To be honest, I know he ran pretty well, but it was not something out of reach. He was running pretty well. He only ran a couple of them (laps) at 61 in the middle of the race. If I was feeling good, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO HANG OUT WITH HIM, I probably would have been top five like the way I told you.
yeh you sure showed him Abdi
Oh yeah, because it would be so much better if he said (and thought)...
"Man, Bekele and everyone else is too good for me, I knew I wouldn't be up there with them. Didn't believe it going in, certainly don't believe it now. But hey, some guys are just more talented than me and I have to accept I'll never be as good and its ridiculous to even think about running with them, let alone talk about it. 15th was great for an American and I was really going for top 16, so I accomplished my goal."
"The kid"... go back to hoping to beat my pathetic ass at a road race and let the Olympians think big like they should. I know I'll be supporting Abdi and his dream's and ambitions. Its too bad you can't do the same. You're the same guy that tells Broe "good job man, 11th is great for an American!" instead of, "Next time, with more training and less injuries under your belt, you can be up there with El G and Bekele and you better believe it."
Quit cutting down our guys. Even though YOU can't fathom running with Bekele, Geb, etc, some people in this country can. And that's something that has been missing for a long time. The talent is here, its the head that has been missing until recently and you trying to bring that level of thinking down is just hurting American running.
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Good call, Conto. Good call.
way to tell it Conto
dude... are you serious? thats exactly what he should have thought. now we just know hes a cocky idiot..... and you\\\'re a tool.
Conto! Less posting more work!
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Oh please! Abdi is an idiot if he actually said that. Look, its fine to be confident in yourself and believe you can run better than you did, but you can't have your head in the clouds either. Bekele is a MUCH better runner than Abdi, and for Abdi to think Bekele's performance was somehow obtainable by him, is an insult to Bekele.
As for it being a long time since Americans could believe they could run with the africans, I have to laugh at that too. All hail immigration!!! I have an idea, lets import second-tier african runners, give them their american citizenship, and then throw them to the wolves in international competition. They'll get smoked, albeit not TOO badly, and then they can comment on how next time they'll be able to run 61 second laps too!!!!! Great f***in idea. Why don't we just offer Bekele and Geb 10 million bucks each to become American citizens so we can say "yeah america, look our distance runners are BACK!!!! we're the best in the world again!!!! yay!". Its not the same guys, and you know it.
Conto, you know better.
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