Puskedra wins, Derrick wins, and overrated German F is quickly falling behind

Uh, dude, you seem to forget German destroying Derrick at USA CC and World CC. Those are over 8K by the way.

"How many points did Derrick score at NCAA indoors, and outdoors? If he scored more points, than I think that's better than Fernandez's win, seeing as the whole point of winning at the collegiate level is to get points for your team. And you're also still ignoring the head to head matchups where Derrick has topped Fernandez. And as far as fast times are concerned, you're still ignoring the fact that Fernandez was in the race where Derrick set his AJR, Derrick was NOT in the race where Fernande broke that AJR. German deserves that record of his, but Derrick has the edge at 5k IMO."

Fernandez reminds me a lot of Ritz. Highly talented but also highly ethereal. Whether or not he will suffer a similar period of extended injuries, is yet to be seen. . . Some of the most precocious talents have always had to flirt with the thin line between very fit and injured. Hopefully the guys at OSU are bringing German back slowly from injuries and allowing full recovery (and hopefully German is being honest with himself and waiting till he's truly healthy).

If he's had inconsistent training thus far I'd guess he's just not in decent shape, and I'm sure Chili Pepper hurt--even for somebody with his natural ability. However, I don't think that's reason to think he's suddenly out of contention for the National crown. If anything, they should bring him back slowly, building base, underracing him, and cultivating that aerobic engine. Throw in the occasional hard tempos, threshold runs and what not, and he's ready to roll. Remember the guy's got great natural strength; afterall, he ran arguably the toughest test of aerobic and anaerobic strength--the mile--in 3:56 for his first indoor race ever. Allegedly this was coming off of xc fitness only.

As for GF winning the crown, it would be tough. . . but if he's in the mix with 400 to go (and this would mean him being selfish for once) you've gotta believe he's gonna bust it out just like he did at National's 1500m. Let's review the contenders:

Chelanga said his training is behind.

Derrick looked great in his victory, he's fit, but will he peak at the right time?

GF looked haggard. Can he pull the talent and training together in time? He is a workhorse after all.

Puskedra. . . Puskedra is a great runner, but he's not going to win this year or in the 2 years following it. He's just not at the same level. You saw the way German dispensed him at Nike Nationals in the 2-mile, don't kid yourselves.

I hereby declare myself the first to predict that German Fernandez, sophomore at Oklahoma State University, will win the Nats. Furthermore, I'm going to predict the margin of his victory to be in excess of 23 seconds. I'm at your mercy Let's Run. If I turn out to be terribly wrong, then you may vindicate me and I shall sink to an acarpous, obsidian demise. If, however, I turn out to be correct, you must all emerge from the dingy lairs of your parents' basements, expose your pimpled, translucent fleshpads to the worldly sun, and acknowledge your latent homosexuality.

Capiche?

what's sad is everyone forgets about poor Colby =)

you retarded or somethin? wrote:

It was USAs - he got 5th - that's not out of season, jackass - that's part of his schedule.

USAs are not part of the NCAA schedule. Thus no Derrick in the 5k, no Puskedra trying to get the 10k AJR, etc. I'm not surprised that such an ignorant person would result to "jackass" and are "you retarded or somethin(sic)?"

Nah, German's clearly better. This isn't even worth disputing... it's stupid. If you read the article from Stillwater, you would know that he wasn't running consistently for 2 months due to nagging injuries. TWO MONTHS. That's 8 weeks, chief. That's the majority of the summer. That means when Derrick and Puskedra were cranking mid-summer tempos, GF was chillin, probly throwin back Natties and takin drags of the stanky stank. Don't worry, the prodigy will be back when it counts.

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This must be ole Brooks from laffy.....

Don't get me wrong, I think German has the most and all of the greatest guns on board that USA has ever seen.

Its like he is a battleship with 100 guns built on board, the most and best guns ever created. Then he gets hurt and misses training. So he goes into battle with tarps covering say 25 of his guns and only firing away with 75 guns. His greatest enemies only have 85 built on board but they are always blazing away with 82. Seems its easier for German to repair the guns that he needs for the track, mile, 1500 etc faster. However, the 10000 CC takes longer time to take those tarps off those particular guns. Derrick is very strong and firing on everything. Love to see German get out there at 100%. I do hope I am wrong. Sorry for the idiotic post.

