Elaine Thompson is sporting a horrendous weave. It looks like a Halloween wig. Lots of female sprinters over the years have had a very full head of hair. Would it matter at all if they ran with a close-cropped head. Would it make them any faster. Hair doesn't weigh that much, but still
jdfkerg wrote:
Kamworor was nothing like he was in spring and I was expecting more from Karoki, too.
They probably both had some sort of injury problems. Maybe from the intense speed work? Who knows. Kam may have peaked in Cardiff. That 59:10 after falling and running in those conditions is the GOAT Half Marathon
Gardner DFL
jdfkerg wrote:
Kamworor was nothing like he was in spring and I was expecting more from Karoki, too.
They probably both had some sort of injury problems. Maybe from the intense speed work? Who knows. Kam may have peaked in Cardiff. That 59:10 after falling and running in those conditions is the GOAT Half Marathon
Ashton Eating wrote:
DONOVAN BRAZIER wrote:ZERO
People said Murphy had no chance to advance, and we saw how that turned out
And people said Rupp had zero chance of beating Kamworor
Greg Rutherford is really well spoken.
George II wrote:
jdfkerg wrote:Kamworor was nothing like he was in spring and I was expecting more from Karoki, too.
They probably both had some sort of injury problems. Maybe from the intense speed work? Who knows. Kam may have peaked in Cardiff. That 59:10 after falling and running in those conditions is the GOAT Half Marathon
Brendan Foster said Kam has been ill the last couple of weeks.
yoyomama wrote:
Gardner DFL
Nope.
The problem is that only Mo is in sub 26:45 shape given his fall. The others
are around 26:50 shape in an even race. He would outrun slow or fast race.
Lweondowski for sure and maybe Rotich
D-Nice wrote:
Elaine Thompson is sporting a horrendous weave. It looks like a Halloween wig. Lots of female sprinters over the years have had a very full head of hair. Would it matter at all if they ran with a close-cropped head. Would it make them any faster. Hair doesn't weigh that much, but still
They be firing up the spliffs and downing Red Stripe on de island, tonight, Mon.
That's the best place to be right now, ya Mon. Eyrie.
The replay of the 800m heats show Rudisha looking absolutely unfazed. Sub 1:44 and looking bored
I'm actually in Jamaica for work right now, and it's amazing. The passion for track is unreal. The whole street just erupted with horns and yelling after this final.
I was in the pharmacy this morning and everyone stopped what they were doing to watch.
The Olympics coverage here is way better too. They show everything - it's Caribbean ESPN so anything that has anyone from across the whole region gets shown. NBC just shows Americans and shows them standing around doing nothing for ages. The Caribbean channel focuses on the events not the sob stories and shows as much as possible of everything.
ekw wrote:
yup... wrote:What's a season best?
That's an odd thing to keep track of in the official olympic results.
Not really. It's interesting information.
And the point here is that Rupp, despite his marathon training, still had relatively good speed.
Russian dopers
kingston wrote:
I'm actually in Jamaica for 'work' right now
I was in the pharmacy this morning
Say no more my friend.
jewbacca wrote:
Quick takes:
Aside from London, the guy just doesn't quite have world class speed.
n.
What would you call it since he just got 5th at the Five ring festival?
Pokemon Class?
jewbacca wrote:
ekw wrote:That's an odd thing to keep track of in the official olympic results.
Not really. It's interesting information.
And the point here is that Rupp, despite his marathon training, still had relatively good speed.
I know times have changed and all that but I hope this is part 1 of Rupp replicating Shorter in '72.
The first heptathlon 800 was won in 2:06. Shouldn't they switch to just the 800?
The Dutch heptathletes falling down and embracing at the line is the best thing I've seen all day.