Not a single athlete representing the states qualified for the 800m men's final

I was really banking on Harris despite his long season. Drew Windle needs more experience, he tries to sit and kick in elite fields that are hard to pull back

The hate was not pure.

Terrible tactics from Brazier and Windle. Brazier got boxed in and instead of elbowing out or moving outside with 150m, he just gave up. You could see it in his eyes and his body language.

Windle must learn that sit and kick from far back doesn't work for him when there are other world class dudes ahead of him.

I would've expected sowinski to at least have made semi's. He's proven to be very spotty

You forgot that you have to keep improving the aerobic endurance once the speed is there which is easy to maintain at high enough level. Aerobic endurance has much more room to improve, and is crucial during heats and in the second lap. And overdoing the spesific "speed endurance" work drives down both the anaerobic and aerobic capacity/power.

[quote]seattle dude wrote:

Terrible tactics from Brazier and Windle. Brazier got boxed in and instead of elbowing out or moving outside with 150m, he just gave up. You could see it in his eyes and his body language.

Windle must learn that sit and kick from far back doesn't work for him when there are other world class dudes ahead of him.[/quote

You are right! Brazier is no sit and kick runner. He should have taken it out from the gun. Bett from Kenya looks to be the first choice in the final. The Canadian guy also very good. Amos looks to have it difficult.

COACH J.S

Brazier definitely needs to learn to finish a race... he is in if he finishes... 4 off that heat advanced... missed by less than half second and virtually walked across the line... actually very embarrassing as a representation of USA.....

"I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."

COACH J.S å ä ö wrote:

[quote]seattle dude wrote:

Terrible tactics from Brazier and Windle. Brazier got boxed in and instead of elbowing out or moving outside with 150m, he just gave up. You could see it in his eyes and his body language.

Windle must learn that sit and kick from far back doesn't work for him when there are other world class dudes ahead of him.[/quote

You are right! Brazier is no sit and kick runner. He should have taken it out from the gun. Bett from Kenya looks to be the first choice in the final. The Canadian guy also very good. Amos looks to have it difficult.

COACH J.S

Kszczot looked good, too. It was nice to see Aman back running well.

Aman is getting old it seems like but he keeps on qualifying

McBride is almost an American

US bust wrote:

What's the deal? I understand all 3 in the semis were young but it's still disappointing considering we thought we were seeing a middle distance resurgence for the US

- For all: it's coaching ... guys tell their athletes to "conserve" when the reality is that at this level you have to go for a PR in each round at this level.

- For Brazier: he thinks he's a sprinter not a 800 meter runner ... he didn't let-up, he got tired because he wants to train w/the 400m guys & not recognize he's a middle-distance runner.

One 1:42 and two 1:43 guys, all young, and no one in the final *head shake*.

Only Kenya is doing as bad.

I like Adam, hope he nails it.

Sad wrote:

Aman is getting old it seems like but he keeps on qualifying

He's only 23. Allegedly.

Wrong

Brazier might of been tired.. but he quit down the stretch or he'd be in...

1:46.2.. needed 1:45.9...

He gave up when he couldn't be top two and practically stopped at the line....

instead of gritting out his performance he pouted to a loss... it is the difference between running on tues and coming home

I just hope he learns from this, he has time and talent if he could just get his act together

- He didn't learn anything from last year when he punted the OTs, what makes you think he'll learn from this?

- What's Brazier's SAT score?

I like what McBride has been doing - ran some 1500's earlier in the year, and even a 3000, to develop his endurance for the rounds. He is a 400/800 type (45.8 400 PR) who likes to lead and did so in that semi to make sure it was fast and to stay out of trouble. Brazier should have done so as well, and needs to stop thinking about his speed (he ran a good mile in HS). Korir is the same, like Bett he needed to control the race, whereas it controlled him and so he lost it in the run-in much like Brazier. Who cares if you have a great 400 if you don't know what to do in certain situations. The Brit kid Langford has competed in a lot of championship situations (World Youth, World juniors, Euro's, etc.) and it showed as he didn't panic and closed well even though his PR isn't that great.

Both Brazier and Korir have amazing talent, and that is going to win a lot of races for them, but they are also inexperienced at this level and it showed today. Now that both are pro, they need to get into more championship meets to learn - the DL type meet isn't enough as they are often rabbited time-trials.

He's a fuqing idiot watch his interviews.