Elise Cranny OUT of US 10,000m champs on Friday

"I haven’t been feeling like myself in training"

oh boy, BTC jokes coming in 5,4,3,2.....

Suspicious.

Yeah hopefully this vague statement is not consisting of any half-truths or extenuating factors. Sorry BTC, the Shelby situation and the lack of transparency over injuries and mysterious absences has hurt you in this regard.

Considering it doesn’t sound injury-related, we do have to wonder what happened in the 8 weeks between April 16 (1500 win) and now.

Is she under suspension ? This is the same statement made by Shelby in March 2021. GDS leave because of this situation ?

The best 10000 meter runner in the country is ‘not feeling like herself’ and not competing for a spot on the wc team? Seriously? Is she not a pro? I don’t feel like myself most mornings, but I get out of bed and go do my job. Honestly, if this is the entire explanation, it’s an embarrassment at best and something nefarious at worst. Can you imagine if before tonight’s Warrior game Curry just posted that he’s ‘not feeling like himself’, so passing on the game? Wow….just wow.

To be fair. Entire AZ Suns team didn’t show up game 7 .

BTC so shady.....they've totally earned our suspicion.

what a wimp, what kind of professional gets to what should be one of their target races throughout the season and is just like meh, haven't felt like myself in training... going to skip this one.... wut?

2 THE GILLS!!!

I get that T&F is an individual sport and some will argue she’s entitled to withdraw from competition with no explanation given, even one as important as this one, but I think it’s her professional obligation to try and compete or provide a better explanation.

Just unreal. Let me guess - Bowerman will get away without facing any difficult questions. Only in this sport, man. Absolute embarrassment.

I'd say the Shelby one was even worse:

"There were some discussions about Houlihan running a 10,000 this winter, potentially targeting Molly Huddle‘s 30:13 American record. But that was only an option if Houlihan was 100% healthy with no setbacks in training. That wasn’t the case, as Houlihan dealt with a sore plantar during Bowerman TC’s recent altitude trip to Flagstaff, but Haas said the issue was a minor one.
'When she was in Flag, training was going really well,' Haas said. 'I think she had a little plantar niggle. I don’t think it was anything that was keeping her out of training but at the same time, she had pretty much checked all the boxes that she needed to check in terms of getting standards and things like that, so I think the goal was to continue the upward trend of the workouts and the training.'"

So if you're keeping track at home:

Shelby mysteriously not competing explanation: Minor plantar injury, already has standards
Shelby actual reason: facing drug suspension

Elise mysteriously not competing explanation: Not feeling like herself in training, diverting focus to 5,000 (1 month from today)
Elise actual reason: ???

The Edmonton Oilers feel tired, so will pass on tonight's game with the Flames.

It sucks that BTC has been so untransparent (opaque?), that a runner saying their training isn't going well sounds suspicious. People bashed on NOP for being shady, but they never did anything like this. Hell, Rupp ran like 13:20 2 weeks before he ran 26:44, which people thought was a bit shady, and he explained that he didn't feel great during his 13:20 because he'd been at his wife's side because they were expecting twins. Even if AlSal did a bunch of grey-area stuff, at least they were always hyping up the races they were doing, not dodging competition, and announced when they were going for records well ahead of time.

I feel like so much of BTC's sins would be forgiven if they raced a couple more times per season, did a few more interviews, and had a bit more public presence. I really enjoyed the interviews they gave after their indoor 5k. Fisher and Ahmed both seemed really nice and charismatic, and like they both looked up to each other. It's hard to not root for someone who you see a lot being really nice (OAC's Coffee Club Podcast for example). It sucks that the two fastest guys in North America have been radio silent since March, one day away from the 10k championships.

Your theory doesn't even make sense. Most athletes would have gotten a booster in December or January. If you were getting one past her amazing 10,000 race in March, it means you were a vaccine holdout.

How many 10k US champs did Galen miss in his prime?

Looks like another doping suspension? The best 10k runner in the country doesn't 'feel like themselves' and won't compete at all? Is this another silent suspension?

Like where was Jager for a couple years you know...