Track & Field News does it again

What? "Undercover" has long been a term used for Indoors..it's you who does not know the common "code"

Trialswatcher wrote:

What? "Undercover" has long been a term used for Indoors..it's you who does not know the common "code"

"but has now cleared up." refers to the decision or the Achilles?

you are an idiot

I would love to give a dope slap to those writers at TFN who consistently write "a myriad of". Every issue someone writes it. Fix it up over there would ya?

I have never heard the term "undercover," that is pretty confusing. However, I think it is clear that the "has cleared up" refers to the achilles tendon problem.

At least they didn't say "and on the distaff side"

Hedgehog wrote:

At least they didn't say "and on the distaff side"

Exactly. I was forming my "distaff" response in my head when I saw your post.

Barry Hill wrote:

"but has now cleared up." refers to the decision or the Achilles?

It refers to the problem with the achilles, obviously, unless you are so stupid as to think that the indoors could somehow "clear up". You aren't that stupid are you?

Well you did start this thread. I guess you are.

It's not perfect clarification, but I didn't hesitate at all to understand the sentence.I think we're searching for anything to criticize here.

Barry Hill wrote:

Berryhill is back to solid training after having some Achilles tendenitis during indoors. That problem reinforced Berryhill's decision to not compete undercover, but has now cleared up."

I'd say you were a moron, but you'd probably think I called you a Mormon.

woiejfoiwjewewwwww wrote:

I have never heard the term "undercover," that is pretty confusing. However, I think it is clear that the "has cleared up" refers to the achilles tendon problem.

I think they mean the weather has cleared up...and it is indoors...they are trying to confuse.

woiejfoiwjewewwwww wrote:

I have never heard the term "undercover," that is pretty confusing.

Are you serious??????

Wow. People use it all the time to describe indoor racing/competitions.

KevinM wrote:

Exactly. I was forming my "distaff" response in my head when I saw your post.

explain please?

What's wrong with "a myriad of"? Myriad can be a noun or an adjective.

Undercover is a common term for Indoor track. THe I don't get is "came a cropper" which, I think means falling during a hurdle race. T%F News uses that all the time and once a local sportswriter asked me if someone "came a cropper" in a hurdles race because she was the favorite and finished last.

Nothing wrong with using "distaff" when describing women's events.

"distaff" makes me think of the Breeder's Cup Distaff (horse race)... so at least they aren't referring to women as "the mares"

.... wrote:

What's wrong with "a myriad of"? Myriad can be a noun or an adjective.

So you can use it a myriad of ways then.

Sir Lurkalot wrote:

Nothing wrong with using "distaff" when describing women's events.

Right they could have just said "dishwashers" or something like that.

Etymology: Middle English distaf, from Old English distæf, from dis- (akin to Middle Low German dise bunch of flax) + stæf staff

1 a : a staff for holding the flax, tow, or wool in spinning b : woman's work or domain

2 : the female branch or side of a family