Wheating's back, back again! Wheating's back, tell a friend!

video is much more impressive than the results

"Did anyone around here ever have an injury? They tend to slow you down."

Yes, of course. And I don't personally know Andrew Wheating or all the details of his situation, but I will say this: Injury or not, it has been FIVE YEARS since Andrew Wheating ran that 3:30 and actually looked like a world class runner. Injuries happen, but Wheating is supposed to be a professional. He runs for a living. Running for Nike, he has the best coaches and resources money can buy at the ready. And despite having tremendous talent, he hasn't been able to regain form in FIVE YEARS. Even the best can be sidelined by injuries and lose a season. But a young, talented guy like Wheating, running for Nike in Oregon? No excuses. If he had the heart of a champion he'd be back by now.

A High Scooler wrote:

I retract my statement. He ran a 54 last lap and a 26 last 200, a pretty large negative split in a race that is ideally positive split. And he did it fighting around traffic and passing 11 guys in the home straight alone, essentially going from last to first in the last 200 meters. Now he just has to work on getting closer to front in his races, like Centro.

Again, I don't understand why this excites people. A fast finish and a negative split indicates nothing more than the fact that Andrew Wheating has speed (we knew that already) and races like a puss (we knew that already).

Racing like Centro is not simply a matter of altering strategy or getting in better shape. It's a whole different mentality. A mentality that Wheating does not have.

i kinda like running wrote:

"Did anyone around here ever have an injury? They tend to slow you down."

Yes, of course. And I don't personally know Andrew Wheating or all the details of his situation, but I will say this: Injury or not, it has been FIVE YEARS since Andrew Wheating ran that 3:30 and actually looked like a world class runner. Injuries happen, but Wheating is supposed to be a professional. He runs for a living. Running for Nike, he has the best coaches and resources money can buy at the ready. And despite having tremendous talent, he hasn't been able to regain form in FIVE YEARS. Even the best can be sidelined by injuries and lose a season. But a young, talented guy like Wheating, running for Nike in Oregon? No excuses. If he had the heart of a champion he'd be back by now.

3 years. All his prs are from 2010 (except his 1000m pr which is from this same meet last year)

How are we not talking about the fact that the meet is the Gugle Games? There has to at least be some joke about a German rip off of Google in there somewhere! Maybe something about a googleplex? ...Guggenheim?... West German steroids?... Nothing?...

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Good job Wheating. (That's not funny at all)

He's professional enough to have made the last 2 olympic teams despite dealing with some pretty bad injuries and not really being in top form. I actually can't think of a runner that makes more sense to sponsor. He makes Olympic teams when he's hurt and if he ever does manage to really maximize his potentially he'll be world class.

Also, it makes no sense to read into this 1000m in late August too much one way or the other. Looks like a glorified workout to me. Hopefully the beginning of a great comeback.

Bring Back the Mile wrote:

Per IAAF Tables, converts to 3:39 1500m, and moreover, a 3:57 Mile.

http://bringbackthemile.com/athletes/detail/andrew_wheating

You used the word, 'moreover'. That's pretty cool.

i kinda like running wrote:

A High Scooler wrote:

I retract my statement. He ran a 54 last lap and a 26 last 200, a pretty large negative split in a race that is ideally positive split. And he did it fighting around traffic and passing 11 guys in the home straight alone, essentially going from last to first in the last 200 meters. Now he just has to work on getting closer to front in his races, like Centro.

Again, I don't understand why this excites people. A fast finish and a negative split indicates nothing more than the fact that Andrew Wheating has speed (we knew that already) and races like a puss (we knew that already).

Racing like Centro is not simply a matter of altering strategy or getting in better shape. It's a whole different mentality. A mentality that Wheating does not have.

