SOLINKSKY NEEDS TO SHUT HIS MOUTH

coach d wrote:

Does ANYBODY here actually believe that Lagat would just throw up his arms and quite if Merga pushed him a bit?

This is the difference between winners...and whiners. And why distance athletes from Oregon never win anything.

I think thisis the crux of the situation.

US runners who hang around and wait for their own race to evolve end up being pushed out of the way by those trying to reach the top.

Great metaphor, playing itself out at track meets.

As for the tour de france, everyone knows you can't hang around in the middle or the back of the pack if you want to stay out of trouble.

And how much tougher are cyclists than runners?

No contest.

agip wrote:

the big problem is that Soksi has dropped out of two international races in a row for one reason or another. WTF.

And Rupp has crashed out of two international 5000s.

These boys need to get out and learn how to bounce off the fast guys. Enough of this three races a year, Chris.

I am fairly confident that the winner in Daegwu will finish the race.

"Soksi"

LOL

shdfjksfhs wrote:

I used to the love the guy. He talks and talks about toughness, work ethic etc, too much to pull that crap today. No excuse for giving up in that race.

If some shmoe from Kokomo can fall and get up and finish dead last in the slow heat of his high school conference championships then Solinksy should be able to find the energy to Finish the f-ing WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! He lost maybe 15 meters, drops out and makes a huge scene so that everyone knows how badly he was abused.

I agree with you because Chris is always acting like he is beyond approach and character is more important than results.....I just don't get it anymore with this guy.....seems he wants to be liked but is acting out of character....I to have some respect for him....2 races this year DNF?....and both are very suspect!

ChrisSolinsky Twitter

Tough Pill to swallow! Should gotten back on to at least get A standard 4 next year, but emotions (angry) took over. Back 2 Amy & training

and why has Solinsky not gone public with some version of events? He doesn't have to interview angry and say things he will regret, but he could come up with some kind of measured statement, no?

the sport needs its stars to say something to the public.

he pushed himself out the track...what a p...!!!

Heap of Hype wrote:

ChrisSolinsky Twitter

Tough Pill to swallow! Should gotten back on to at least get A standard 4 next year, but emotions (angry) took over. Back 2 Amy & training

so Sol agrees that he should have stayed out on the track - there you go.

I wish I could have seen Solinsky keep running. Sure, it's frustrating, but you got to finish for your own pride.

crazy person wrote:

I wish I could have seen Solinsky keep running. Sure, it's frustrating, but you got to finish for your own pride.

Um, his pride exitted the moment he pushed himself off the track.

American girls have more heart than the males:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqnqLrakxY8

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I'll raise you one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IComcntFffU

[quote]Girl FTW wrote:

Actually im pretty sure this is the one you really meant. She felt it break the first time with half a mile/600m to go as i recall and continued. As Bobby Jones first said(paraphrased) "This is a level of toughness with which I am not familiar"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67nfdeSDYzU&feature=related

Solinsky it seems to me just made the wrong instinctive move after a little bumping. This isnt the NBA where theyre going to call a foul and send you to the line. The only option is to continue. He made the wrong choice- hopefully he will learn from it and not have it happen again.

Agree . He was acting. Trying to make a big show of how mad he was and it was clearly fake. He just gave up.

We all thought Webb can't race. These two are terrible turkeys in international competitions

Random Shmo wrote:

These guys are running sub-13 minute 5k races.

Americans aren't.

Dude has shown his stripes this Summer and they don't look good. His image from last year doesn't match who he is.He's a jerk and now using twitter to enter the spin zone.More excuses - emotions (angry) lolWah wah wah

agip wrote:

Heap of Hype wrote:

ChrisSolinsky Twitter

Tough Pill to swallow! Should gotten back on to at least get A standard 4 next year, but emotions (angry) took over. Back 2 Amy & training

so Sol agrees that he should have stayed out on the track - there you go.

Why bother finishing the race?!?!

DFL > DNF > DNS

Heap of Hype wrote:

ChrisSolinsky Twitter

Tough Pill to swallow! Should gotten back on to at least get A standard 4 next year, but emotions (angry) took over. Back 2 Amy & training

No you need to man up and actually run a race and finish it, not go back and hide in your comfort zone of your wife and training group where everyone runs fair and treats you like a king on the track.

I think Solinsky has gone mentally soft because he doesn't get out of his comfort zone (wife and trainings buds) enough. He had a rough race and made a bad decision when he ran into rough and tough individuals fighting (almost literally) for a win. Instead of letting that get him fired up and getting into another race and harden himself to this type of hard and rough racing, he is retreating back to his comfort zone. Mistake.

I suggest that while Schumacher may be a great at preparing their bodies to race well, he may need to do more thinking on preparing them mentally to race well. Sometimes these cushy training set-ups (Beaverton) catered to each run can make one hard physically but soft mentally.

Interesting take on it.

Rakanishu wrote:

Yanqui wrote:

What, honestly, would have been the point of finishing that race?

Oh I don't know WINNING it? If you're going to give up because things aren't ideal for you, why even f-ing compete at all? U.S. DISTANCT runners are the biggest pussies I swear.

I agree. Our distance runners need to get tough.