What championships have been awarded yet? After they had out the big awards there may be room for discussion but right now it's just a lot of hot air.

Your right.

I da know??? wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I think German has the most and all of the greatest guns on board that USA has ever seen.

Its like he is a battleship with 100 guns built on board, the most and best guns ever created. Then he gets hurt and misses training. So he goes into battle with tarps covering say 25 of his guns and only firing away with 75 guns. His greatest enemies only have 85 built on board but they are always blazing away with 82. Seems its easier for German to repair the guns that he needs for the track, mile, 1500 etc faster. However, the 10000 CC takes longer time to take those tarps off those particular guns. Derrick is very strong and firing on everything. Love to see German get out there at 100%. I do hope I am wrong. Sorry for the idiotic post.

Did you seriously just write all of that about f***ing guns? Because that's completely amazing hahahahahaaha

Fair points, I guess I tend to argue in favor of whoever I think is currently better... it clouds my argument I guess. You're right, I concede the point.

That said, does anyone here think that Fernandez is better than Derrick right now?

Sorry stupid huh. How do I erase this? I'm a little new to the forum.

themanontherun wrote:

Fair points, I guess I tend to argue in favor of whoever I think is currently better... it clouds my argument I guess. You're right, I concede the point.

That said, does anyone here think that Fernandez is better than Derrick right now?

Well spoken sir. It takes a man to concede the point in a dignified manner.

And to your question - if Fernandez and Derrick were to race tomorrow Derrick would win. He looked awesome at Pre-Nats.

What will happen at Nats? Let's just hope that they are all at 100%. Should be an awesome race.

thetruthhurts wrote:

what's sad is everyone forgets about poor Colby =)

No, I don't think he is forgotten. In fact, I think that he is the key man for OK State's chances at Nats.

Colby's having a great season so far. But he clearly is not in the same league as Puskedra, Derrick and Fernandez. That isn't knocking him. I just think he is in the second tier of sophs with Estrada, Heath... Great runner and I wish him the best.

Wow! Monster post of the day. Great mix of solid insight, boastful vocab, and uncalled for insultage.

Props to you.

But, you are not the first to predict GF for the win. Lots of folks here think he'll take it and some posted to that effect as far back as June.

But >23 seconds??? OK, that I'll give you credit for. A bold prediction indeed. I can't imagine you being right on this one (Derrick is just too good) but if you are right I will gladly expose my underprotected epidermis to the ravages of ultraviolet light (even from Jupiter if need be) for such time as is necessary to achieve complete and utter disintegration.

Again, it's part of HIS schedule. HE is at the level where national/world championships are a priority.

He went 13:25 at the most important race of the season (USA 5K championships - 5th place - 18 years old). He was only about a month removed from injury when he went 13:31 (2 seconds behind Derrick, who clearly ran the race of his season) at the Stanford time trial. This was also about a month after beating Derrick over 8K for the second time in as many tries (USA CC and World CC).

Reasoning wrote:

... Furthermore, I'm going to predict the margin of his victory to be in excess of 23 seconds.

Ridiculous. German could certainly win, but 23 seconds? Chelanga doesn't lose to anyone by 23 seconds. If German wins it will be in a kick down the final straight by no more than 5 seconds.

"Don't get me wrong, I think German has the most and all of the greatest guns on board that USA has ever seen.

Its like he is a battleship with 100 guns built on board, the most and best guns ever created. Then he gets hurt and misses training. So he goes into battle with tarps covering say 25 of his guns and only firing away with 75 guns. His greatest enemies only have 85 built on board but they are always blazing away with 82. Seems its easier for German to repair the guns that he needs for the track, mile, 1500 etc faster. However, the 10000 CC takes longer time to take those tarps off those particular guns. Derrick is very strong and firing on everything. Love to see German get out there at 100%. I do hope I am wrong. Sorry for the idiotic post."

Battleships? really?

Dork.

history repleats itself wrote:

German struggles at 5k, and doesn't do nearly as well.

Clueless