Leads the whole damn way! Comes back like steve MF Jones!!!!!! that last 30 meters!
Robury even tried to run her wide cutting her off twice!
MAD PROPS best race of USA's by FAR
MOLLY HUDDLE Female version of Steve Jones!!!!
Awesome! Way to hold off a Sit and NOPER!!!
Denied!
Steve Jones vid!!! Steve Jones!!!! Pulling a Huddle! or Huddle Pulling a Steve Jones???? Ah!!!!
I hope it takes more than a similar finish in one race to draw comparisons to Jonesy.
Why are you so excited? It's great and all but you act like you won. Wait are you...YOU ARE!!!!! Molly nice work. Could I get your number?
That was an exciting race, usually the sitter will pull off the kick at the end. If you are going to sit and kick, make sure you pull it off... See Lagat!
If only this happened at Historic Hayward Field™ so that Larry could point out how much the Knowledgeable Eugene Fans can really appreciate front running and the memories it brings back of what Steve Prefontaine used to do at Historic Hayward Field™. If only.
Go Huddle
I thought it was smart of Rowbury to close down lane one but cheesy of her to run wide in an attempt to prevent Huddle from going around on the right (moves more than one full lane right within five meters). Glad Huddle won.
POD:)
Le Foot wrote:
If only this happened at Historic Hayward Field™ so that Larry could point out how much the Knowledgeable Eugene Fans can really appreciate front running and the memories it brings back of what Steve Prefontaine used to do at Historic Hayward Field™. If only.
I agree. I understand Rowbury "drifting" into lane one when MOlly went for the pass but to try to block her and then weaving all over and attempting to impede her by going out to lane two was "cheesy." And I'm glad MOlly won.
Although Rowbury didn't actually touch Molly to me it still seems somewhat questionable tactics.
After the race the interviewer asked Molly if she thought Shannon should be reviewed for a DQ. The ever classy Huddle said no and that she might have done the same. I doubt that.
What Rowbury did was one of those things that if it were me I would be embarrassed and it is cringe-worthy.
Video?
Le Foot wrote:
If only this happened at Historic Hayward Field™ so that Larry could point out how much the Knowledgeable Eugene Fans can really appreciate front running and the memories it brings back of what Steve Prefontaine used to do at Historic Hayward Field™. If only.
pretty funny...... but can't help but shake my head at the shots of half empty stands for the 5k and 10k final! I keep hearing that Sac has greater attendance... maybe for the last day? Even if the final attendance is greater at Sac, the look and setting of eugene is so much better than a huge empty oversized multi sports stadium.... looked like a mid season hs meet with just parents in the stands.
Molly rocks...totally.
Jones' race was different. He went out to a big lead, got passed, and came back to win.
Molly took the lead, held it, cranked up the pace, broke the field, got passed, and came back to win.
They are both great athletes.
Molly is always holding something back --always-- even in the stretch.
It's why I don't think she will ever better her 5k rec. That would take a (all in) commitment I don't think she's ready to mentally go with.
Bentonharbor wrote:
Molly is always holding something back --always-- even in the stretch.
It's why I don't think she will ever better her 5k rec. That would take a (all in) commitment I don't think she's ready to mentally go with.
same for rupp, farah, lagat, & almost all american runners