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10 years ago 08/13/2013 6:15pm EDT

re: A Duck

He also said he didn't know what would have happened if he were 5th and buried with 100 to go.Also, the splits he mentioned are off from the actuals. He thought he split under 50 and his goal was to come through in 50.0 and come back in 52.5.Oh... you got pilloried not for what you said, but how you said it. The subject line you created for the other thread exhibited extreme douchebaggery.

A Duck wrote:
lol, I got pilloried for saying he lost it by going out too fast.
Gee, someone else, and even NICK thinks so too:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251036-IAAF-World-Championships-Moscow-2013-Interviews-Races/video/719336-Nick-Symmonds-finally-gets-his-global-medal-in-800-at-Moscow-World-Champs-2013?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

10 years ago 08/13/2013 7:25pm EDT

re: lpd

lpd wrote:
Symmonds is on a new undetectable dope regimen.

It's called "microbrew".

10 years ago 08/14/2013 3:11am EDT

re: any different?

any different? wrote:
Props to Nick for the silver, he earned it and ran a hell of a race, and is rightly a WC silver medalist. Perspective is in the eye of the beholder (or fan in this case) though. I suppose if Kaliese Spencer DQ'd in the heats, Hejnova and Shakes-Drayton hit hurdles and fell, Demus got massive diarrhea and couldn't start the race, and then Muhammad ran a 55.5 to win the 400mH she'd be a medalist too, and would have rightly earned it. Many wouldn't consider the best womens 400m hurdler though, just the best that day under the unique circumstances. Same applies to Symmonds. Nature of T&F.

Well, not quite the same thing. The hypotheticals you describe above mostly come down to chance and bad luck, whereas getting injured (or staying healthy) is largely the the result of training decisions you make day after day, month after month, and year after year. At the international level of competition, people have to take risks, but it's those who find that perfect balance between hard work and restraint who enjoy the kind of durability Nick has. He didn't luck into the silver medal. He did exactly what he needed to do to get himself to the championships in the first place, and was the second-best man on the day.

10 years ago 08/14/2013 3:52am EDT

re: information

Amman failed to medal last year because he decided to go with Rudisha's breakneck pace which singed Kaki as well. Would Rudisha's presence have made them race differently?

10 years ago 08/14/2013 8:01am EDT

re: A Duck

A Duck wrote:
Exactly, that was his mistake.

Canova, this unknown coach down in Africa, disagrees with you.

10 years ago 08/14/2013 4:25pm EDT

re: Barakus Obama

Best race I've ever seen Nick run.

For those of us who endured the state of U.S. running in the 90s, we now have an 800 silver, a 1500 bronze, a 1500 silver and a 10,000 silver so far in the last three global championships. It's nice to be relevant again.

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