Jenny Barringer...over before it started

jjjjjjjjjj wrote:

1:56, 3:56/7,9:12(hers),14:44?,30:22.

she's run(?) 1:59,3:59,9:12,15:01? already.

Barringer's never broken 2:02 for 800m.

I must have confused her with Anna Willard in the 800m. O.K. scratch the 800m, even though she rarely runs it and should be able to go sub 2. The others seem well within her capabilities.

Willard ran 1:58

jjjjjjjjjjj wrote:

I must have confused her with Anna Willard in the 800m.

I think your post was intended for another poster. See my posts. Your post doesn't apply to them, as I was essentially saying, JB's a proven elite runner and NB will provide the resources she needs to compete on the WAT.

I'm also worried about this choice JB has made - she has said over and over how important a team is to her, and now what? She and Maggie Vesey are a team?

I'm sure JB and Wetmore have thought through all this and found a way to make it work, but NB? My guess is that something at NB appealed to her character - She so wants to be a good person - you hear it in everything she says and how she acts around people. So maybe somehow working for NB struck her as sort of a better moral choice than Nike, Adidas or Puma.

But in the end I agree that if she has a bad Olympics or doesn't run sub 4 again, she will end up at Nike.

uwxc alum wrote:

Francis L wrote:

Just curious, but what are your PRs? Don't answer my question with a question, don't try any sort of pithy remark... just answer the question: what are your PRs?

What a lame question, I always laugh when I see that. Like running fast has anything to do with credibility in that area. I ran 13:36 5k and was a 3x D1 AA. Plenty of guys around me had no clue about the doping world. Do you have to run sub-13 to have an opinion?

Tsk tsk. You need to follow instructions, see? Granted, you aren't the same poster (unless you slyly changed your handle), but you're injecting your own biases into a simple question. I'm merely curious what the guy's PRs are- I'm not claiming he is not entitled to his opinions. Thus the explicit instructions. Reading is fundamental.

Hey, you know what I just figured out? Some people are clueless nasty douchebags. I dunno, it just came to me all of the sudden.

I am by no means, defending NB, even though I do believe they are a good company rather I am going to tell the truth and defend Americans.

KK, or Khalid Khannouchi, is the biggest doper in marathon history. This is not someone saying things out of spite, it's the honest truth.

For Example, He never once went to major championship such as World's or the Olympic Games, for a random injury that came up a few days prior to the Drug tested trials. Not ONCE.

He stopped racing at major marathons when they started drug testing them. Look at the 2:05 marathoner at the US trials, the hardest part for him, was knowing that he is just as good as his place in the trials without the steroids.

Honestly, never bash Americans on this thread, and if for the slightest chance you try to make a ignorant claim of a known drug user, among the elites, do it on your own time and not on LETSRUN.

There are several factual inaccuracies in that previous post...who can find them all?

What I Just wrote:

Hey, you know what I just figured out? Some people are clueless nasty douchebags. I dunno, it just came to me all of the sudden.

"What I," buddy, truer words have never been spoken. Calling the guy a d-bag for blatantly violating the directive of my post (all the while bragging about his alleged 13:36) is kind of harsh, but congrats to him- that's pretty fast. But this is Letsrun, and you gotta have thick skin if you hope to last...

hoopla wrote:

This reliance, or assumed need, of resources is a huge issue with the state of running in the U.S.

A pair of shoes, some healthy food, and being surrounded by positive people is all that is needed for a super talent to succeed. running is simple.

Not when Nike is buying the medals with altitude tents, platelet therapy, alter-g's, etc! They really believe it's an ethical way to level the playing field. They are no better than East Germany back in the 70's. Deena proved you right. Altitude living, a coach and athlete that would have killed for each other, and a lot of miles. Alberto as the coach of the year is a joke. Beat the shit out of 'em, then get 'em on the machines! What a COACH!

Follower of this situation wrote:

She was NEVER going to sign with Nike. Some people just never get it. Nike has created this image where all of the idiots think that everyone's first choice would be Nike. That is 100% untrue. If Nike did not significantly over pay, they would not have any athletes. Jenny did not even visit Nike.

jenny visited nike, just ask schooly. she visited brooks, adidas, nike, saucony, reebok, new balance, and under armour (although that visit was short lived).

hoopla wrote:

This reliance, or assumed need, of resources is a huge issue with the state of running in the U.S.

A pair of shoes, some healthy food, and being surrounded by positive people is all that is needed for a super talent to succeed. running is simple.

You're right. There's no short-cut to succes. An alter-G or altitude house are no subsitute for training-environment or real altitude.

First you'll have to put the miles in and as important stay healthy. Africans do not need technology to run fast, they even head to Boulder to train in an equal environment as at home, why should she move out?

She hasn't made any statement about who is going to coach her, has she?

instantrimshot.com wrote:

I really don't see how living in an airport would be beneficial to a professional runner.

For easy access to the run-way, duh!

Nice!

I'm nto going to spend the time to deconstruct your entire post, but I will direct your attention aaaaaaaaaaalllll the way bay to fall, 2008. KK finished 4th at the Marathon trials. 4th. As in one place away from going to the Olympics. You think he didn't get tested? He had the standard to go to Beijing if someone ahead of him dropped out, why would they risk not testing him?

He was injured for the 2004 Olympic trials, so he ran Chicago instead. He ran 2:08. You think Chicago doesn't test either?

I seem to recall Khannouchi competing in the marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, though he did DNF

Francis L wrote:

What I Just wrote:

Hey, you know what I just figured out? Some people are clueless nasty douchebags. I dunno, it just came to me all of the sudden.

"What I," buddy, truer words have never been spoken. Calling the guy a d-bag for blatantly violating the directive of my post (all the while bragging about his alleged 13:36) is kind of harsh, but congrats to him- that's pretty fast. But this is Letsrun, and you gotta have thick skin if you hope to last...

His alleged 13:36? Look at his posting name - uwxc alum - it's probably withrow. He's right too, you're being a douchebag for asking PRs as if it has any relevancy at all to the discussion at hand.

Ruff wrote:

His alleged 13:36? Look at his posting name - uwxc alum - it's probably withrow. He's right too, you're being a douchebag for asking PRs as if it has any relevancy at all to the discussion at hand.

Wait... The same Matt Withrow that didn't finish his education at the University of Wisconsin?