Natosha Rogers doesnt hold back. she released a pretty intense dark statement a couple days ago about her love/hate relationship with running and how she has been having "recurring nightmares" about the trials for a while now. will be cheering for her but I hope shes ok no matter what happens...
1. Cool that she was able to fall and still place second but the fall literally didn't prevent her from finishing in the top three.
2. If I'm Uhl or Cherobon and my goal was to make the team, no way I'm pushing the pace to help give those without the standard a better shot to take my spot. If I'm Fisher, Young, Kelati, Kincaid, etc next week, no way I'm pushing the pace to appease the non-standard holders either.
Never understood why people let USA trials races be slow if they need the standard. Literally just go to the front? Or if you secretly know you're not fit enough to get the standard anyways, then don't complain when you follow behind a tactical race. If you are fit enough but not brave enough to take it out, then that's also a skill issue. Why should someone else make the race fast and make it easier for you to make the team? It's an individual sport after all
This is the NFL equivalent of criticizing the team that’s ahead of you for running the ball with a few minutes left instead of throwing. “How dare they not run more pass plays to keep time on the clock for me!”
This is the NFL equivalent of criticizing the team that’s ahead of you for running the ball with a few minutes left instead of throwing. “How dare they not run more pass plays to keep time on the clock for me!”
Doesn't quite work. She beat all the Nike runners in the actual race.
I interpreted it differently. She is not upset about the slow pace she was upset about Shalane slowing the pace so abruptly (to help a teammate) to cause the group to collide and her to fall.
Her fault. She could lead and ensure an honest pace
And also ensure she ran fast enough earlier in the season to not need the standard at the championship race.
That's a poor assessment, and you don't deserve your upvote ratio. She ran what was, as far as I can tell on the World Athletics site, her first four 10,000s in her life that season and PR'd big in each successive race. 34:18 to 33:47 to 32:41 to 31:59. I'd say that's a series of races beyond criticism.
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