Official 2017 USATF Outdoor Nats Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

Brenda Martinez' husband yelled in Ajee's face as she was leaving the call room, "Boo!!! Clean Sport!!

what a punk!

not sure wrote:

robbsterzz wrote:

Rupp in 5th. He doesn't have the wheels anymore for a very tactical 29 min race. Terrible strategy on his part. He knows better than this. He would have been better off taking this out in 28 flat and then he'd have only had 2 or 3 with him at the end. Oh well.

Just like Shalane did?

Look, we can't criticize BOTH of their strategies...

You must be new here.

obktaf wrote:

All these countries with foreigners takes away from the native born representing their country. It's a world problem with many nations having mostly Kenyan and Ethiopians on their rosters.

It just means Kenyan and Ethiopia as two examples actually get many runners in the championships meets now.

They already fill up the track tours.

It needs to be reversed.

We all have to live somewhere. This "native born" stuff is just xenophobia or racism. If you want to represent the place you were born, run faster.

This representing-your-country crap is the whole problem in the first place. International competitions are just a special occasion even in most team sports, and track is not a team sport.

The world championship should feature the year's top form list in a final for each event. No heats, no semis. Top 8 legal in sprints, top 15 mid distance, top 25 in long distance. If all 25 are Kenyans, it's an all-Kenyan final. If your country can't get anyone in the top 8 of a sprint event, your country is out - and who the hell cares, except the casual outsider who thinks it's about countries. Put the olympic shit to rest already.

LOL. Socialist scum thinks Americans want to pay for all-African meets.

You realise that for anything under 800 this would actually massively benefit the US right?!

Qwertybloke wrote:

You realise that for anything under 800 this would actually massively benefit the US right?!

NMTW only likes the kind of socialism that hands out free WC spots to unqualified white American distance runners. Even prefers it to a merit-based free market system giving deserved extra spots to African American sprinters.

robbsterzz wrote:

Rupp in 5th. He doesn't have the wheels anymore for a very tactical 29 min race. Terrible strategy on his part. He knows better than this.

Why would you say that he knows better? Has he taken the lead before the last 800 in any big race in the past 7 years? If he knows better, it's definitely not from personal experience.

if you missed the video stream, there are some clips here for free without subscription

http://www.nbcsports.com/video/sport/track-and-field

http://www.nbcsports.com/video/event/usatf-outdoor-championships

sure it's easy to love a winner but HOW FREAKING FIT IS MOLLY HUDDLE

I swear she looks better and gets better with age, can't believe she is 32

I wonder if she can somehow make it to masters, would shatter so many records

imagine that 10k without her and the resulting average pace instead

Will there be any way to watch the full replay of the 10K for free?

that group huddle for Gabe after the 1st 1500m women's heat

- I'm not crying, you're crying

but why wrote:

sure it's easy to love a winner but HOW FREAKING FIT IS MOLLY HUDDLE

I swear she looks better and gets better with age, can't believe she is 32

I wonder if she can somehow make it to masters, would shatter so many records

imagine that 10k without her and the resulting average pace instead

Agreed. I was surprised because she ran a marathon in November. Then i realised she took a break and has been training specifically for the track for the past few months. Longer than Rupp or Flanagan. But she still has the wheels for a 65 bell lap

Not wanting to scroll thru 22 pages of posts, how was the crowd last night? Any idea on expected turnout for the weekend ?

Jruns wrote:

but why wrote:

sure it's easy to love a winner but HOW FREAKING FIT IS MOLLY HUDDLE

I swear she looks better and gets better with age, can't believe she is 32

I wonder if she can somehow make it to masters, would shatter so many records

imagine that 10k without her and the resulting average pace instead

Agreed. I was surprised because she ran a marathon in November. Then i realised she took a break and has been training specifically for the track for the past few months. Longer than Rupp or Flanagan. But she still has the wheels for a 65 bell lap

She angered me when she cheated to win the new york half marathon, so I was pissed at her for awhile. But then I thought about it : that showed how gritty and tough she is( but cheating is still cheating)

She is the best american distance runner right now.....and she is going to do some great things at the marathon level. She has toughness and speed to win new york and boston, and to at least finish top 5 in london or chicago.

Can she become a 2:18 marathoner? that will be tough, but I think she can become a 2:20 marathoner.

Molly's a beast.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Not wanting to scroll thru 22 pages of posts, how was the crowd last night? Any idea on expected turnout for the weekend ?

Heard the backstretch was empty Ugh

What happened to Dan Huling?

Has anyone withdrawn for W's 5k yet (like Huddle or Shalane)?

DouchBag CH wrote:

Brenda Martinez' husband yelled in Ajee's face as she was leaving the call room, "Boo!!! Clean Sport!!

what a punk!

Did this really happen?