You guys can say what you want about the picture. I wish I had the balls he had to run in this heat and still break 2:22. If you run beyond what your body can run you deserve a wheel chair.
Guess what!! He goes to the trails while a bunch of you contiue to talk crap and sit on your ass.
1 guy in the entire country today qualified, I think. I only wish I was him.
Pig
Some distinction. He'll be duking it out for DFL in four weeks.
one word, bad@ss.
Say all you want, but I bet his goal was to qualify for trials. He doesn't qualify today, he doesn't go. So he got it, and now he will run balls to the wall in 4 weeks. congrats to mike.
also, was he happy or mad at the finish when that pic was taken? That picture looks like he's yelling out of pride/happiness, but he could also be pissed. Not sure which one, anyone know?
The guy hasn't been bigtime known name due to being off and on with injuries, college coaching, etc. But look at his past Kinney Footlockers, World Junior Team XC, A-10 10k champ while at VT, 2004 Olympic Trials 26th place...He is one of those guys that I just have a feeling if he chose to join up in a group and didn't go the route of college coaching so soon and training soley by himself who knows how well known he could have been in on the American running scene.
not only that what place did the guy finish overall..case closed..
MIKEY FAN wrote:
The guy hasn't been bigtime known name due to being off and on with injuries, college coaching, etc. But look at his past Kinney Footlockers, World Junior Team XC, A-10 10k champ while at VT, 2004 Olympic Trials 26th place...He is one of those guys that I just have a feeling if he chose to join up in a group and didn't go the route of college coaching so soon and training soley by himself who knows how well known he could have been in on the American running scene.
Don't forget where he came from. He was a Kinney/FL guy coming out of a tiny school in West Virginia, where he was also the kicker for the football team and star of the golf team. And I think he played soccer, too, for that matter. He had a lot of injury problems in college, partly because he was a skinny kid who ran hard every day (learned that running by himself in WV) on a team that (at the time) was big into high mileage. He's back coaching college in his hometown.
Pig Runner wrote:
...He goes to the trails...
Well I don't know what surface he runs on, but he did qualify for the trIAls. And that is fantastic stuff. He clearly gave it everything he had on the course. And whatever is going on while he's being wheeled away just shows he has a fighting spirit. This country needs more guys like him.
Hog wrote:
Some distinction. He'll be duking it out for DFL in four weeks.
Where will you be you pathetic piece of shit?
great run by mike cox wrote:
one word, bad@ss.
also, was he happy or mad at the finish when that pic was taken? That picture looks like he's yelling out of pride/happiness, but he could also be pissed. Not sure which one, anyone know?
I'm pretty sure that's a "Yeah, baby!" although it might be a "F*** you!" directed at the sun.
link to pic?
Great job by a class act. keep working hard Mike.
"Hog," you're right, he'll be duking it out in four weeks.
Anything else you said is "blah blah blah".