Until last night, Shannon Rowbury was hoping for World Record in mile at Millrose. Will she break Mary Slaney's AR?

LetsRun.com wrote:

We caught up with Rowbury this morning at the NYRR Millrose pre-meet press conference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geBviwNK1_Q&feature=youtu.be

Rowbury told us that she most definitely wants drug cheat Mary Slaney's 4:20.5 American indoor record that has stood since 1982.

Did Rowbury actually say drug cheat Mary Slaney?

Tough words if she actually used them. It would be refreshing to hear one of todays pros call her a doper on the record.

calling a trowel a trowel wrote:Did Rowbury actually say drug cheat Mary Slaney?

Tough words if she actually used them. It would be refreshing to hear one of todays pros call her a doper on the record.

Especially since she and Slaney have the same coach.

I assume that was LRC editorializing.

Wejo said he likes drug cheat Radcliffe.

calling a trowel a trowel wrote:

LetsRun.com wrote:

We caught up with Rowbury this morning at the NYRR Millrose pre-meet press conference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geBviwNK1_Q&feature=youtu.be

Rowbury told us that she most definitely wants drug cheat Mary Slaney's 4:20.5 American indoor record that has stood since 1982.

Did Rowbury actually say drug cheat Mary Slaney?

Tough words if she actually used them. It would be refreshing to hear one of todays pros call her a doper on the record.

Nope, for some reason the brojos can't write a sentence about Mary Decker without including the words "drug cheat."

Assumptions- wrote:

calling a trowel a trowel wrote:Did Rowbury actually say drug cheat Mary Slaney?

Tough words if she actually used them. It would be refreshing to hear one of todays pros call her a doper on the record.

Especially since she and Slaney have the same coach.

I assume that was LRC editorializing.

I can't stand their inconsistent use of "drug cheat" as a title.

I would have no problem with them adding an aside or asterisk every time they mention an athlete who was caught doping, but to put "drug cheat" as if it is that person's title is bizarre and annoying, like when people refer to a democrat elected official as "libtard John Doe."

It is made more annoying when they are inconsistent and seem to give some athletes a free pass.

It is made even more annoying since it implies that anybody without the title hasn't doped. Surely there have been some runners who have gotten away with it over the years.

In this case, there is not even clear evidence that Mary Decker cheated. I suspect she did, but she was banned, reinstated, then banned again all for the same offense. The point is, it is muddy, so labeling her "drug cheat Mary Decker" as if it is her title seems disingenuous. If I were the brojos writing about Shannon Rowburry going after the american indoor mile record, I would instead write something along the lines of "She is trying to beat American Record currently held by Mary Decker, who was later banned for a high T/E level. If she succeeds, it would take away a suspicious AR from the books."

Did she actually say drug cheat?

That part is not in quotation marks, so no. Real journalists --LRC is trying-- always put direct quotes within quotation marks.

To answer the question, I think she is capable of breaking Slaney's indoor AR in the right race and if she peaked for it, but she hasn't yet shown that this year. Since it's a solid record, I'm guessing no. But I certainly could be wrong.

Assumptions- wrote:

calling a trowel a trowel wrote:Did Rowbury actually say drug cheat Mary Slaney?

Tough words if she actually used them. It would be refreshing to hear one of todays pros call her a doper on the record.

Especially since she and Slaney have the same coach.

I assume that was LRC editorializing.

As long as the brosjo are willing to say it to Mary's husband...

drug cheat poster wrote:

Assumptions- wrote:

Especially since she and Slaney have the same coach.

I assume that was LRC editorializing.

As long as the brosjo are willing to say it to Mary's husband...

The Flotrack interview of her , she looks relaxed knowing she won't get screw over .

drug cheat poster wrote:

As long as the brosjo are willing to say it to Mary's husband...

why wouldn't they?

If Rowbury breaks the record she will immediately be suspected of peds.

It should read suspected drug cheat Shannon Rowbury has eye on record set by drug cheat Mary Slaney.

Also if she doesn't break the record.

reed wrote:

drug cheat poster wrote:

As long as the brosjo are willing to say it to Mary's husband...

why wouldn't they?

Because once upon a time, this is what he looked like at 6'7" tall:

lrclowend wrote:

[quote]calling a trowel a trowel wrote:

Nope, for some reason the brojos can't write a sentence about Mary Decker without including the words "drug cheat."

How about abnormal blood value Paula? Or abv Paula for short?

Well it certainly appears the term "drug cheat" did the trick it was intended to.

do you guys for upworthy.com?

Totally agree. Brojos come off looking spiteful in my opinion. Turns me off.

abv Paula wrote:

lrclowend wrote:

Nope, for some reason the brojos can't write a sentence about Mary Decker without including the words "drug cheat."

How about abnormal blood value Paula? Or abv Paula for short?

I hate it when people edit incorrectly. Calling a Trowel did not post that statement see above for correct attribution.

btw Trowel gave us a perfect example of how to post a troll. He knew he could hijack the direction of the thread with that none accusatory comment.

In Huddle's video at 1:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=63&v=EyL2D8DqQ0k