Elites needed wrote:
Abdi has been done for 3 years. He would of added nothing.
A one hundred percent reliable sign of a flagrant retard: the use of the term "would of" in place of "would have." Yes, people screw up there grammer hear and their on the Internet, but this one invariably signals a comment from someone who is not worth listening to and in real life needs to be gagged, locked up, and forgotten.
ukathleticscoach wrote:
What is the point of a 25km championship.
Duh, $$$$
This race was once a big deal. I am not sure who is to blame or maybe just the changing of times. It is now the worst of all US Championships.
Edgar Summersby wrote:
WHO DIED AND MADE YOU LORD OF THE DANCE?
This is one of the most charged threads I've read in a while. Really REALLY good stuff going on here. Gets my Monday going right, baby!
What this thread is is the now-standard 'let's find fault with' dreck, mostly. The usual comments from armchair quarterbacks and 'experts'. Why not just be happy w/'what was' instead of trashing the event? The 5th 3rd Band has been holding the Nat Champs 25 km a few years. It's not an unheard of event. Athletes can easily look it up on the USATF Champs schedule & show interest if they want. It's not uncommon for any USATF Champs to have a relatively small elite field, often regional/local. It's the way it'll always be.
Bang on the mark here. National Championship road races have generally been more regional than national and with fewer and fewer runners interested in distances other than 5 and 10 km, half marathons and marathons, they'll likely remain that way because you're not likely to find sponsors willing to shell out a lot of money to bring in a truly national field.
What's the deal with that name? Fifth Third Bank? Anyone else think that is a completely stupid name? I mean, seriously, is it the fifth or the third? Or the 8th? 5/3rds?
I'd never do business with a bank that doesn't understand their own numbers.
scotth wrote:
It's not uncommon for any USATF Champs to have a relatively small elite field, often regional/local. It's the way it'll always be.
100% NOT TRUE
Which USATF National Championship is weaker at the 10th place? NONE
USATF is watching wrote:
scotth wrote:It's not uncommon for any USATF Champs to have a relatively small elite field, often regional/local. It's the way it'll always be.
100% NOT TRUE
Which USATF National Championship is weaker at the 10th place? NONE
NONE? Wrong, unless you are talking about how many brains cells you have inside your fat skull.
The Mountain, ultra and trail USATF Championships are infinitely weaker at tenth place than the Fifth Third Eighth Teenth or Whatever Bank 25K. Infinitely.
Now shut up and let the grown ups talk.
This is the most amount of buzz that this diaper of a race has ever received on this board. As a local that shares the concerns I say keep them coming. I love Dathan but the fact that he will never run his hometown race speaks volumes. He does the local broadcast but can never seem to fit it in his schedule to actually run the race.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these