Is there a way to read the article w/o subscribing to nyt?
im curious what ritz has to say. Listened to this weeks coffee club & morale seemed low
OAC Bombing @ Worlds? Update: Ritz tells NY Times: “We had kind of a rough meet.”
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Charlotte Purdue - DNF
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Mickky Dee wrote:
Charlotte Purdue - DNF
Charlie had COVID, so not much she could do there.
What's shocking is NB/AA seemed to send most of their athletes to either St. Mortiz or Seattle to prep for worlds - neither of which would've been great prep for the temps and conditions in Eugene. Man consistently finds a way to get it wrong. But hey - as long as they're in the Diamond League coming DFL and paying him to stay in Teddington
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How the turns have tabled wrote:
Funny how during the DL everyone on here was praising Ritz and OAC for racing as much as they do, while slagging Jerry and BTC for “ducking competition”.
At each and every major champs, BTC peak at the right time.
and the less said about Bideau the better. He’s over raced his only genuine talent (Stewy) like he did Ryan Gregson.
But BTC couldn't medal because they have so little experience with actual racing. It's like the difference between being book smart and street smart. Jakob is both.
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Maybe this will work.
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High hopes wrote:
Bonkers wrote:
Just about everyone who's joined to the group has turned into a huge success story. But, I think because they're fun to root for people maybe raised their expectations a little too high after those indoor results.
Beamish is a 13:12 guy, while a huge improvement from college he's still giving up almost 30 seconds to the top tier. Yeah he looked bad and fell off early, but just keeping him healthy for a year and getting him to this starting line was huge win for Ritz.
Yeah, but the 5k also isn't his event, he's a miler. He's only running the 5k at World's because he couldn't get the standard for the 1500. With his combination of 13:12 5k ability and his amazing close, he should be able to run 3:35. His resistance to running a good pace for the first three laps is costing him opportunities in his preferred event. The OAC team are really likable, easy to root for, so I hope they can fix the issues that they have. Ritz should have his milers work together to run the standard as soon as the window opens for Budapest. There's still a lot running left this season.
They’ve joked on the pod about George running the steeple.
I think it could be a good event for him. Interesting to watch at least
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Makes Paper wrote:
When I first saw Hoare at the Champs, I thought he looked fried. Dark patches under his eyes, tired looking. It felt a little judgmental to say that, but I definitely felt like he looked off. I looked at older photos of him, and maybe that's just his complexion, but I had the same initial impression as you. But I'm a big fan; was bummed he didn't do better.
I mean, he is Australian. Rumor has it he was BAC >0.10 the entire meet. Stumbling around the athletes' village in jorts, listening to Cold Chisel at all hours, grilling snags, and skulling XXXX the entire day before his semi. No wonder the results were bad.
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macccas wrote:
What's shocking is NB/AA seemed to send most of their athletes to either St. Mortiz or Seattle to prep for worlds - neither of which would've been great prep for the temps and conditions in Eugene. Man consistently finds a way to get it wrong. But hey - as long as they're in the Diamond League coming DFL and paying him to stay in Teddington
Please suggest a better preparatory environment for Eugene than Seattle.
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adobe wrote:
macccas wrote:
What's shocking is NB/AA seemed to send most of their athletes to either St. Mortiz or Seattle to prep for worlds - neither of which would've been great prep for the temps and conditions in Eugene. Man consistently finds a way to get it wrong. But hey - as long as they're in the Diamond League coming DFL and paying him to stay in Teddington
Please suggest a better preparatory environment for Eugene than Seattle.
Somewhere that’s actually hot.
Like anywhere on the west coast except Seattle.00 -
lmao. they do joke about Ollie drinking beer on the Pod
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earthtones wrote:
How the turns have tabled wrote:
Funny how during the DL everyone on here was praising Ritz and OAC for racing as much as they do, while slagging Jerry and BTC for “ducking competition”.
At each and every major champs, BTC peak at the right time.
and the less said about Bideau the better. He’s over raced his only genuine talent (Stewy) like he did Ryan Gregson.
But BTC couldn't medal because they have so little experience with actual racing. It's like the difference between being book smart and street smart. Jakob is both.
I saw Grant Fisher's interview after the 5000 and now I feel bad I criticized. He seemed so down. He said they are all used to the jostling, they weren't that close together.
He tried his best! I hope none of these people read the boards. Ollie on his podcast seemed down too. Hope he can self-soothe with chicken nuggets and Mountain Dew.10
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