To the women just lapped in the Pre Classic 5000, please turn in your pro cards

Give me a break. Having a 14 minute split time with one lap to go isn't exactly slow.

Umm, you're a fan of a sport that has a pro layer that has zero real rigor to it. Sorry to break it to you, there are no "pro cards" or anything close. You're invited to compete based on situational standards. Sorry neither you nor any of your runners got that call.

Please quit saying that. Tuohy will have to turn in her card.

If you're a male college 5k guy and this is faster than your PR, you need to change events or find a new sport

I tend to agree with this, but actually the runners I think about didn't even make the cut, or wouldn't put themselves on the line, to run at the Prefontaine: American "pros" who don't think they will have a chance to break 15 minutes - even in the fastest 5k ever. At least Klosterhalfen gave herself a chance. I'm not looking forward to the pedestrian times that will be recorded at yet another "tactical" 5k in the USATF championships.

Finishing tape is a far more amateur move than getting lapped. Pre Classic needs to turn in its pro meet card.

One of those lapped runners, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, set a German national record in her most recent race before the pre classic. She is the 2nd fastest European at the road 10k ever. There are only maybe 10 European women in history who would have had a chance at not getting lapped at the Pre Classic.

Is Europe really that bad in the 5k? Dozens of Americans have run the like 15:05 or so that you would need not to get lapped..

Didn't an Italian woman medal in the 5000 m in Paris?

Let’s be honest. There’s no point to American women’s professional distance running. Not a single American BORN finisher in the top 20 in a race in America.

Translation, there is no point to women’s European professional distance running either.

They should if on EPO. But if clean, it's not their fault the 1358 broad is the most obvious doper.

Spare me the bullsh!t about American women being elite. There are no elites in the United States, Sub-Elites and Sub-sub-elites.

Excuses are for losers.

Of course. There are probably also like 50+ euro woman who have broken 15.

people having bad days get lapped. Maybe it would be better to pull them from the track but historically that isn’t done

It’s the opposite. If you are getting world records and not even winded YOU should turn in your pro card for being an obvious doper

Correct. And there is no such thing as a “breakthrough” race at age 30. It’s called doping