It excites people because the performance is better than the time indicated, and Wheating is already clearly in great shape despite being injury ridden during the summer. Once he hooks up with Rowland, Symmonds, Mulder, JMac, et all, the prospects are bright.

meh. Wheating only runs because he is good at it. I see no passion, no Farrah-like dedication to improvement. he likes being a professional athlete because it gets him attention and people will follow his his twitter account...but he is not a runner. He's a guy who runs.

Maybe if he stays healthy he will do well - I hope so. Guy ran 3:30 for pete's sake.

agip wrote:

. . . I see no passion, no Farah-like dedication to improvement. . .

Funny you should pick Farah as the standard given that he claims his training wasn't as focused as it could be until the second half of his twenties. Let's hope Wheating follows a similar path.

Little known fact, although Wheating did run a 3:30, he hasn't won anything...even this mediocre 1k race in Linz. It's nothing to get hyped up over.

Yes, an injury is a huge setback, and this is progress from not racing. BUT, this isn't enough proof for me to jump back on the Wheating bandwagon

Citizen Runner wrote:

agip wrote:

. . . I see no passion, no Farah-like dedication to improvement. . .

Funny you should pick Farah as the standard given that he claims his training wasn't as focused as it could be until the second half of his twenties. Let's hope Wheating follows a similar path.

amen

Oh. I stand corrected. That actually does change my tune a little. 3 years is a long time for an athlete, but not nearly as long as 5 years. I suppose I haven't given him quite enough time to make his comeback. But I still feel fairly confident in my statements that he races like a puss and he will never medal at a global championship. Too many other lions out there who are far hungrier.

He gigooggittied that race, he gishmoigittied its giflavity with his googus.

Gregson not Sowinski?

Invisible Walrus wrote:

Perhaps the time wasn't impressive, but Wheating's finish certainly was. Entering the home stretch, he languished in 11th, then swung wide and passed every competitor save Robinson over the final 100m.

At the same time, he put himself in a poor position to strike. The replay shows he was boxed in by Ryan Gregson, who threw up his arms in surprise when Wheating crossed directly in front of him to swing wide.

He's still a talented athlete. Rowland - a capable coach - will work with him to improve Wheating's race tactics, as he has with Symmonds.

Canova>God wrote:

More importantly have you seen his girlfriend?

Mandy Perkins is a babe.

i kinda like running wrote:

"Did anyone around here ever have an injury? They tend to slow you down."

Yes, of course. And I don't personally know Andrew Wheating or all the details of his situation, but I will say this: Injury or not, it has been FIVE YEARS since Andrew Wheating ran that 3:30 and actually looked like a world class runner. Injuries happen, but Wheating is supposed to be a professional. He runs for a living. Running for Nike, he has the best coaches and resources money can buy at the ready. And despite having tremendous talent, he hasn't been able to regain form in FIVE YEARS. Even the best can be sidelined by injuries and lose a season. But a young, talented guy like Wheating, running for Nike in Oregon? No excuses. If he had the heart of a champion he'd be back by now.

If your going to use Time to dampen his status. You should at least get the facts strait. He ran the 3:30 in the summer of 2010, it is the summer of 2013, so it was 3 years ago.

He is switching coaches, hopefully for the better. Maybe things will turn around

He already acknowledged his mistake.

i kinda like running wrote:

bigtool05 wrote:

3 years. All his prs are from 2010 (except his 1000m pr which is from this same meet last year)

Oh. I stand corrected. That actually does change my tune a little. 3 years is a long time for an athlete, but not nearly as long as 5 years. I suppose I haven't given him quite enough time to make his comeback. But I still feel fairly confident in my statements that he races like a puss and he will never medal at a global championship. Too many other lions out there who are far hungrier.

2010 he was on a tear and it seemed he was finally starting to find his ability as a runner. It has been very rocky since then, largely due to injury and perhaps sticking with a coach that was just too busy for him. Correct those two issues, you have a helluva runner on your hands. He does need to try running up front just to see how it works in the 1500, maybe even slow up a race and learn to keep position.