Thats a golf hat dummy.
Nice!
I wonder if that is a recent interview with Dave. If so he looks great well into his 70s. Seems like a gracious and humble human being.
I want a painters hat wrote:
Seem to recall he did not speed up. Even splits. Went to the wottle/sink track camp at BGSU, back in the day. Insanely nice guy. Thought I would be an olympian someday until I saw him run.
The way the pace backed off after the first 200m really played into Wottle's hands. Just by maintaining speed (he ran 26.x for all four 200s) he was able to get back into the race.
With things so blocked up after 500m, Arzhanov felt like he *had* to go early--probably too early--whereas a hotter pace from 200-500 would probably have allowed him to wait longer, and given him a better shot at the win.
Wottle was the WR holder and *should* have been the favorite, but had been injured and lost a lot of training--while Arzhanov had been winning everything for a coupla years.
As primarily a miler, Wottle was used to speeding up in the last curve and homestraight, while the "true" 800m guys--most of the field--were just used to trying to maintain. Lotta flailing when they were actually trying to lift the pace in the last 150m, as the head-on footage in the homestraight demonstrates.
[Full disclosure: Arzhanov and I are Facebook friends. Good guy and a very strong Ukrainian patriot.]
lease wrote:
The way the pace backed off after the first 200m really played into Wottle's hands. Just by maintaining speed (he ran 26.x for all four 200s) he was able to get back into the race.
With things so blocked up after 500m, Arzhanov felt like he *had* to go early--probably too early--whereas a hotter pace from 200-500 would probably have allowed him to wait longer, and given him a better shot at the win.
Wottle was the WR holder and *should* have been the favorite, but had been injured and lost a lot of training--while Arzhanov had been winning everything for a coupla years.
As primarily a miler, Wottle was used to speeding up in the last curve and homestraight, while the "true" 800m guys--most of the field--were just used to trying to maintain. Lotta flailing when they were actually trying to lift the pace in the last 150m, as the head-on footage in the homestraight demonstrates.
[Full disclosure: Arzhanov and I are Facebook friends. Good guy and a very strong Ukrainian patriot.]
I see Boit was in the race. I suppose the same Boit from downhill mile fame
I love the head on view.
I have never seen that angle before.
Thanks!
“Stay tuned for the kick of Wottle!”
People standing along the fence turns 3 and 4. People all over the infield. Soccer markings on the grass.
lease wrote:
The way the pace backed off after the first 200m really played into Wottle's hands. Just by maintaining speed (he ran 26.x for all four 200s) he was able to get back into the race.
With things so blocked up after 500m, Arzhanov felt like he *had* to go early--probably too early--whereas a hotter pace from 200-500 would probably have allowed him to wait longer, and given him a better shot at the win.
Wottle was the WR holder and *should* have been the favorite, but had been injured and lost a lot of training--while Arzhanov had been winning everything for a coupla years.
As primarily a miler, Wottle was used to speeding up in the last curve and homestraight, while the "true" 800m guys--most of the field--were just used to trying to maintain. Lotta flailing when they were actually trying to lift the pace in the last 150m, as the head-on footage in the homestraight demonstrates.
[Full disclosure: Arzhanov and I are Facebook friends. Good guy and a very strong Ukrainian patriot.]
Arzhanov hadn't lost an 800 in a couple of years IIRC. He was the favorite. Arzhanov's tactics were to run down the backstretch pretty hard. He did nothing in this race which was unexpected.
In hindsight Arzhanov made his move a little too abruptly, costing him in the final meters. OTOH he really wanted the pole position in the final bend. Wottle dealt with the traffic and had the last little bit at the end.
Saved datuh wrote:
People standing along the fence turns 3 and 4. People all over the infield. Soccer markings on the grass.
Great observation. And add poor security to your list. Wottle and others simply climbed short fences or stepped over construction fences and waved to guards when they wanted to run or leave the village.
The terrorists waltzed in without resistance -- if you were wearing a sweat suit = you are in. This changed incident changed most world events as we knew them.
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