As good as it gets wrote:
He has only 1:48.xx 800m speed. Not fast enough pure speed.
You really think he can only run 1:48? He's run 3:35 and has one of the best kicks we've ever seen out of an NCAA 1500m runner. His 800m ability is probably about 1:46 even if his current pr is only 1:48. He just hasn't raced a fresh 800 in peak shape.
Where the hell do the Wheating comparisons come from? Andrew won 800/1500 so his ceiling was about as high as any NCAA middle distance guy we'd seen, but he was also injured a lot and already known to be a flake.
Aside from running a tactically mediocre 1500 outdoor and a horrible relay that he totally redeemed himself from, Kerr has been nails in 1500s for a few years. He's a beast. But he's not capable of doing what Wheating did and he's also not flakey at all like Wheating was.
I don't see how there is even a comparison to make here.
Andrew Wheating? I wasn't thinking about Wheating! Wheating, a sub-1:45 800m man before his 23nd birthday was in a different league than Kerr.
Under a rock wrote:
Brooks Beasts. It's a done deal. I hate how this board speculates about things that they have no idea.
There are at least 4 threads going right now that I know personally that are blatantly wrong. This is one.
You are correct.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8872951Rojo,
It wasn't a guess.
Neither was my post on another thread when I told you it was tough remaining anonymous.
Neither was my post telling the board that Hasay had no intention of running Boston one month before Boston. I laughed at the interviews 3 days prior to Marathon Monday. I laughed harder when the board was shocked when she pulled out 24 hours before gun time.
Have a nice day.
Sir Bastion Newbold wrote:
He could do with losing a few pounds
Ummm, he set the collegiate record!
I think he's been doing the right thing. Besides, many runners do poorly/get injured when they start to worry about weight - history has shown this to be true.
Great to get your opinion though.
Under a rock wrote:
Rojo,
It wasn't a guess.
Neither was my post on another thread when I told you it was tough remaining anonymous.
Neither was my post telling the board that Hasay had no intention of running Boston one month before Boston. I laughed at the interviews 3 days prior to Marathon Monday. I laughed harder when the board was shocked when she pulled out 24 hours before gun time.
Have a nice day.
Any other scoop? And thank you for sharing. Some people do believe you.
PORTLAND wrote:
Under a rock wrote:
Rojo,
It wasn't a guess.
Neither was my post on another thread when I told you it was tough remaining anonymous.
Neither was my post telling the board that Hasay had no intention of running Boston one month before Boston. I laughed at the interviews 3 days prior to Marathon Monday. I laughed harder when the board was shocked when she pulled out 24 hours before gun time.
Have a nice day.
Any other scoop? And thank you for sharing. Some people do believe you.
Powells to UW
Under a rock wrote:
PORTLAND wrote:
Any other scoop? And thank you for sharing. Some people do believe you.
Powells to UW
Right again!!
Excellent! Thanks.
The biggest question as for everyone who joins a "professional" team is how they will adapt to the new coaching. Josh Kerr found a training program at New Mexico that suited him perfectly, and he reaped benefits from it. Now he shifts to a completely different training program with a different philosophy. We will have to wait to see if this new "direction" works for him. The professional running highway is littered with athletes who didn't have a good transition and got worse.
PORTLAND wrote:
Under a rock wrote:
Rojo,
It wasn't a guess.
Neither was my post on another thread when I told you it was tough remaining anonymous.
Neither was my post telling the board that Hasay had no intention of running Boston one month before Boston. I laughed at the interviews 3 days prior to Marathon Monday. I laughed harder when the board was shocked when she pulled out 24 hours before gun time.
Have a nice day.
Any other scoop? And thank you for sharing. Some people do believe you.
Josh Cox is going to get fatter and engage in more self promotion.
Brooks Beasts is where professional runners go to die.
Planet of the Apes wrote:
Brooks Beasts is where professional runners go to die.
You misspelled OTC.
Hold your donkey wrote:
Jess and Garrett have run one solid 10k in Palo Alto with perfect conditions. We have no idea whether or not they can handle a race 10k.
We now know how they can handle a RACE instead of a Time Trial.