Ben True... am I missing something?

celery wrote:

wazzizname? wrote:

wasn't he the guy who took it out hard one year @ the Boston marathon, and for the first three miles or so there was this white american guy killing it up front, and the whole pack was like 20 seconds behind, and the commentators were just killing the guy like he was Joe hobby jogger who had no right being there. Was that not our first glimpse of ben true?

That was not Ben True. It was Seth Wold from Utah. He is/was competitive on the local scene. I remember the news story on him afterwards. He got an injury while training for Boston. He could still run but knew he could not run well for a marathon, so he decided to do a tempo run for the first several miles and then drop out.

hey seth

Ok

Stick with eharmony wrote:

Ben true lost to Ahmed haji at the 2003 New England cross country championships

That's all that needs to be said

Mo Farah lost to Aras Kaya in the Great Edinburgh XC race this year.

That's all that needs to be said.

oh please wrote:

Valence_Electrons wrote:

Chris solinsky's pandora?

I think its a really obtuse way to say his career is following same path as Solinsky.

Solinsky's pandora is kind of felicitous if you ask me. I may well steal it for my new book Life After Google.

Les wrote:

He had his shot in 2015 when Rupp was losing effectiveness at his distance -- the 5k, but a younger Ryan Hill stole his thunder and won the national championship.

True made the mistake of attempting both the 10K and the 5K, while Hill focused and beat True by a couple feet in True's second event.

Good to know

To me, Ben True looks too big to be a distance runner.

All the best to him, though.

celery wrote:

wazzizname? wrote:

wasn't he the guy who took it out hard one year @ the Boston marathon, and for the first three miles or so there was this white american guy killing it up front, and the whole pack was like 20 seconds behind, and the commentators were just killing the guy like he was Joe hobby jogger who had no right being there. Was that not our first glimpse of ben true?

That was not Ben True. It was Seth Wold from Utah. He is/was competitive on the local scene. I remember the news story on him afterwards. He got an injury while training for Boston. He could still run but knew he could not run well for a marathon, so he decided to do a tempo run for the first several miles and then drop out.

Good god, people. It was neither of them. It was Glenn Randall. Everyone knows this.

outsiderunner wrote:

To me, Ben True looks too big to be a distance runner.

All the best to him, though.

I always thought Ben true looked like a cross between Tom Brady and Ryan Hall.

Chance_And_Chase wrote:

outsiderunner wrote:

To me, Ben True looks too big to be a distance runner.

All the best to him, though.

I always thought Ben true looked like a cross between Tom Brady and Ryan Hall.

In the races I have seen him in, he is always the tallest, "meatiest" runner.

Never wins anything that matters...? Do you have the American road race record for the 5k??? No? Then shut up and go hit the pavement!! Oh and btw are you sponsored by one of the best and oldest shoe brands in the world? No so another shut up comes at you!

Never wins anything that matters...? Do you have the American road race record for the 5k??? No? Then shut up and go hit the pavement!! Oh and btw are you sponsored by one of the best and oldest shoe brands in the world? No so another shut up comes at you!

I've been True fan since he walked on stage with a John Deere hat on after winning Footlocker at Vanny.

Winna wrote:

True seems to be running really well lately. Wins at Beach 2 Beacon, Manchester, and the big 2 mile win last week.

I like to see him doing well. I'm a fan.

That was not an important race.

No "two-mile" is important.

Antisocial media wrote:

Really? I feel the opposite-there is way too much love for "blue collar" runner BEN TRUE on here. I'm sick of it.

"Blue collar?" Hardly.