Colorful character. He's still fairly young. Late 20's. With PR's of 1:44 and 3:30 you just have to hope he'll shock the world in the near future. Certainly has the ability. Rooting for him.
Colorful character. He's still fairly young. Late 20's. With PR's of 1:44 and 3:30 you just have to hope he'll shock the world in the near future. Certainly has the ability. Rooting for him.
More speedwork? Oh God this summer isn't going to end well for OTC.
Centro Fan Club wrote:
Honest, funny, talented, and hard working. Impossible to dislike
Hey, have you heard of LetsRun.com?
Dretch wrote:
Decent polishing of turd.
haha. I hope he improves, but this is good.
Drunk, partier, thirsty for likes and favorites on social media, and by no means an actual role model in any way. That what's to not like.
I love Andrew
I hope he is killing it in a month
cut him some slack for now guys
build up
don't tear down
No clue wrote:
You guys crying about Wheating's performances have no clue how tough it is at the pro level. That's ok cuz you've never been there but give the guy a break. He shouldn't be the whipping boy just because he happened to run one of the fastest times in American history and can't seem to get back to that level. Who ever gets to the 3:30 level in the first place?
It's not like he's kicking back and resting on his laurels. The kid gives it 100%. He cross trains like a triathlete when he's healthy and even harder when he's injured. He just happens to be injury prone.
I do think he did way better at staying healthy and running faster under Lananna. He only ran 50 miles a week and cross trained his arse off. Healthy enough to dominate the NCAA at both 800 and 1500. Since switching coaches he has been slower and injured a lot.
Having said that, I gotta root for the kid. He's a talented and very friendly guy who takes the sport very seriously.
+1
Cross training (elliptical/bike) is a total waste of time and shows addiction to exercise tendencies. Lift some weights and do plyos in addition to running if you want to get better, bro.
YEAH BUDDY wrote:
"I haven't done much speed work" - Every pro after every non-championship race
This ^^^
Every pro is like, "well I haven't even started speed work yet" and then later on in the season when they do speed (like they weren't doing it before because they always lie) they dont get any better
How do you know he parties a lot?
Zippperz wrote:
How do you know he parties a lot?
Everyone knows this.
Easy to love Wheating for his goofy personality, and his excitable reactions any time he has a good race.
Easy to resent Wheating for being so talented and successful despite his low mileage and suspect focus in the past.
Other options wrote:
Zippperz wrote:How do you know he parties a lot?
Everyone knows this.
Nice facts!
At least he isn't Centro. I'd kill myself if I was Centro. I couldn't live with being the slowest, weakest, dumbest person on the planet.
sbeefyk1 wrote:
At least he isn't Centro. I'd kill myself if I was Centro. I couldn't live with being the slowest, weakest, dumbest person on the planet.
I don't know why you made this post. It's not remotely funny or clever, and it's completely out of place. Most of the Centro haters are at least a little funny.
Anyway, I'm not sure that Wheating could even make NCAA nationals right now. Not good. Hard to imagine him ever approaching national elite level again.
Socialmediasecurity wrote:
LOL at trying to justify his performance on social media. Why even post that, attention slut.
pretty sure it was so he wasn't torn apart on letsrun or similar forums. but he failed...
Kiprop dope wrote:
Centro Fan Club wrote:Honest, funny, talented, and hard working. Impossible to dislike
Hey, have you heard of LetsRun.com?
Haha... I was going to write about the same. Remember: This is Letsrun.com. Where my hater-dreams become reality;-)
Socialmediasecurity wrote:
LOL at trying to justify his performance on social media. Why even post that, attention slut.
Trying to keep his fan base informed.
There is something wrong with that?
Arsenal suc wrote:
Ho Hum wrote:"it seems like" ... "prolly" -- How do you know any of this? Based on your post, these are your baseless assumptions, aka complete garbage.
Quoting my rhetoric doesn't help your argument!
To answer your question it's not an assumption, we know where assuming gets people. I'm speaking based on past experiences seeing it firsthand and from having talk to former Otc runners.
Maybe it's true, but face it . . . you have no earthly idea.
Seriously, Semenya is about to drop a 1:48 in the next month or so.Also, watch for Wheating to be hurt in about 3 weeks.
Socialmediasecurity wrote:
LOL at trying to justify his performance on social media. Why even post that, attention slut.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
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
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon