Almost as shocking as his 1:43.55 Donavan Brazier revealed today that he is or was a LetsRun.com message board visitor.
He said he doesn't come on here anymore, but he was reading when people were writing him off.
Video coming shortly.
LRC Nation you inspired him to greatness. If you had said all would be good, he might not have had anything to prove :) I can't figure out how to do an emoji on my laptop.
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Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTLBxb9EY8
He was asked how he deals with the pressure and he responsed "just don't pay attention to what people are syaing about me. Don't look at the Letsrun forums because none of those guys know what they're talking about. At the beginning of the year I was kind of looking at it (the forums) and they were like 'Donovan Brazier is done and everything' but I guess they were wrong."
wejo wrote:
"Don't look at the Letsrun forums because none of those guys know what they're talking about."
Okay, we do know who Jim Ryun is.
Uhhh, the Donavan Brazier DONE threads were simply reverse jinxes dude. We are helping you man!
wejo wrote:
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTLBxb9EY8He was asked how he deals with the pressure and he responsed "just don't pay attention to what people are syaing about me. Don't look at the Letsrun forums because none of those guys know what they're talking about. At the beginning of the year I was kind of looking at it (the forums) and they were like 'Donovan Brazier is done and everything' but I guess they were wrong."
Hilarious. I'm sure he'll be back to see what people are saying now.
Since he is really speedy now he will only visit LRC off-the-record, just like many speedy runners do.
Let him know thousands of people know who he is because of LetsRun.
"Was"... lol... We all know he "is." Hi Donavan! (And hi Nick!)
He either refuses to admit reading what I've posted about hemoglobin and gas exchange, or he hasn't read it and is going to run a 1:40 when he does.
Wejo, I think this speaks of the need to change this place a bit, just a bit, to maintain a level of quality that won't make the pros, the coaches and runners like Brazier, stop coming here.
Imagine if Donavan would now come here today and post, thanking people for their support or even just for taking part in an educated discussion about his possibilities beforehand.
How great it would be if he would tell us how the race went, how he felt, how he trains...
Just create a well-moderated section of the forum where people who really care about the sport, and people directly involved in it, can come to post without being subjected to the trolls.
You have lost Brazier, (almost) Canova, Daniels, etc., etc., etc.
Kennis Dimetto wrote:
Wejo, I think this speaks of the need to change this place a bit, just a bit, to maintain a level of quality that won't make the pros, the coaches and runners like Brazier, stop coming here.
Imagine if Donavan would now come here today and post, thanking people for their support or even just for taking part in an educated discussion about his possibilities beforehand.
How great it would be if he would tell us how the race went, how he felt, how he trains...
Just create a well-moderated section of the forum where people who really care about the sport, and people directly involved in it, can come to post without being subjected to the trolls.
You have lost Brazier, (almost) Canova, Daniels, etc., etc., etc.
Very true. Would be great to have athletes that felt comfortable coming here and doing a 'ask me anything' like on Reddit.
Letsrun is too unregulated for that, the chances are that any elite that came on here and spoke on any topic would be hounded by multiple users for being 'doped to the gills'.
What's even more likely is no one would believe him or her if they came on here and said, "My name is XXXXXX ask me anything."
Cleaning up these boards would quite possibly be the best thing to ever happen to LetsRun.
1) I stand by all truths I stated during indoor season.
2) I still believe NCAA D2 and D3 800 metres runners often over race.
3) I was cringing watching him race 4 x 400 metres yesterday.
he's done of this
he's done after this
100% agreed. Not calling for over zealous moderation because the lack of that is what makes this place. A little bit of tweaking wouldn't go a miss though...
It seemed like from the interview that he is now intrigued by the trials and going pro
Bjørn Dæhlie wrote:
Let him know thousands of people know who he is because of LetsRun.
Actually its only few dozen who read this blog but appear to be more by the multiple posts. Sorry...
I love it!!!
Pour GASOLINE the 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!!
Especially calling out LRC!!! Way to put an exclamation point to your season!!!
Keep it up and come back when you're hungry and need a slap in face!!!
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