not sure if this has been discussed, but if we team score the marathon like cross country the USA finishes 2nd only to ethiopia - that isn't something to be ashamed of exactly.
not sure if this has been discussed, but if we team score the marathon like cross country the USA finishes 2nd only to ethiopia - that isn't something to be ashamed of exactly.
Actually, in cross country you get to drop the 2 worst scores, so I think we would come in 7th.
How many guys pulled the plug after knowing they werent going to win so as to save their legs so they can race again sooner? SUre all the us guys ran all the way to the end, but the olympics isnt about going out conservative, it is about winning. Nobody cares if you finish 10th!
leroy wrote:
How many guys pulled the plug after knowing they werent going to win so as to save their legs so they can race again sooner? SUre all the us guys ran all the way to the end, but the olympics isnt about going out conservative, it is about winning. Nobody cares if you finish 10th!
Leroy in a forum full of idiots you my friend are king.
leroy wrote:
How many guys pulled the plug after knowing they werent going to win so as to save their legs so they can race again sooner? SUre all the us guys ran all the way to the end, but the olympics isnt about going out conservative, it is about winning. Nobody cares if you finish 10th!
I care if we finished 10th.. but beyond 19th..meh!
LVD wrote:
Actually, in cross country you get to drop the 2 worst scores, so I think we would come in 7th.
are you serious?!?! How can you drop the 2 worst scores with only 3 people on a team?
wayfool wrote:
are you serious?!?! How can you drop the 2 worst scores with only 3 people on a team?
It's tough, but let me walk you through it:
1. Record the scores of the three runners on your team.
2. Ignore the two worst scores. (Note: be careful here -- the higher numbers are the worst scores. It's like golf.)
3. Submit the best score.
4. Acknowledge that irony is not your strongest suit.
Touche - sarcasm isn't yours.
According to your scoring method, the only person that matters on your "team" score is the top finisher on your team. Doesn't really make it "team" competition, does it?
You aren't very good at looking in a dictionary either, are you? It is ironic that if you score the marathon as a cross country race (as the OP has suggested) then you actually only score 1 finisher, which in fact wouldn't be a team for "team" scoring? Yes, that is ironic.
And if you want to get technical then you can say that it is in fact a team and that not 1 individual is scored - in fact, all three are scored and then the highest two scores are removed.
Either way we score it, you are still an idiot.
In 2000 Rod Dehaven was the only entry in the Olympic Marathon and I don't think he finished in the top 50. Today we have 3 guys in the top 22. That is a huge improvement over the last 8 years. The USA was not one of the top 10 countries in marathoning. We still aren't as good as Ethiopia or Kenya but we are better than pretty much everyone else and that includes Japan where marathoning is a religion.
capital eye-rony wrote:
You aren't very good at looking in a dictionary either, are you? It is ironic that if you score the marathon as a cross country race (as the OP has suggested) then you actually only score 1 finisher, which in fact wouldn't be a team for "team" scoring? Yes, that is ironic.
And if you want to get technical then you can say that it is in fact a team and that not 1 individual is scored - in fact, all three are scored and then the highest two scores are removed.
Either way we score it, you are still an idiot.
Thank you for saving me the trouble.
And my point is that the OP was making a purely hypothetical but interesting point on the overall depth of the USA team. I'm well versed in cross country scoring... I just didn't think there was a need to mock the OP by getting technical about the scoring. When you score three and then remove scores, it's still only one person scoring no matter how many different ways you want to skin the cat.
And we are all so proud of you that you managed to figure that out all by your little self. Really we are!
Now go work on your sense of humor, my overly serious friend. Then come back and re-read the remark. Don't fret. You'll get it eventually.