Props to Teg! He ran a smart solid race. Props to Galen... he not only ran to expectations, but he proved to be a good teammate to boot. Props to Ritz for hanging in there and not letting the marathon results keep him down. I am happy for all three and as for the rest - I wish them well and hope they make some good $ on the roads this fall. Quite a few will still be around in two years (barring injury) for the WCs and I look forward to seeing them then.
Teg and Derrick and the rest of the guys with qualifiers should have gone to the front and ran some 80s laps. After a couple of them they could have gotten back to racing without having to worry about Ritz making the team. Instead they just sat back and let Ritz run his race. Poor tactics.
anonomie me wrote:
He could have at least offered to share the lead for a lap or two.
It's not like he didn't know what was going on.
I don't blame Teg. Almost all of the focus was on Rupp and Ritz anyway, including the post-race interview. I don't blame Ritz either for wanting Teg to come take a couple of laps because it wouldn't have killed him to do that, but Schumaker's and Salazar's guys don't work together, which is a shame. Rupp and Ritz will do nothing to help Teg in the Olympics, that's for sure. Rupp looked like he was doing a tempo run. Don't really know why he felt the need to pick it up and get the win, especially with two 5,000s coming up.
Watching the women's race, it's too bad the men couldn't have had that weather, because it would've been a much easier race for them. Salazar's contingent may not race again until the Olympics, but I'd like to see Ritz drop another fast 5,000 in Europe for confidence, and because it may just be his best distance. Rupp may not get a medal, but I think once he's at peak sharpening, he'll be right in there. Ritz still has room to improve.
adjrjaerjaesjrljaew wrote:
Teg ran a gutless race
Better than a brainless post. Idiot.
adjrjaerjaesjrljaew wrote:
you guys are all wusses when it comes to races. I may not have qualified for olympics..I take the race out from the gun and kill it...even if it means I get beat. At least I can walk around knowing I had the balls to go hard.
HA HA I remember you from High School, you were that loser/poser who was trained by Lazlo Tabori! You used to talk smack all the time about these great times you were running. Problem was, they were all timed by Tabori, he used to stop the watch all the time and gave you bogus split times. Every time we raced you tried to take it out faster than you were capable of and i smashed you like a gnat on the windshield, then after the race you would tell me you were having a bad day and had run much faster in practice!
You ran out of your head every race you ever did and faded badly in each and every one. If you had actually learned to RACE like an intelligent human being you might not have been the laughingstock of the SoCal racing scene. I tried to tell you because i felt sorry for you but you were such a pompous ass you never learned.Even in college, same old shit. It was like that race in hs when i went out fast to shut you up and put you in your place and you couldn't stand to have me take it out so you actually INCREASED the pace after a 52 second first lap?
well you got your wish you were leading at the 600 in under 1:18 but then you had to practically walk it in as i blew past your sorry butt, did you actually have the balls to finish the race? I never look back when i am winning so i honestly don't know.
In case you never learned it is where you are at the finish that counts not how fast you take it out, poser.
prefontainesays wrote:
"To give less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"...or something like that.
So the question is,
What would Pre have done had he been in Teg's shoes?
Pre would have hammered the hell out of the pace, passed Rupp, blown up badly and not made the team...
Later he would drink until he passed out
Pre would have drafted until the last mile to 800m and then made long heroic but probably futile drive home, knowing that this would be only chance to win, even if it was a very poor chance, against 3:34/12:58/26:48.