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4 years ago 04/29/2022 8:55pm EDT

I'm sorry to everyone for pumping up a World Record attempt this week with the prediction contest. I feel like a sucker.

This was presented as a world record attempt and the 1st 800 was somewhere in the 2:07-2:09 range.

The record was over at that point. They didn't even try for it.

Ben Flanagan, who ran the first leg, beat Hobbs Kessler last week. He posted on instagram about 15:49 (the record) in the last 2 days. Ollie Hoare had retweeted stuff about the world record attempt so we can't say that everyone thought they weren't going to go for it.

Yet Ben went out with everyone else super slow. Weather and stuff makes it difficult but I'm glad the Oregon guys at least went for it. Maybe I should just appreciate the race but I couldn't.

Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I quit watching before the end of the first leg. That was the pissed off fan in my coming out.

Joe Klecker with a decent run in first race of year (3:58.26 completely solo) and Olli Hoare really went for it (according to Rojo) and ran 3:55.

****

I feel like Rojo ranting but let me know if I'm way off base. Maybe I'm the only person who cared about this race :) I just told Rojo this week he shouldn't be so critical of stuff in the sport. With that in mind, I toned down this post a little bit. At least someone was talking about the Friday night distance races at Penn again is the silver lining right:)

1 On Athletics Club - Ben Flanagan, Tom Elmer, Joe Klecker, Oliver Hoare - 16:04.69
splits: 4:07.15, 4:04.11, 3:58.26, 4:04.11, 3:55.18
2 Dublin Track Club*Andrew Coscoran, Sean Tobin, Paul Robinson, Hiko Haso 16:10.04
3 Empire Elite TC*Eric Holt, Colby Alexander, Luciano Fiore, Ben Allen 16:26.67
4 Philadelphia Runner TC*Ryan Mahalsky, Zach Michon, Greg Morgan, Paul Matuszak 16:39.72

Results: http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/results.aspx?cy=2022&en=405

4 years ago 04/29/2022 9:00pm EDT

re: wejo

Hugs Wejo :)

It was something you looked forward to and to have that not come to life is awful. Just know that you aren’t alone and there are many more performances to go this year that will be crazy!!

4 years ago 04/29/2022 9:11pm EDT

re: wejo

Next the pre 100. Sure they are all running

4 years ago 04/29/2022 9:16pm EDT

re: wejo

I watched the whole thing, but after they went out so slowly I did think about just turning it off. Solid outing from Klecker, and to Hoare's credit the fact that he would have had to run about 3:38 for the final mile didn't seem to deter him from going for it lol

4 years ago 04/29/2022 9:24pm EDT

re: wejo

I knew that my prediction wasn't going to win me that free swag from the first leg, so I feel your pain. Man I was looking forward to that soft, luxurious Letsrun tee

4 years ago 04/29/2022 9:43pm EDT

re: wejo

Oregon would’ve smoked these lads and 2 of their runners aren’t even pro

4 years ago 04/29/2022 10:09pm EDT

re: wejo

I was *this close* to signing up for Flotrack so I could watch. I would have been really grouchy about 60 seconds in. took my kid to dinner, instead; solid choice.

4 years ago 04/29/2022 10:27pm EDT

re: Makes Paper

#NOT GOOD FOR THE SPORT (at all)

4 years ago 04/29/2022 11:14pm EDT

re: NotGoodForTheSport

NotGoodForTheSport wrote:
#NOT GOOD FOR THE SPORT (at all)

What's with the shouting?

4 years ago 04/29/2022 11:21pm EDT

re: wejo

Would it be fairly safe to say that even if they had gone all out for the record they probably would not have gotten it?

4 years ago 04/29/2022 11:41pm EDT

re: wejo

Flanagan completely screwed it. He knew what the purpose of the race was and he just sat back. What the funk?

4 years ago 04/30/2022 1:49am EDT

re: OAClover420

When did they draft Flanagan in. The team changed a lot from what it was supposed to be. Is Beaming injured? If I knew the team before hand I would have said absolutely no chance of the record. Did the team change late and they decided just to win as the record was not realistic?

4 years ago 04/30/2022 1:51am EDT

re: Flat Stanley

Beamish had a sore ITB or something he mentioned on the podcast.

