bkrunner wrote:
rojo wrote:To the guy who says people don't take me seriously, you are wrong. It sounds like everyone on here is saying, "Of course you are right rojo. Look at how they set up watered down races for Mo Farah on the track." Either that or making up some excuse about how Africans don't want to run marathons in the US due to the time zone change. That's laughable.
Is that you, Donald? "People take me seriously. Believe me, ok? The incredible men and women of Letsrun take me so seriously. The only people who don't know how great I am are the crooked NOPers."
+1000
Rojo, you're in the game of publishing click bait articles trying to make more money for yourself. Last week you put "Don't African countries have a better way to spend money" before an article on Ugandan runners wanting to be paid what they were promised at worlds. You inject your opinions in everything which tend to carry a lot of bias when it comes to race and gender and you are set on not changing your ways and get defensive when you get challenged on these things (see this thread for evidence).
As for Chicago, I agree with some of the earlier posters: the weather can be good in Chicago but it is likely to be better in Amsterdam and Berlin. You do not have pacers in Chicago so if the race is won in 2:09 that does not help you get paid at London if you run 2:12 for 4th versus sub-2:10 at a different fall race.
This field, however, does look decent- Kimetto, Kirui, Lilesa, Rupp, Tadese, Sambu (you completely ignored because he's only run 2:13 because he ran a tactical Chicago instead of a sub-2:10 somewhere else last fall), Puskedra, Estrada, Bumbalough, Chelanga, Derrick, Droddy.
Yes, the international elite field is a little weak but Chicago is definitely investing in sub-2:14 Americans. This list is much bigger than what I named. I see that you completely ignored that when you talk about Chicago not taking things seriously. They have a fast course and are putting a lot of Americans out there on October 8th. It seems like they are investing in Americans and giving runners the chance to pop a good one.