Is it possible Mike Fout is underrated?

Ummmm...ever heard of German Fernandez?

True, but he was off the pace at the Cowboy Jamboree. Connor, Collins, and the Wisconsin guys are great too... But I live in the Midwest and the weather was crap all last week, which makes me think the ND course may have been pure slop like the Faster Than Forty article implied. The Wisc guys ran in Oregon where the weather was probably decent. No idea what Stillwater was like last week. And if the kid (Fout) lost his shoe...?

Great season ahead, for sure.

Fout is a great talent and a great runner. It seems he kinda fell off of everyone's radar though due to injuries he suffered his first few years in college. I would love to see him have a good healthy year to see what he is truly capable of.

Wasn't he All-American last year in cross? I saw him at Stanford and he ran around 28:32 for 10K. I think he's 13:45 for 5k. He's a good talent and seems like a pretty cool guy. Hope he can mix it up with the guys he ran with at Footlocker. Would be a cool ending to all those guys careers.

Hasty Husky wrote:

... but did anyone else see the results from the ND Invite this weekend.... but according to an interview on the Faster Than Forty site .....

How about some links --- good grief.

People who weren't there, and some who were, don't understand how slow the course was at Morley Fout's senior year at Footlocker. I've seen many Footlocker finals and his was one of the best performances, maybe the best,ever in San Diego. Fout's upside is amazing. If he stays fit and healthy he has NCAA champion potential although not this year.

San D Local wrote:

... If he stays fit and healthy he has NCAA champion potential although not this year.

Not sure how this makes sense. He is a senior this year.

Sorry... Was pretty lazy of me. Recap and results links are all on this page...

Actually, the weather has been perfect up here (upper midwest) since Saturday. Saturday started pretty cold (34) but warmed quickly and had a high of 60 with RH at only 33% at the peak temperature in the afternoon. There was a breeze without it being windy.

Fout is good; wonder how he will do come November.

Underrated...not really.

I think most people are still waiting for that break out performance he seems capable of after winning FLN. The talent is obviously there.

I don't think he's underrated. I think people are just wanting to see him do what he's capable of. I know injuries have killed him up until now. Maybe that big performance is on its way soon.

nahhhh wrote:

I think most people are still waiting for that break out performance he seems capable of after winning FLN. The talent is obviously there.

He is a very good college runner. Does he have talent to be more than that? Time will tell. But winning FLN says a whole lot about running capability as a high school senior and a whole lot of nothing about talent to go much beyond that.

Fout was basically hurt all the time his first two years of college (and the spring of his senior year of high school), so last year was really the first time anyone was able to see what he could do with consistent training. As other people have mentioned, he made a pretty impressive comeback finishing 28th for All-American status in NCAA XC and then running 13:45 and 28:32 for 5k/10k in track. I think in a recent Flotrack interview he said he's still trying to train smart, and has been building his mileage pretty slowly. I think he mentioned he's running about 80 mpw right now, which is less than some of the other guys running at his level. I think if he continues to train smart and do what he is doing he will be one of the best in the NCAA, but to be honest I think he is already there and should look for a top 10 finish at NCAA XC this year.

M I missing something wrote:

Not sure how this makes sense. He is a senior this year.

Nope, I was missing something. I thought he redshirted 2008. My bad.

You just violated the first rule of this board. Do not, under any circumstance, apologize. Even if you know you are wrong, you have to insist you are right. Then you resort to name-calling. We'll forgive you this time, but next time you won't be so lucky.

Calvin Klein wrote:

We'll forgive you this time

HEY!!! You just violated the second rule of letsrun!!! Jive turkey!

Calvin Klein wrote:

You just violated the first rule of this board. Do not, under any circumstance, apologize. Even if you know you are wrong, you have to insist you are right. Then you resort to name-calling. We'll forgive you this time, but next time you won't be so lucky.

Sorry, wait, I mean F You, I never apologized, I said "my bad." Learn how to read a-hole!

San D Local wrote:

Calvin Klein wrote:

You just violated the first rule of this board. Do not, under any circumstance, apologize. Even if you know you are wrong, you have to insist you are right. Then you resort to name-calling. We'll forgive you this time, but next time you won't be so lucky.

Sorry, wait, I mean F You, I never apologized, I said "my bad." Learn how to read a-hole!

That's more like it! F-you, too.