Davila not going?

"If Kara is ready to roll then great but if she pulls a ritz 04 (due to hip injury)..."

You cannot compare an olympic appearance with WC, especially someone's first olympic appearance. Not even in the same ballpark.

At the USATF meet Desi Davila hadn't done track work. Read lengthy interview at http://www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Davila.aspx conducted after USATF, especially the beginning which discusses her USATF races in detail before the interview gets into her Boston performance and a career retrospective. I believe she would have PRed big at Worlds in the 10,000m. Also, just check out her confidence in the interview - it is almost 'matter of fact' about her consistent improvement and expected future improvement. She has no fear!

That is going to bite her in the ass one of these days.

You got to be kidding. A runner needs at least of year of uninterrupted training to hit their peak at the elite level. Kara already has a serious injury in a critical part of her femur. If she continues to train through it she is risking a lot (does not heal or turns into a stress fracture) which could delay her OT marathon preparation by 3-6 months.

I am surprised by this since Salazar was hampered by a chronic injury and sickness prior to 1984. He never was the same runner again.

haha YO wrote:

That is going to bite her in the ass one of these days.

Better to burn out than fade away. Desi is going to destroy all comers at the trials, I'm going to hold off on my prediction for London.

Desi and the Hansons camp must be laughing their asses off. Why would Kara run the WC? Risk is huge and there is no chance of reward. Does she have a chance to medal in Daegu? Could she set back her trainng for London? This is just plain stupid.

psycho wacko stalker wrote:

at Nationals Desi was 15:25 and 31:37. That means that if you take her 5k time and double it, you need to add 47 seconds to get her 10k time.

Her 15:08 (run in London) doubled plus 47 means that she could of run a 31:03 this past weekend.

Oh my freaking HEAD hurts reading posts this stupid! What the hell are you THINKING? Using a flat number of seconds is NOT how you convert a 5K to a 10K time! Try this, genius: 15:25/31:37 = 15:08/X. Solve for feckin' X and you get 31:02, NOT 31:03. Obviously you are no Will Frigging Hunting. CHRIST! What's more, what makes you think she ran those two races at the EXACT same intensity, under IDENTICAL conditions? Here's a Goddamn hint: SHE DIDN'T! And the "could of" construct ALWAYS has me ready to throat-punch someone right in the NUTS!!!

Who cares if Desi destroys them all at the trials? They only need to finish top 3.

Trust me they all care.

Shoebacca wrote:

Who cares if Desi destroys them all at the trials? They only need to finish top 3.

What is with your consistent anti-Desi posting?

He/she hates that Desi is successful.

Winning the trials is not important. Hall won the trials and was beaten by Ritz at the games. Deena won the trials and was a DNF at the games. In 2008 Culpepper and DeReuck won the trials but Meb and Deena came home with the medals.

psycho MP wrote:

Winning the trials is not important. Hall won the trials and was beaten by Ritz at the games. Deena won the trials and was a DNF at the games. In 2008 Culpepper and DeReuck won the trials but Meb and Deena came home with the medals.

Hey, dickface! You're confusing "NOT IMPORTANT" with "NOT PREDICTIVE." BZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Thanks for playing, but there's a lot more money in it for the Trials winner than the runner up, and THAT COUNTS! Sheeeeeeeit. I guess you think that whoever's leading the frackin' Trials with a mile to go oughtta just ease up and LOSE on purpose! OK, Mr. All-Knowing. You know what? I think you should SHUT THE HELL UP!!!

Unaccountably Hostile wrote:

psycho MP wrote:

Winning the trials is not important. Hall won the trials and was beaten by Ritz at the games. Deena won the trials and was a DNF at the games. In 2008 Culpepper and DeReuck won the trials but Meb and Deena came home with the medals.

Hey, dickface! You're confusing "NOT IMPORTANT" with "NOT PREDICTIVE." BZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Thanks for playing, but there's a lot more money in it for the Trials winner than the runner up, and THAT COUNTS! Sheeeeeeeit. I guess you think that whoever's leading the frackin' Trials with a mile to go oughtta just ease up and LOSE on purpose! OK, Mr. All-Knowing. You know what? I think you should SHUT THE HELL UP!!!

Now that they have to pay $50 to enter they shouldn't ease up, gotta win that money back.

Not important means that Davila, Flanagan, and Goucher don't need to alter their training to win the trials. Why? BECAUSE IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.

psycho MP wrote:

Not important means that Davila, Flanagan, and Goucher don't need to alter their training to win the trials. Why? BECAUSE IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.

My God but you are a FOOL. You obviously think that the three runners you mention are a LOCK for the Olympic team! Well guess the hell what! That means if TWO of them are in fact SHOO-ins, the OTHER one can't afford any kind of an OFF DAY! WHY? Because SOMEONE will come up to steal that SPOT? You don't think TERA MOODY (2:30 in Chicago HEAT) or AMY HASTINGS (2:27 in her FIRST MARATHON) have a SHOT? GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR KEISTER, BUDDY!

Moody (no way) Hastings (not a chance). Magdalena has an outside chance if someone else has an off day.

Desi is The Anti-Kara. Goucher tears in 2012.

graeme mcdowell wrote:

Right now the best team would be Fleishman

WHO?????????????????????????????????