4 years ago 04/30/2022 7:08am EDT

re: wejo

wejo wrote:
I'm sorry to everyone for pumping up a World Record attempt this week with the prediction contest. I feel like a sucker.
This was presented as a world record attempt and the 1st 800 was somewhere in the 2:07-2:09 range.
The record was over at that point. They didn't even try for it.
Ben Flanagan, who ran the first leg, beat Hobbs Kessler last week. He posted on instagram about 15:49 (the record) in the last 2 days. Ollie Hoare had retweeted stuff about the world record attempt so we can't say that everyone thought they weren't going to go for it.
Yet Ben went out with everyone else super slow. Weather and stuff makes it difficult but I'm glad the Oregon guys at least went for it. Maybe I should just appreciate the race but I couldn't.
Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I quit watching before the end of the first leg. That was the pissed off fan in my coming out.
Joe Klecker with a decent run in first race of year (3:58.26 completely solo) and Olli Hoare really went for it (according to Rojo) and ran 3:55.
****
I feel like Rojo ranting but let me know if I'm way off base. Maybe I'm the only person who cared about this race :) I just told Rojo this week he shouldn't be so critical of stuff in the sport. With that in mind, I toned down this post a little bit. At least someone was talking about the Friday night distance races at Penn again is the silver lining right:)
1 On Athletics Club - Ben Flanagan, Tom Elmer, Joe Klecker, Oliver Hoare - 16:04.69
splits: 4:07.15, 4:04.11, 3:58.26, 4:04.11, 3:55.18
2 Dublin Track Club*Andrew Coscoran, Sean Tobin, Paul Robinson, Hiko Haso 16:10.04
3 Empire Elite TC*Eric Holt, Colby Alexander, Luciano Fiore, Ben Allen 16:26.67
4 Philadelphia Runner TC*Ryan Mahalsky, Zach Michon, Greg Morgan, Paul Matuszak 16:39.72
Results:
Link:http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/re...

Was there watching this race late at night with a couple dozen or so spectators. There weren't enough fans in the stands to start a "micro" wave around the stadium. Lots of good races Thursday and Friday, but no one shows up to watch ( Penn Relays pin intended) until Saturday .

4 years ago 04/30/2022 7:55am EDT

re: wejo

I watched a high school kid run 4:02.88 last night. Maybe they could have used him on a leg?

4 years ago 04/30/2022 8:11am EDT

re: OAClover420

OAClover420 wrote:
Flanagan completely screwed it. He knew what the purpose of the race was and he just sat back. What the funk?

But he looked so relaxed.

4 years ago 04/30/2022 9:06am EDT

re: gabby jones

Ben Flanagan wrote the following tweets after last night's race:

Absolute privilege to line up with OAC for the big event at Penn last night!

I know, I know the 16:04 (4:07 split) doesn’t look so pretty on paper and trust me, I’m not too thrilled about my contribution either…

Mistake was… pic.twitter.com/xGZv2Uaqc9
— Ben Flanagan (@bennyflanagan) April 30, 2022

View on X

"I let my leg get too tactical and didn’t make any decisions about it until a decent time was well out the window—would change some things about it if I could.
Thankfully the boys @tomelmer800, @JoeKlecker & @ollie_hoare97 rallied like hell…"

4 years ago 04/30/2022 10:30am EDT

re: wejo

wejo wrote:
I'm sorry to everyone for pumping up a World Record attempt this week with the prediction contest. I feel like a sucker.
This was presented as a world record attempt and the 1st 800 was somewhere in the 2:07-2:09 range.
The record was over at that point. They didn't even try for it.
Ben Flanagan, who ran the first leg, beat Hobbs Kessler last week. He posted on instagram about 15:49 (the record) in the last 2 days. Ollie Hoare had retweeted stuff about the world record attempt so we can't say that everyone thought they weren't going to go for it.
Yet Ben went out with everyone else super slow. Weather and stuff makes it difficult but I'm glad the Oregon guys at least went for it. Maybe I should just appreciate the race but I couldn't.
Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I quit watching before the end of the first leg. That was the pissed off fan in my coming out.
Joe Klecker with a decent run in first race of year (3:58.26 completely solo) and Olli Hoare really went for it (according to Rojo) and ran 3:55.
****
I feel like Rojo ranting but let me know if I'm way off base. Maybe I'm the only person who cared about this race :) I just told Rojo this week he shouldn't be so critical of stuff in the sport. With that in mind, I toned down this post a little bit. At least someone was talking about the Friday night distance races at Penn again is the silver lining right:)
1 On Athletics Club - Ben Flanagan, Tom Elmer, Joe Klecker, Oliver Hoare - 16:04.69
splits: 4:07.15, 4:04.11, 3:58.26, 4:04.11, 3:55.18
2 Dublin Track Club*Andrew Coscoran, Sean Tobin, Paul Robinson, Hiko Haso 16:10.04
3 Empire Elite TC*Eric Holt, Colby Alexander, Luciano Fiore, Ben Allen 16:26.67
4 Philadelphia Runner TC*Ryan Mahalsky, Zach Michon, Greg Morgan, Paul Matuszak 16:39.72
Results:
Link:http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/re...

Crazy I'm looking in hindsight now and thinking....man, Newbury Park could have battled with these guys today and maybe won.

4 years ago 04/30/2022 10:36am EDT

re: wejo

Also, Ben doubled in the 5k just 50 minutes later, so he really didn't give himself a fair shot at going all in on a solo effort. It takes a lot of willpower to solo a sub4, and if you have a 5k in the back of your mind, you're not going to decide to push the pace... unless you're Pre.

4 years ago 04/30/2022 10:52am EDT

re: Double Dipping

Ben Flanagan set us all up so that he could win a free pair of On running shoes by predicting a time of over 16 minutes. And we took the bait like the stupid fish we are.

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