From WCSN.com:
"Wittenberg, as a chief talent scout for the USA Olympic Marathon Trial set for Nov. 3 in Central Park, has been giving Famiglietti encouragement to give the 26.2-mile race a try.
Other running experts have checked his best times at other distances -- from 3:55.5 in a road mile to 27:37.74 for 10,000 meters - and compute that he has the speed and talent to run a 2:07 marathon."
He's a talented, hardworking runner who deserves more credit than he gets. Overhyped? Hardly.
Fam is one of the few runners who is hyped to almost exactly the right degree.
Fam seems more focused and serious about running than ever. There's no doubt he's a rare talent. Picking the right event is the key at this point. It's probably not the steeple (although he could still make an Olympic team) and I doubt it's the marathon. He'll run 5000s and a couple of 10,000s and make the right choice.
rsvp wrote:
Fam is one of the few runners who is hyped to almost exactly the right degree.
agreed. how can someone who sells a dvd of themself be underhyped
btothea wrote:
agreed. how can someone who sells a dvd of themself be underhyped
Well now, that all depends if anyone buys it.
It is a paradox. He is both.
Underhyped and overhyped at the same time.
Underhyped compared to say, Marc Davis (self hyped) or Dathan Reitzenhein (fan hyped)
Overhyped compared to say, Mark Croghan or Daniel Lincoln or Abdi
Waaaaay underhyped compared to Wejo or Dean Karnazes.
Waaaay underhyped compared to Malmo, TxRunnerFlirt or ToothpickWilly.
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anthony fam is way less hyped than either of the torres brothers, i think anthony fam gets very little respect, no one thinks of him to win any of the races he's in, and i think he's one of the best runners we've got.
considering the times that fam has run i think he gets the least amount of respect of any of the runners out there, hell he's got one of the best 10k's out of any of our distance guys out there right now, i think we as fans should be considering him much more than we do.