Lomong saying he'd have fun if McD & Rupp were even close with 1 mile to go was coc.ky as all heck. It's one thing to state confidence... but "fun"?? That's a slap in their faces and I'm glad they showed him how "fun" being around them with a mile to go really is.
Whatever, glad you feel better now.
Seeing as how the 5k was so slow? I wonder what the last 2k and 1 mile splits were?
slimy gal wrote:
Whatever, glad you feel better now.
Don't stop there. Exactly what WOULD'VE Lomong have had to say to be coc.ky?
karma here.... wrote:
Lomong saying he'd have fun if McD & Rupp were even close with 1 mile to go was coc.ky as all heck. It's one thing to state confidence... but "fun"?? That's a slap in their faces and I'm glad they showed him how "fun" being around them with a mile to go really is.
i think you are misunderstanding what he probably meant by "fun". lomong likes getting into good races with good runners, he finds that atmosphere "fun". i don't think he means "fun" in the sense that he's going to just dust everyone (although i'm sure that is certainly his goal).
lomong, rupp, and mcdougal all seem like class-acts to me. they are gracious in victory and defeat, and while all are confident before the races (what, you didn't hear rupp and mcdougal say before they race they weren't scared of the other guys because they knew they had a good kick?), none of them come off as arrogant.
Remember Lomong is black, anything he says comes out as cocky.
the magic rat wrote:
karma here.... wrote:Lomong saying he'd have fun if McD & Rupp were even close with 1 mile to go was coc.ky as all heck. It's one thing to state confidence... but "fun"?? That's a slap in their faces and I'm glad they showed him how "fun" being around them with a mile to go really is.
i think you are misunderstanding what he probably meant by "fun". lomong likes getting into good races with good runners, he finds that atmosphere "fun". i don't think he means "fun" in the sense that he's going to just dust everyone (although i'm sure that is certainly his goal).
lomong, rupp, and mcdougal all seem like class-acts to me. they are gracious in victory and defeat, and while all are confident before the races (what, you didn't hear rupp and mcdougal say before they race they weren't scared of the other guys because they knew they had a good kick?), none of them come off as arrogant.
Yup, this is exactly how Geb treats the sport. He truly just enjoys running fast and when there are more people to compete with, he takes a positive outlook on it and just enjoys it even more.
whatever...he just wanted other guys to have a chance to continue the thing. Coulda won it if he'd wanted. A real class act.
I agree with the above posters, Lopez wasn't being cocky or arrogant, he was looking forward to a good race. And besides, with a mile left, how close was he to the leaders? It wasn't a huge gap, but he was 4-5 seconds back at 8k, and that is about when McDougal and Rupp decided the race was on.
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