FAM=Best+Most Consistent US Distance runner

Great, wake me when he gets within 5 places of a medal.

Wait b/c he ran two good races in a row?

He came in third in that 10k you mention to Webb and Ritz.

Hall didn't run well in Jville now he is no longer the best?

Teg ran multiple stud performances in Europe last year.

Aww, did I bring an inconvenient truth too close to home and hit too close to the bone? Is "Run Like Hell" a porno for you? Bummed that you got caught bringing your mancrush out of the closet?

Welcome to letsrun .. oh and if you are NYRunner from dyestat, youre a complete homo.

Someone else has taken my name. First Jason Witlock and now some HS punk. never posted on that dyestat in my life, u r gay for reading that board. Its always "NY runner"And I am always being a jackas

Ogre wrote:

Welcome to letsrun .. oh and if you are NYRunner from dyestat, youre a complete homo.

Fam is very consistent, yes. But best U.S. distance runner? He has a ways to go before proving that. For starters, Webb has him licked in the mile AND the 10k. Fam is great, but competing for a top 5 status with a number of other guys. The top 4 right now must be Lagat, Webb, Meb, Teg. (honorable mention to Hall for his 1/2 Thon.)

but isn't Fam a steeplechaser by speciality?

Webb really has Fam licked in the 10k...27:35.65 to 27:37.74. He is now only 1 sec behind AW in the 5k, and by this summer will surely be way ahead.

He gives a great interview

http://www.flocasts.com/flotrack/mtsac2007.php

maybe all the fast dudes should also release a narcissitic video of themselves and sell it for $$$.

I'm just playing....I like Fam.

Hell yah. I think it would be great, especially with some humor and shenanagans (sounds like a great title for Shalane's vid, huh)

If you don't count

Mebrahtom Keflezighi

Abdi Abdirahman

Deena Kastor

Jen Rhines

then yes Anthony F. is the whatever you said in your title!

I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says, "Shenanigans."

hes getting there, hes from NY baby... NY people are more mentally tough than all the others. send ritz and our other 5k-10k guys, and have Alberto build a camp out of NY and train in Central and VCP and our guys will start to grow some balls and not always talk about either burnout or fly out to CA to run a race as a "tempo run" workout(what a waste of time--you dont see the boys from Africa doing that crap, they train until they are ready to THROW DOWN, and then they come to race ANY kind of race, period)

The only thing that sucks more than running in NYC is not running at all.

There are ton, ton of runners I would put in front of Jen Rhines.

Deana Kastor is #1

Fam will be at the top of the country this year at the 10K. And, by the looks of this race he'll be up there in the 5k as well. I honeslty would not be suprised one bit if Fam ended the season ranked #1 in the 10k in the US. Once we see what Hall has over 10k, Fam could be number 2, but #1 would not suprise me at all.

I just want to see Fam compete against the world's best, like Teg. Year after year, Fam drops some great races, only to max them out against his country men. Hopefully he can show the same ability in a WC. His ability is similar to a prime Broe.

NY runner wrote:

never posted on that dyestat in my life, u r gay for reading that board.

Although I agree with your analysis of Fam, you lost any credibility with "u r gay for reading" dyestat. For those of us who aren't so cocky to not appreciate the high school level of our sport, dyestat has been a great asset, including the message boards. At times it can get clogged with immature posts, but letsrun is often no better. Take this thread for example.

Not to mention the use of l33t and "gay" in the pejorative.