I'm tired of Shalane Flanagan complaining about how Rita Jeptoo...

She should just answer with "I'm just here so I won't get fined."

wake up charlie. wrote:

here's what you should be tired of: "hey interviewers, I"m tired of you asking shalane about rita jeptoo, in every single interview. please ask less relevant questions, thank you."

so, what you're saying is that you're pissed at shalane for answering the questions that the interviewers are asking her? should she just not answer? would you then call her a prima donna? dude, let it go, and focus your anger where it should have been in the first place. better, yet, just take a chill pill.

BosRunner wrote:

Keep in mind that Rita Jeptoo is still the 2014 champion. In the 2015 marathon program given to all runners this weekend she's listed in the records as the 2014 winner and the all-time top woman. They even put a solo picture of her in it next to her record time!

BAA is pathetic that they can't get off their asses and recognize Buzunesh as the real winner of the race.

That's because Jeptoo won the race.

where's the proof? wrote:

There ain't one shred of evidence that Jeptoo was doped at last year's Boston.

I know! Anyone who thinks that Rita Jeptoo might have been doping at any point before she was caught before Chicago last year is just taking one little positive test and acting like it signifies anything about her career before October 2014.

Also, I like to smear feces all over my own feet and then lick it off. I especially enjoy the way it mixes with my toejam.

where's the proof? wrote:

There ain't one shred of evidence that Jeptoo was doped at last year's Boston. We don't know when she started doping any more than we know the date that elfie rupp, radcliffe, mo, flanagan, cain, centro, hasay, rowbury started their doping.

This is false. Her husband is on record saying that she has been doping for a while and that he blackmailed her saying he would go to the media if she didn't pay him.

I'm not saying that is conclusive evidence, but it definitely qualifies as a "shred".

Also, show me the proof that mary decker was doping when she went all roid rage on little Zola Budd. Just 'cause someone wears Nikes don't mean they were always a doper. We have the same evidence that Jeptoo was doped at Boston that we have on radcliffe being doped. NOPe, she passed the tests, and that is all that matters. Was Cierpinski doped? NOPe, he passed the tests. Was rupp doped? NOPe, he passed the tests. Centro can have all the roid chacne in the world, but is he guilty? NOPe, he passed the tests.

Maybe she wouldn't have won in 2013 or 2014. I think the point is that she changed race strategy specifically for 1 runner who seemed unbeatable.

If Rita Jeptoo isn't so dominate,could the pace have been a bit slower in 2013 leaving Shalane have enough kick to place better than 4th? I don't know, but it is possible. In 2014, does she decide to follow the 2013 strategy instead of leading for 30k and fading late, and maybe finishing better than 7th.

If I'm in her shoes and the most dominate runner is found to be a cheater, I am definitely going to be wondering those things. Probably every clean elite runner is wondering the same thing. She's just getting asked (and noticed) because she's popular.

no. we have her positive doping test from several months later in addition to her husband's admission that she had been doping for years. in the case of Mary Slaney, we have a high testosterone result from roughly 12 years after her best ones, and in the case of Nike Oregon Project, we have no positive doping tests at all.

RuKiddingMe!!! wrote:

if we ever meet, we will fight! I hope to knock your as* out, if not, I will be happy to just attempted knock you out!

Not if you are dead!

jjjjjj wrote:

she led the field out in 1:09 and therefore everyone pr'd. And Rita Jeptoo smashed everyone with her illegal 2:18. Why shouldn't she talk? Flanagan's got the toughness and ability to push the pace in nearly every race she runs. We have got to respect that. Sure, she gets beaten by dopers.

Rita was gone and Desi did all the work. So what now?