Why are less than 5 days away from a US Champs that's picking a team for Worlds and there has been zero coverage from any major running site, including this one?
Here is Jonathan Gault's preview: https://www.letsrun.com/news/2...
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I just checked the event website, and I can’t even find a list of entrants. So unprofessional.
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Only $4,000 for first place
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my Dark Horse shout: triathlete Morgan Pearson to be in the top 5
He appears to be fit for this after a 4:07 mile/8:13 3k double at altitude (4:01/7:59) conversion in Boulder last weekend.466 -
Hairy Harried Harrier wrote:
I just checked the event website, and I can’t even find a list of entrants. So unprofessional.
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sad thing is a number who qualify will pass on going to worlds saying they don't want it to interfere with their prep for the Olympic Trails and possibly the Olympics. Meanwhile those athletes that kick our butt at the Olympics will be racing World XC. Hmm maybe there is something to it
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rbtrackfan wrote:
It's sad that you have to go to the Letsrun message board to find the link for entrants.
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Am I dumb or is this just a master list of every athlete in the meet? Why do the coaches/agents/athletes stand for this nonsense? How do you prepare your athlete if you don't know who they are racing?
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getoffmylawn wrote:
Am I dumb or is this just a master list of every athlete in the meet? Why do the coaches/agents/athletes stand for this nonsense? How do you prepare your athlete if you don't know who they are racing?
you can filter by event
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I heard Nike fired the USATF staff in 2022, has Beaverton high school interns make updates temporarily, and are now transitioning to an unknown AI Web services platform on the cloud.
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Most interesting athletes on the list (mens' side): Teare and the Bor's, Rotich, Keter (the -former- ADP-guys)
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women's interesting athletes: Keilati and Katie Izzo getting her WXC-ranking points for Olympic qualifying!, Abby Nichols (NAZ Elite) and Allie O, could she get to WXC?
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Excellent point. More coverage of Saturday's races required.
Surely Rojo will start the official thread in 3, 2, 1...
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Weather forecast right now looks to be about 32° with ~10mph winds. The course may be a little slow as snow is expected the day before.
It's really too bad the prize purse is so small. I think when the dust settles on this event, no one unusual will have made the world's team except maybe in the junior races.
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whyusatfsucks wrote:
Why are less than 5 days away from a US Champs that's picking a team for Worlds and there has been zero coverage from any major running site, including this one?
As far as LRC having zero coverage, Everytime someone - including myself - posts cross country news , people rarely posts on those threads so why should LRC cover cross country?If all of us started posting on XC threads, LRC would cover it more. For example, how many posts did anyone create on the world xc champs in australia? It's not LRC, it's us (hard to hear but it's a fact).
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jenapharm wrote:
sad thing is a number who qualify will pass on going to worlds saying they don't want it to interfere with their prep for the Olympic Trails and possibly the Olympics. Meanwhile those athletes that kick our butt at the Olympics will be racing World XC. Hmm maybe there is something to it
RIght here. American coaches have to pay attention and learn and American runners have to start racing more.
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runn wrote:
jenapharm wrote:
sad thing is a number who qualify will pass on going to worlds saying they don't want it to interfere with their prep for the Olympic Trails and possibly the Olympics. Meanwhile those athletes that kick our butt at the Olympics will be racing World XC. Hmm maybe there is something to it
RIght here. American coaches have to pay attention and learn and American runners have to start racing more.
True that! There’s a pro team out there whose “stars” raced 6 times in 2023. For some of them, they were actually slower in every race! Coaches flying by the seat of their pants. Throw training at a wall and see what sticks. “I’ll pay you to run for me, but I have no idea what I’m doing.” The bigger question is why do these athletes put up with the con?
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getoffmylawn wrote:
Am I dumb or is this just a master list of every athlete in the meet? Why do the coaches/agents/athletes stand for this nonsense? How do you prepare your athlete if you don't know who they are racing?
How would training differ depending on who someone is competing against?
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rbtrackfan wrote:
Hairy Harried Harrier wrote:
I just checked the event website, and I can’t even find a list of entrants. So unprofessional.
Saturday, January 20 | USA Cross Country Championships in Richmond, VA
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