Is Craig Engels update?

Who?

What time is dinner?

He’s gearing up for a third consecutive fourth place finish at the next Olympic trials.

Craig Engels is like Steve Pre except he got 4th place In the quarterfinal instead of the Final

It’s pretty clear UAC was not the place for him and others…. But if he runs it’s also entirely possible he finishes 4th again.

2024 must be the goal of he is going to give it another go, might not even see him at trials this year.

He's 29 years old now. Kind of old for a 1500m runner. None of the top 100 in the world are 30 or older, and not may who are 29. He hasn't exactly been on his 'A' game last year and didn't show anything so far this year. I think it's a little too late for him to return to a top level. His best year was 2019 at age 25, four years ago. Pretty common for a 1500m runner to be at their best around that age. Seems the prime age for 5k/10k is a couple years later around age 27 give or take a year.

Saw him at Oxy Invite this past Saturday in LA pacing the fast heat of the men’s 1500. No idea what his own racing plans are.

If he is done then he has had a great career. What a great runner.

Caught a recent podcast, he was dodgy about this year’s plans but did talk a bit about Paris.

plus some of the usual chatter about the RV park he’s going to open.

sport is better on the American side when he’s on the track. They’re both too likable and nice to admit it but an Engels / Nuguse beef would be spectacular.

Marathon, trail running, or barber college.

or President of the Cool Club

Prob doing the minimum to get laid and get paid

Explain to me why a guy that looks like a redneck and acts like a redneck is "good for the sport."

Well, for one, he does get a free ride in your head, doesn’t he

Because … he’s likable, fun and real.

He is likable, fun and real or at least appears to be so. Imagine how great it would have been if he had his priorities in order. He could have been a game changer if he could have just won or competed better. There was so much promise when he beat Centro at USAs back in 2018 or '19. Maybe it's not too late, but Engels seems to need to grow up a little. The men's 1500 on the world level is no longer a place for the timid, sit and kickers, distracted skippedy-doo-das.

It’s Not the Critic Who Counts… - TR

If there is any regret.. it’s his own personal regret; your expectations are not his personal accountability.

You can take the mullet out of the RV park, but you . . . well maybe you can't take the mullet out of the RV park.

Me too!