Twitter shade surrounding men's 3000m race

When Lauren, Phoebe or any of the men from BTC win anything let me know. Then they might have the right to smack talk the Oregon Project.

Seriously mate? wrote:

When Lauren, Phoebe or any of the men from BTC win anything let me know. Then they might have the right to smack talk the Oregon Project.

You are an idiot. BTC DID win the race, genius.

This Twitter episode just shows NOP to be gutless.

Have any of you seen the Twitter shade being thrown around surrounding the race?

As a card carrying member of the Gray Earhair Club I'm embarrassed to say I understand this sentence.

Who the eff cares. They're both nike teams with a fake a$$ rivalry.

smarten up wrote:

Seriously mate? wrote:

When Lauren, Phoebe or any of the men from BTC win anything let me know. Then they might have the right to smack talk the Oregon Project.

You are an idiot. BTC DID win the race, genius.

This Twitter episode just shows NOP to be gutless.

I felt like, they didn't like the tactics, especially with a pacer dropping out and thought it was shady, reacted hastily and emotionally, and then thought better of it.

What would have been really boss is if BTC just ignored it. I'm surprised they reacted like that with a rubbing your nose in it type of response. I mean, "they" essentially beat a recent college graduate and a guy coming back from a marathon right? It's a nice win for Hill, despite having to use those tactics to beat a recent college graduate and a guy coming back from a marathon.

So far Hill has beaten Rupp a few times when Rupp is doubling or dogged, but he has yet to beat Rupp in an international championship race or a diamond league race, so why not stay humble and keep at it until you are really at that level? He also has yet to approach 7:30 or 8:07.

The BTC response reminds me a bit of those one or two guys who just love to beat you in practice, and whenever you are flat they get you on the last repeats. But they are never there when it matters most. BTC has won some trials/us champs, but fail to show up at the final in comparison to NOP. The mens BTC is building a reputation of showing up big when it doesn't matter most, and I would think they'd want to keep a lower profile until they can fix that.

Seems to me Hill better deliver at worlds and the Olympics, or this just comes back looking immature. I know he didn't personally tweet it, but I'm sure he didn't ask that it get pulled.

We don't know who puts out these tweets for either group. We know that NOP felt theirs was inappropriate and pulled it, which in my opinion is the next best thing as never posting it in the first place. Not sure if Fleshman and Wright realize that taking something back, that was said in haste and/or emotionally actually can actually show some class. Putting everything out there with a "I have no regrets ever" attitude is pretty childish in my opinion.

I hope Hill has a top 3 finish at worlds, but if he doesn't he's gonna have a little egg on his face.

The OP has the order backwards.

NOP tweeted about bringing pacers next year.

Then BTC tweeted a reply asking if NOP wasn't entertained with a picture of Ryan Hill celebrating.

wejo wrote:

The OP has the order backwards.

NOP tweeted about bringing pacers next year.

Then BTC tweeted a reply asking if NOP wasn't entertained with a picture of Ryan Hill celebrating.

Uh... OP reveals himself as a perfect idiot.

At least they didn't all jog the first mile in 4:40.

I like how Wright kept intact her "Twitter Underdog Potshot Artist" status by avoiding making the national team, first by not getting the standard, then by letting Roesler by in the final meters, lest she get to World's via a Sowinsky scenario. Very crafty that girl.

Yes, I'm a 'perfect idiot' because I missed the time stamps. The overall tone of the exchange persists though.

recognizer of moruns wrote:

wejo wrote:

The OP has the order backwards.

NOP tweeted about bringing pacers next year.

Then BTC tweeted a reply asking if NOP wasn't entertained with a picture of Ryan Hill celebrating.

Uh... OP reveals himself as a perfect idiot.

You're not an idiot, it's a simple mistake. But the timing does matter. If BTC tweets first, then NOP, it's BTC being haughty and NOP responding then trying to shut it down before it can escalate. If NOP tweets first then BTC responds, then it sounds like NOP are sore losers and BTC got a last laugh.

NOP should have posted a pic of Farah and Rupp going 1-2 in London and captioned it "We win when it matters" or "no pacers required". Having Farah really puts them over the top when it comes to level of the group for the men.

Yes, you are an idiot. The timing completely changes the whole dynamics. It would be better if you just didn't post at all.

It's always nice to see Lauren able to stay so relevant.

Considering Fleshman has multiple national titles and has made multiple international teams, I think she knows a thing or two about winning.

"Day 1 in the books...no rabbits or lambs, just hard running"

OTC also wasnt too happy with the BTC pacing. I guess if it's not in the rule books then it's not illegal but still doesn't seem like good competition

Jinglebells wrote:

"Day 1 in the books...no rabbits or lambs, just hard running"

OTC also wasnt too happy with the BTC pacing. I guess if it's not in the rule books then it's not illegal but still doesn't seem like good competition

Wow, cheeky from OTC. I still come from the school of 'let your legs do the talking' but it is interesting to see OTC take a shot.

I really wonder who is behind the twitter posts for each club.

que hora wrote:

Considering Fleshman has multiple national titles and has made multiple international teams, I think she knows a thing or two about winning.

Lauren was a very good runner and made some international teams, but it seems when US women really started to rise (shalane, goucher etc.) she became a non factor to win and almost a darkhorse to make a team. I know she had some injuries, but if I remember right she started to get a bit of a reputation for wining and maybe even making excuses?

Winning? Winning? (In my jim mora voice) We are talking about global medals! How many do the btc men have?