Jimmy Christ wrote:
In his words, “I could feel the Lord’s presence & He answered my prayers.”
I don't know him from Adam, but it always bugs me when an athlete chalks up a good performance to divine intervention.
I think he should offer a sacrifice to the goddess Nike.
dude looks like an absolute giant for a 2:14 guy. anybody got height/weight on him?
riverside bio says 6-2. north of 165?
Cant be as big as Jason Hartman, US, 2:11 thon'er in 2010. 6'3". Wiki says he weighs north of 200 now.
6'3"? That's a tall as rexing. No one's as tall as rexing.
Totten is a very common surname in Samoa. He is Samoan.
Congratulations and an awesome run!
Looking at his splits, this was a solid 2:12-ish effort. He lost 10+ seconds each mile due to the hills at the end, yet was still strong. Kid must be super fit. Great run. He'll be a darkhorse in Atlanta for sure if he stays healthy and motivated.
I know that triathletes are sometimes looked down here as mediocre runners, but there is some really good talent rising through the ranks. One guy to keep your eye on is Alex Yee. He's only 20 and ran 27:51 this year so it will be cool to see how he does in the ITU.
Just Guessing wrote:
I know that triathletes are sometimes looked down here as mediocre runners, but there is some really good talent rising through the ranks. One guy to keep your eye on is Alex Yee. He's only 20 and ran 27:51 this year so it will be cool to see how he does in the ITU.
I hate to admit it but triathletes today likely have a much better understanding of how to train for endurance sports including distance running than most runners. It seems that triathlon has advanced a lot over the last 15 years in terms of the coaching and training approaches used whereas distance running has not developed so much.
Foothill Leaguer wrote:
Let's go SCV
+1
Way to represent
c7runner7 wrote:
Jimmy Christ wrote:
I don't know him from Adam, but it always bugs me when an athlete chalks up a good performance to divine intervention.
Lol, usually when Christians say things like this they aren’t actually calling it “divine intervention” in the way you think.
Christians believe Jesus is “Immanuel” meaning “God with us” and that Jesus died as a sacrifice for humans not obeying God (sin) so that now humans who believe in and submit to Jesus can have an eternal relationship with God. Now that Jesus is no longer living on Earth, the Bible says that God’s spirit lives in those people who believe in Jesus. So basically God’s spirit is in us so that we can have a relationship with Him while here on Earth before heaven.
Basically Christians believe that God’s presence is always with them... However, we don’t always FEEL that presence. Kind of like how you can Know that you are fit, but you don’t always feel it. And when you have those fit-feeling good runs- man does it feel good. So when Christians say they felt God’s presence, they mean just that. They always KNOW God is with them. But when they really FEEL Him with them-there’s simply no better feeling.
Usually they aren’t saying that God was picking them up and making them run faster, jump higher, or hit the ball farther. It’s just the feeling of knowing that your creator is actually with you and loves you.
Can that improve your performance? Probabaly... we usually like when our loved ones are at races and their suppprt may help us run our best, so it’s the same with God-only FAR greater.
Also, many times (not all the times) the Christian prayer is “to feel God’s presence”. So Totten’s prayer was likely answered because he felt God’s prescence. His prayer most likely wasn’t “God, make me run 2:14... I haven’t put in the proper training, but you can make it happen, so supernaturally do it”.
Similary, when athletes say “All glory/credit to God” they don’t mean God made the performance happen. They’re just acknowledging that their relationship with God helped them stay consistent in the training or gave them the peace to make it through a difficult situation and push on, etc... Also, The Bible says that “no matter what you do, do it all for the glory of God”. And in context, it means to basically work hard at whatever your doing- work as if the person you’re working for is God. If you’re going to train, train with everything you have because using your gifts to their full ability pleases God. Many Christian athletes find the motivation of competing for “the glory of God” more satisfying and feel it helps them get the most out of their potential (But more importantly they get to work/train with the presence of God which to them is better than any achievement or performance.)
Thank you for that reply ... for me, I also acknowledge my Creator when things don’t go as well. I do question why, but I also acknowledge and praise God in disappointment....and through that I feel his presence .... but I also feel his presence when all the hard work, talent, etc come together in a good performance. I praise him and acknowledge him here as well (it’s easier obviously).
In either case, he is the holder and sustainer of all things and gives me my every breath, every day here on earth ...it’s a gift. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
This is what came to mind when reading some of the post.
Totten is a common surname in Eastern Africa. He is Madagascarian.
Jimmy Christ wrote:
In his words, “I could feel the Lord’s presence & He answered my prayers.”
I don't know him from Adam, but it always bugs me when an athlete chalks up a good performance to divine intervention.
God takes side if you pray like super hard!
Evidence suggests the Ethiopian and Kenyan gods are much more effective.
Just Guessing wrote:
I know that triathletes are sometimes looked down here as mediocre runners, but there is some really good talent rising through the ranks. One guy to keep your eye on is Alex Yee. He's only 20 and ran 27:51 this year so it will be cool to see how he does in the ITU.
Guessing you're also English. I train at the same track as Alex (B group though...) and yes, his future is absolutely immense. And what beautiful style. Faster than Rupp at 5/10 for the same age I believe.
Interesting to see what his future holds also because of his lack of a kick. Relatively mediocre 800/1500 times for similar runners (witness how he got burnt down at the Euros 10000 in the heat) but amazing strength for his age. I imagine he'll stay focused on Tri and longer distances as a runner, probably going to the roads relatively early like Hawkins.
https://twitter.com/Kipsang_2_03_23/status/1053907855286456320wellifweregoingbyevidence wrote:
Evidence suggests the Ethiopian and Kenyan gods are much more effective.
American Samoan wrote:
Totten is a very common surname in Samoa. He is Samoan.
If he is Samoan, why does sister Chelsey look so much like a valley girl?
Seth is from the first family of Inland Empire running......if you exclude the Halls, of course.
Congrats to him on some fine running.
He was at UC Riverside during that Undercover Boss episode.
https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/6581Proves asst. track coach not as easy job as one thinks.
Unknown Americans used to run 2:11s in the 1980s.
My name is........hepcat wrote:
He was at UC Riverside during that Undercover Boss episode.
Leave it to LetsRun to find a performance in Ireland and link it to facts like this. ^^^
I'm actually American. I learned about him from watching Super League Jersey.
Calling Seth a triathlete is a big stretch. He dabbled in triathlon, but he was a terrible swimmer.
He's a very good runner that for whatever reasons was never any good in college. And 2:14 is just noteworthy because of the pathetic state of men's marathon in the country.
And BTW, I'm pretty sure he works a full time job.
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
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