that's right, the entries at boulder last year was exceptionally dismal, the turnout was ho hum, like an ncaa conf champs, and then the winners weaseled out of a world cross in kenya, that ended up being the greatest cross country race in the world with 100,000 fans. 2007 will always be remembered for the pussies who didn't show up twice. usa cross country is in bad shape. buy ryan shay ran both boulder and mombasa, never forget that !
if the entries list stay the same as it is right now, i think ryan hall, scott bauhs, james carney, and fasil bizuneh have to be the top 4 favorites.
Is there a letsrun.com post race party in Tijuana?!? That would be cool! Let's see if txRUNNERgirl will show up!
Maybe the gang from West Chester will show up en masse. Hopefully no one gets the taser or picks up any diseases after the meet!
Where's the party?
Do you need tickets to watch? Or can you just walk into the park for free? I'm in LA and might go watch.
I believe it's free.
I'm not sure Boulder deserves the criticism. In reality, the fields were fairly strong, but the problem is that so many people backed out of going to Kenya. Look at the guys race... Culpepper, Goucher, Ritz, Torres, Spence, Sabatino, Bizuneh, etc. That would have been a competitive team. The women were argubly stronger with Kastor, Flanagan, Goucher, Fleshman, Metivier, and Dryer taking the top 6 places.
It was a great day of cross, but it was bittersweet when most/all of the top athletes chose not to compete in Mombassa.
cabada is missing. it would be nice to see fam considering it doesen't look like he is doing indoors but maybe he's holding out for that 8k in his backyard. gabe jennings should be doing this kind of thing but obviously he probably won't be, instead doing his fin workouts and 1500m time trials up in eugene.
Cabada will be there.
everyone appreciates those who run. altitude and other reasons are excuse people used not to run at boulder. p.r. spin can't mask the truth. we had to wait for indy to see the bulk of top u.s. distance stars that we all wanted to see. we're used to it by now, we get the drift, we know what to expect, which is: usa indoors and usa cross are not premier events, akin to the ncaa indoor season, treated by the pac-10 as optional.
800 dude wrote:
Cabada will be there.
Cabada is a resident of Canada. He liked the sound of "CABADA CANADA"
The course sucks sooooooo bad! It's a patch of grass in-between a hotel and a parking lot. San Diego has tones of nice places to run a XC race. 30% of the course in on a slant along the water and you run over parking lots and bike paths. They also have a nice and tight 180 degree turn.
WAY TO GO SAN DIEGO!!!
When's the last time USA cross was held on a challenging course ? Houston as I recall. I could be mistaken though.
Look at the guys race... Culpepper, Goucher, Ritz, Torres, Spence, Sabatino, Bizuneh, etc. That would have been a competitive team. The women were argubly stronger with Kastor, Flanagan, Goucher, Fleshman, Metivier, and Dryer taking the top 6 places.But only Spence, Sabatinio, Bizuneh, Metivier went to Mombasa (if I'm not mistaken). They are free to choose and I wouldn't want to take that right away from anyone. Why didn't Hall, Hall, Tollefson, and dozens of others run. Why was Boulder such a flaming disaster and an embarassment to the United States ? Wasn't there enough money to send them, or wasn't their enough prize money to make it lucrative enough. I guess USA cross just isn't a primo event for them. Money talks, and these elites should be paid what they are worth. They are so damn fing fast !
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