Would A Fit (27:15ish) Solinsky Make The U.S. Marathon Team?

The fact that anyone thinks that Bekele could have run faster in the last 3 years is irrelevant. The bottom line is that he hasn't. No-one has. Solinsky was 3 seconds off a world leading time in the 10K in 2010, but 5 seconds off the world lead in the 1500 this year. These are the facts and they speak for themselves.

kramerr wrote:

Solinsky is one of the best distance runners in the country. Both literally and figuratively. End of discussion.

How is he "figuratively" one of the best distance runners in the country. What does that even mean?

Sprintgeezer wrote:

That was actually pretty funny!

If you had said hitting the wall at the 120m mark of a 200, after going out too hard, you'd have been more accurate.

I've never dropped out of a 100, but I did tear a ham in the 200.

Totally incomparable, as I couldn't even walk.

Unlike Solinskrap.

You're right, totally incomparable.

The screws used to reattach Solinsky's hamstring indicate you don't know what the fvck you're talking about.

I don't remember Solinsky ever being carted off a track, after hopping across the finish line on one foot.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

I don't remember Solinsky ever being carted off a track, after hopping across the finish line on one foot.

You're very tough. In fact, you may be the grittiest competitor of all time. Congrats.

To act like Solinsky isn't tough however is ignorant, even for this board. Now Chris may be stupid for not taking time off, but the fact that he was injured enough to require screws put in 10 months before the OG shows his injury was pretty severe.

hold the phone wrote:

kramerr wrote:

Solinsky is one of the best distance runners in the country. Both literally and figuratively. End of discussion.

How is he "figuratively" one of the best distance runners in the country. What does that even mean?

Oh come on. I hear that expression all the time. It means he is good in many ways.

"...the fact that he was injured enough to require screws put in 10 months before the OG shows his injury was pretty severe."

Not really. The decision to intervene surgically can be predicated upon many factors, not least of which in a professional athlete is competition schedule.

Whatever surgery he had, could have just been the quickest way to being able to compete for London.

And NO, getting pushed off the track by a flyweight, and wanking and not finishing races, is most definitely not "tough".

The fact that he underwent some sort of surgery does not prove otherwise.

Yo, Geez! What are your credentials? Linkage to career stats?

kramerr wrote:

hold the phone wrote:

How is he "figuratively" one of the best distance runners in the country. What does that even mean?

Oh come on. I hear that expression all the time. It means he is good in many ways.

Actually, hold the phone has a point. the original phrase referring to him being "figuratively" one of the best... makes absolutely no sense.

Reality check223 wrote:

RIP VAN WINKLE wrote:

Either way, you've probably dropped out of a 100m race before, perhaps when you hit the wall at 75m.

good one.

whats your native language?

Don't you mean "What's your native language?"

Sprintgeezer wrote:

I don't remember Solinsky ever being carted off a track, after hopping across the finish line on one foot.

Yeah, Sprintgeezer, you da man, but that doesn't mean Solinsky isn't tough too. You cannot compare him to somebody as tough as you, but still, he is as tough as Rupp.

Sprintgeezer, you're a goddamn sprinter. You have zero, count it, zero knowledge of what "tough" is for a distance runner. Sprinters are lowest of the low. You should be kneeling at Chris Solinsky's feet, begging him to teach you how to be a man.

It helps to think wrote:

kramerr wrote:

Oh come on. I hear that expression all the time. It means he is good in many ways.

Actually, hold the phone has a point. the original phrase referring to him being "figuratively" one of the best... makes absolutely no sense.

It is unfortunate that I have to explain simple things over and over. I said he was literally and figuratively one of the best distance runners. This is true, he literally is. Figuratively speaking, he is also, since he embodies the ultimate fast runner. It makes perfect sense to me.

distance rules wrote:

Sprintgeezer, you're a goddamn sprinter. You have zero, count it, zero knowledge of what "tough" is for a distance runner. Sprinters are lowest of the low. You should be kneeling at Chris Solinsky's feet, begging him to teach you how to be a man.

I was a 400m sprinter, it was a pretty damn tough event. I ran cross country too, and the home stretch of a 400m is no joke.

RIP VAN WINKLE wrote:

I think Solinsky would have as good a shot as Rupp, but there are only so many spots available. Could he do it? I think he loves doing long tempo runs. He'd have a chance for sure.

Translation: I have absolutely no clue about the sport but I really do enjoy saying stupid things.

We've been through this hurt thing before.

I have trained marathon distance many times, and continue to do my 19:xx 5k's (pretty fast for me) followed by 10 2-min 5:00 pace intervals w/1 min rest.

Every 2 weeks I will go 10k.

I absolutely know what distance pain is...and yes, it is serious if you run too fast.

It is not acute pain as in an acute injury normally suffered in sprinting.

And I have never experienced running pain as bad as the latter part of a poorly-run 400 or 800m--especially the 400 IMHO.

Way back when, I was competing short stuff indoors--60 and 200. For some reason they put me anchor on the 4x400, I forget why.

We were near last, IIRC--it's a hazy memory right now. I got the stick and went out all guns blazing. I had a first 200 time that would have easily won me the 200 at the meet, and that was better than my 200 time had been. IIRC I died going into the last turn...I got buried, I could barely stand up it hurt so much. I remember seeing a bunch of guys pass me on the last straight.

We still managed to gain several positions, I think...all I really remember right now is the pain, and seeing those guys drift by me. Never have I ran such a race, before or since.

But the fact that a guy like Solinsky might be able to endure some pain from acidosis doesn't mean that he's not a wank--because he most certainly is.

I really do respect any fast 10,000m time--say, under 30:00, especially as fast as Solinsky ran.

It's not the TIME I don't respect, it's SOLINSKY I don't respect as a competitor, based on his non-performance last year.

I'm perfectly willing to change my mind, and I will be the first to sing his praises on this board if he provides any reason to do so.

Which, so far, he hasn't.

Reality check223 wrote:

But my original comment was really a question not a point. Is 40 seconds in the 10k less than 5 seconds in the 1500m? What's the conversion?

from a purely mathematical standpoint:

40s/25 laps = 1.6s/lap

5s/3.75 laps = 1.33s/lap

so the 1500 is a little closer, per lap, to world leading runners. this obviously does not take into account the vast difference in paces between the two races.