Peachtree: The USA Championships I Technically Never Ran

Good call, Cyclist, kind words.

By the way, this thread is getting some love on the Week that Was.

Come on brojos. Get Rich on the phone.

Needs more attention from letsrun. This is a major screw-up, not some minor thing. One paragraph in WTW doesn't cut it. We are talking about shutting out most of the field at the usa championships on a whim at the very last minute.

[quote]Mikey in va wrote:

We had the10k championships at the Monument Ave 10k (Richmond, VA) in 2008.[quote]

The USATF Website (which links to Runnerspace) isn't the greatest to navigate. One one page it says Peachtree for 2008 but on the next it says VA.

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=2515&year=2008&do=info

It'd be nice if they actually had links that go back to USATF--as well as TAC--to capture road championships over the decades.

The inane behavior of bureaucrats and a**holes who get a little Power one day in their lives.

What a cretin.

You should post the aforementioned a**hole's name.

Very Nice of you to recognize the work of the race workers, by the way.

d1 exp wrote:

Needs more attention from letsrun. This is a major screw-up, not some minor thing. One paragraph in WTW doesn't cut it. We are talking about shutting out most of the field at the usa championships on a whim at the very last minute.

Frankly, I'm surprised they aren't devoting real attention to this considering the way they've kept and are still keeping pressure on USATF for the way they handled the indoor champs fiasco. Certainly, the outdoor road 10k champs isn't quite as prestigious as that was or as big a screw-up, but you'd think LRC would at least try to get to the bottom of what actually happened and why that decision was made rather than just thanking the race for "admitting they were wrong" after they gave their non-explanation of what happened.

I'm sure it's not related to the fact that Kenah has been described on this very site as an "LRC friend." Now that I think about it though, I don't think I've ever heard Alberto described that way...

classic shmosby wrote:

[quote]d1 exp wrote:

I'm sure it's not related to the fact that Kenah has been described on this very site as an "LRC friend." Now that I think about it though, I don't think I've ever heard Alberto described that way...

^^Interesting. I didn't know that. But if he's an LRC friend, even easier to get him on the phone, and have him explain what he did. If it was a legit honest mistake, I think coming out and apologizing (directly, not via a lame lawyered-up email) would go far. If it was an intentional decision... let us know.

I get so sick of people saying "he's one of us" "he's a good guy" I like that he was a track guy, but just like great athletes (in any sport) don't always make good coaches, great runners don't always make good RDs or executive leaders.

If he wants to be a great one, he needs to get in front of this rather than burying it. Otherwise I'll be interested to see what happens to the sub elite field next year...

What is sweat transport?

Peachtree coming up soon and I found this.

No comments from the brojos?

Also, hope this doesn't happen this year.