Official 2016 Olympic Trials Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

BS. I know a few guys who ran All Army track. Its a full-time gig. Yeah, from May to September they go to track training. But even during that period they have Army duties. And when they are done, they got back to their assignment and do their duties as all servicemen do. Its a tough gig, and way tougher than a private sector sponsored man.

Another racer1 wrote:

I think the biggest disappointment today was Roesler. She didn't even looked disappointed during the post-race LRC interview. Maybe she doesn't want to risk getting zika.

Maybe she's not all that interested in competing against men.

Get your eyes checked. There was nothing weird, Rupp is a beast and told all of his haters to kick rocks.

runnerdave wrote:

With the crap coverage, does anybody remember if they said what the race temp was? I'm wondering if the heat knocked many people out of the competition. Legat seemed to have totally bonked.

As for the racist and xenophobic trolls in this stream, could you please find some other place for your "entertainment"? Anyone who wears the American singlet will be a national hero if they medal in Rio and you trolls will be right there cheering them on. Remember Meb and Legat.

Meb is a Real American.

Absolutely atrocious coverage by NBC. What the hell is with the super long commercial breaks?????

we aren't seeing great times on the elite level in the distances in the U.S. right now, but there is plenty of talent in the pipeline, at the high school and college levels, and that talent should start to show itself in the pro ranks by 2020. But until we have top talent that can run in the heat, we'll always suffer at the big championships.

Agreed. I enjoyed seeing a couple surges. I thought it might have taken something out of him, especially the way he looked with about 4 laps to go.... but dude is baller. A total doofus. But also still a baller. Is it wrong to not want him to make the 5000, even if he's prob one the US's top 3? I feel like he's MUCH less likely to sneak a medal if he triples...

oldlegs wrote:

Rupp ran amazing--loved the tactics....that dude is so fit it was fun to watch him toy with the field....good run from the Army/ Kenyan dudes!

runnerdave wrote:

With the crap coverage, does anybody remember if they said what the race temp was? I'm wondering if the heat knocked many people out of the competition. Legat seemed to have totally bonked.

As for the racist and xenophobic trolls in this stream, could you please find some other place for your "entertainment"? Anyone who wears the American singlet will be a national hero if they medal in Rio and you trolls will be right there cheering them on. Remember Meb and Legat.

I don't remember exactly but they did say it was around 80F.

fadsfadsfds wrote:

It was 3min and 55 sec from start to first commercial break. Didn't time the rest. Anyone got it TiVo'd and have a stopwatch?

I was keeping track ... maybe not right down to the exact second, but close enough; just used the onscreen clock.

They showed:

Start - 3:50, then shot put

9:45 - 11:19, then commercial break

14:26 - 16:05, commercial break and swimming update

19:04 - 20:23, then shot put interviews

22:23 - finish

Totaling 13:44 of race time, but only twice more than about 90 sec at a time (first 4 min and last 5 1/2)

There was another commercial break in there I remember, but I didn't make a note of when. Someone can double check if they want ... I was only making a quick note of the race time when they broke away and when they came back.

A Hunk wrote:

To all the people who think that "these African runners have an advantage in the heat", see climate of Nairobi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi#Climate

It's not about that, it's about body surface to volume ratio. Little people have an advantage in dissipating heat.

Don't know if it has been brought up but can we talk about Rupp's styled baseball hit thing.

And who let Salazar on the track?

YungEtiope wrote:

It's odd, because U.S. high schoolers are running faster than they have in the last decade. The key is developing those talents beyond college and not blowing it just to run 8:55 for 3200 in a high school race no one will remember.

We have had close to 10 years good high school results. Reality is that we still don't end up with many sub 13:20/27:40 type runners. And the ones we do often struggle to improve after college.

What is sort of amazing is that guys like True, Jenkins and Mead are getting dropped by such slow paces (even with heat). It isn't like they were there at like 8k and couldn't hang. They weren't really competitive the whole race. Maybe it was the saving it for the 5k thing but with that type of attitude, you shouldn't be running,

Save the 10k wrote:

Don't know if it has been brought up but can we talk about Rupp's styled baseball hit thing.

And who let Salazar on the track?

Total uppercut which is not what you want to do if you want to hit home runs.

runnerdave wrote:

With the crap coverage, does anybody remember if they said what the race temp was? I'm wondering if the heat knocked many people out of the competition. Legat seemed to have totally bonked.

The commentator said it was 82F at the start.

jjjjjj wrote:

Having the race at this hour was yet another bad USATF decision.

They are probably having the race at this hour because that is when the men's Olympic 10k is being run. The women's 10k is being run the same time the Olympic women's 10k will be run.

Another racer1 wrote:

Save the 10k wrote:

Don't know if it has been brought up but can we talk about Rupp's styled baseball hit thing.

And who let Salazar on the track?

Total uppercut which is not what you want to do if you want to hit home runs.

It is if you want to hit the light pole in centerfield. Lining the ball over the short right field fence is not that impressive.

globalism wrecked the Olympics wrote:

In 2032 the 10K Olympics final will be all Kenyans, but the Kenyans will be running for 11 different countries...

Yeah the Kenyans do awesome at the Olympic 10k. They've had 1 bronze medalist this millennium and the only Olympic champion was 48 years ago...

kartelite wrote:

globalism wrecked the Olympics wrote:

In 2032 the 10K Olympics final will be all Kenyans, but the Kenyans will be running for 11 different countries...

Yeah the Kenyans do awesome at the Olympic 10k. They've had 1 bronze medalist this millennium and the only Olympic champion was 48 years ago...

n they will not come near gold at least till Mo Farah retires #onemomile

Where are the race replays? I searched Youtube, USATF.tv and NBC but didn't find anything.