en action avec ma bite wrote:
To be honest I'm sick of hearing:
~"Wheating's only been running a few years; he has huge upside etc."
True students of the sport were aware of his talent in '08 - he is finally delivering just now, and about time - I for one can only watch so many 3:37 / 1:46 jogs.
That said...no one saw 3:30.9 coming. He needs to run the 1500 if he wants any chance at a medal; even then he faces (swap whatever Kenyans you like):
I'll use my enthusiasm when ever I like thank you. Regarding his 3:30.9 this was my call:
Perspectivation RE: Wheating's 1500 time at Monaco... 7/21/2010 10:43AM - in reply to eddylee Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Well, for fun I'll go with 3:32.7 for 4th.
Assuming PRE like pace or better and a winning time of 3:31.
I think Wheating will be a bit more assertive here and not be far off 2nd place.
Be nice to see 4 americans under 3:34 in a single race
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Obviously I assumed a 3:31 winning time since we hadn't seen a sub 3:30 for a long time.
But given that his 3:38 and 1:45.0 in 2008 were run with way too much left, and you yourself said he was jogging 1:46 and 3:37 (doubles) this season, and his double victory at NCAAs and his 3:51 at PRE again with way too much left, why were you so shocked at 3:30.9 and him being a couple seconds off the win?
I was more shocked that a race went under 3:30 than Wheating being within a couple seconds of the winner. You have to remember that Wheating was injured at NCAA's last year and didn't race all summer or even do USAs. If he stays healthy this year he'll be racing for the top spots all next summer.
Not sure why you'd get annoyed about the enthusiasm, especially when the progression lives up to it.