.
That's Frank Costanza's move Gault -- you STOPPED SHORT!
My 1977 World Cup call room story with Ovett is better than most of Gault's vignettes.
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Occam wrote:
That's the best????? How sad. It's full of cliché's and hackneyed writing....and boring.
The whole lede paragraph about Simpson is just uninspired. ...... "she had a problem" I've seen 100s of stories like it. heck just google it and multiple stories come up. Do you guys even edit?
These people are the worst. You’re getting great journalism for free. Even if it’s not perfect the vast majority of readers appreciate it. Your rude and insulting comments are much more of a reflection of you than the article itself.
1. It's not great. 2. it's not for free. 3. even if it was free doesn't mean I can't voice criticism (thousands of dogs crap on the ground...but it's free are you going to take it home? I don't object to the article. Gault is highly mediocre when he's not defending drug cheats or writing conspiracy theory pieces. I object to the overhyping. Gault has no real experience outside of this site. No sports experience and he has been dishonest in the past.
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Occam wrote:
yahoo1991 wrote:
These people are the worst. You’re getting great journalism for free. Even if it’s not perfect the vast majority of readers appreciate it. Your rude and insulting comments are much more of a reflection of you than the article itself.
1. It's not great. 2. it's not for free. 3. even if it was free doesn't mean I can't voice criticism (thousands of dogs crap on the ground...but it's free are you going to take it home? I don't object to the article. Gault is highly mediocre when he's not defending drug cheats or writing conspiracy theory pieces. I object to the overhyping. Gault has no real experience outside of this site. No sports experience and he has been dishonest in the past.
Can you explain what you mean about "dishonest in the past"? Criticism doesn't bother me but calling me dishonest is a shot at my reputation. What are you talking about?
Good read but best ever? Kind of an insult if they consider that your best work. The “I was so bored I rewatched” series was your next IMO.
As far as your reputation JG. You damaged your reputation by blindly believing everything Shelby and BTC said.
It's a good article with lots of interesting anecdotes.
Of course, some people around here will complain about anything.
hgonnah wrote:
It's a good article with lots of interesting anecdotes.
Of course, some people around here will complain about anything.
The LRC mob will never be happy.
malmo wrote:
hgonnah wrote:
It's a good article with lots of interesting anecdotes.
Of course, some people around here will complain about anything.
The LRC mob will never be happy.
You were literally one of the complainers.
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I-95 wrote:
malmo wrote:
The LRC mob will never be happy.
You were literally one of the complainers.
No I wasn't. I gave my observations.
Jonathan Gault wrote:
Occam wrote:
1. It's not great. 2. it's not for free. 3. even if it was free doesn't mean I can't voice criticism (thousands of dogs crap on the ground...but it's free are you going to take it home? I don't object to the article. Gault is highly mediocre when he's not defending drug cheats or writing conspiracy theory pieces. I object to the overhyping. Gault has no real experience outside of this site. No sports experience and he has been dishonest in the past.
Can you explain what you mean about "dishonest in the past"? Criticism doesn't bother me but calling me dishonest is a shot at my reputation. What are you talking about?
All of the COVID denial and seeding doubt in COVID vaccinations is HIGHLY dishonest, no?
toro wrote:
I ran at the 1996 Olympic trials in Atlanta.
They had a warm up track away from the stadium and a shuttle to get you to the stadium to hang out in a warm up room.
Then you were moved to a hall.
Then you were sent to the track in a line within your heat.
I ran the 1500, so they marched us behind the start line while the previous event was going on.
I was in the 4th heat.
I’m trying to time my warm up to when I thought my heat would start, but I also have to be at the right spot for the shuttle pick up on time.
It was around 7 pm but still very hot.
I was fairly warm and loose when I stepped out n the shuttle.
Then I was in that room for about a half hour just trying to keep my warm going.
We go to the hall and guys are on their singlets, shorts and spikes so I do the same. I should have left a t shirt and running pants on.
It was probably another 20 minutes before my heat was sent to the track to jog down the back stretch to the start line. (We came out near the 200 start as I recall)
It must have been at least an hour and a half between when I started the jog for my warm up and the start of my race.
On the line, I look at my arms and I have no sweat even though the heat index was near 100 degrees.
My pulse was low, too. I was too relaxed.
The gun goes off. We are running steady 60/61 pace and hit the 12 in 3:01 but I had to work hard to stick with them. As they all kicked with 300 to go, I had nothing.
I picked off one person in the home stretch but my 3:47 was disappointing as the top guys put 5 seconds on me and I was eliminated.
The whole call room process messed me up. It was my first nationals. I never even ran NC’s before.
I was used to doing my own thing and showing up at the line 5 minutes before the start.
Joseph Warwick?
https://www.deseret.com/1996/6/18/19249287/u-s-olympic-track-field-trials-results