Symmonds 4:00 at Fifth Avenue mile. WTF?

Decent drug testing at this race.

gorilla man wrote:

Decent drug testing at this race.

Yeah, unlike at the world championships

Who?

I was at the NYRR building when he was there on Friday. He had a casual attitude and low expectations for the race. He's done what he had to do for 2013. I was more surprised at how poorly Lopez Lomong did.

Where are the results?

Somebody post the fvckin results please.

From his twitter it sounds like he was just cruisin in for the end of the season

MEN

1 Nick Willis: New Zealand - 3:52.1

2 Bernard Lagat: United States - 3:52.9

3 Garrett Heath: United State - 3:53.0

4 Ryan Hill: United States - 3:54.0

5 Will Leer: United States - 3:53.1

6 David Torrence: United States - 3:53.2

7 Craig Miller: United States - 3:53.7

8 Collis Birmingham: Australia - 3:54.3

9 Matthew Elliott: United States - 3:54.7

10 Ben Blankenship: United States - 3:55.7

11 Leo Manzano: United States - 3:58.0

12 Ben St. Lawrence: Australia - 3:56.2

13 Evan Jager: United States - 3:57.6

14 Ryan Gregson: Australia - 3:56.2

15 Dan Huling: United States - 3:58.1

16 Andy Baddeley: United Kingdon - 3:58.7

17 Nick Symmonds: United States - 4:00.1

18 Brett Robinson: Australia - 4:02.0

19. Lopez Lomong: United State - 4:02.8

Women

1 Jenny Simpson: United States - 4:19.3

2 Morgan Uceny: United States - 4:23.4

3 Susan Kuijken: Netherlands - 4:24.2

4 Violah Lagat: Kenya - 4:25.1

5 Margherita Magnani: Italy - 4:26.9

6 Hannah England: United Kingdom - 4:26.8

7 Charlene Thomas: United Kingdom - 4:26.9

8 Heather Kamp: United States - 4:27.8

9 Katie Mackey: United States - 4:28.3

10 Shannon Rowbury: United States - 4:28.3

11 Gabrielle Anderson: United States - 4:29.0

12 Sara Vaughn: United States - 4:29.8

13 Zoe Buckman: Australia - 4:30.0

14 Chelsea Reilly: United States - 4:30.8

15 Ellish McColgan: United Kingdom - 4:30.9

Willis 3:52.1

Lagat 3:52.9

G Heath 3:53.0

Ryan Hill 3:35.0

W Leer 3:53.1

D Torrence 3:53.2

Craig Miller 3:53.7

C Birmingham 3:54.3

Matt Elliott 3:54.7

B Blankenship 3:55.7

Manzano 3:56.0

B St. Lawrence 3:56.2

E Jager 3:57.6

R Gregson 3:58.1

D Huling 3:58.1

A Baddeley 3:58.7

Nick Symmonds 4:00.1

Brett Robinson 4:02.0

Lopez Lomong 4:02.9

Palbo Solares 4:05.3

$5000

willis can retire

Symmonds was never a possibility to win. He gave a nice interview on Run Fan Radio last week:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runfanradio/2013/09/16/runfan-radio-august-4-2013

The relevant part: He peaked for Worlds in the 800, held on a bit longer for DL, and hasn't been training for a mile. His Twitter feed last week showed him fishing.

I hope the folks who voted for him in the poll on the front page do better research when they bet on the horses.

Racetrack Tout wrote:

Symmonds was never a possibility to win. He gave a nice interview on Run Fan Radio last week:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runfanradio/2013/09/16/runfan-radio-august-4-2013

The relevant part: He peaked for Worlds in the 800, held on a bit longer for DL, and hasn't been training for a mile. His Twitter feed last week showed him fishing.

I hope the folks who voted for him in the poll on the front page do better research when they bet on the horses.

What does fishing have to do with it ?? You can still train several hours a day and still have time for fishing! Its probably a good way to relax in between workouts.

Chimpy wrote:What does fishing have to do with it ?? You can still train several hours a day and still have time for fishing! Its probably a good way to relax in between workouts.

If there were any workouts.

My tough regiment of crabbing and fishing proved to be insufficient preparation for #5thAveMile. Still, had a fun time. Thanks @nyrr!

he didnt run at all this week. all he did was fish. look at his twitter.

Crap race for Symmonds.

I thought he had a good chance to win.

Another stinker for Leo. Too many of them this year

smofnf wrote:

he didnt run at all this week. all he did was fish. look at his twitter.

Did he really say regiment? I didn't even know the Army had a crabbing division.

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

Seriously now. Didn't he run a 3:35 1500 this summer?

Seriously now, your evident dipshitedness has never been more evident.

gorilla man wrote:

Decent drug testing at this race.

so that would mean... wrote:

Yeah, unlike at the world championships

Is it possible he timed his doping cycle for worlds because it is an important race and didn't dope at all for this race since it is rather insignificant? Oh, wait, are you one of those fanboy/girls that still believes your man Symmonds is clean even though it is becoming clearer by the day that practically all the top athletes in all track and field events are doping?