Jared Ward tells LRC trolls to shut it

JustMyThought1 wrote:

Ward hasn't proven himself to be anything other than a 1 hit wonder.

Until the guy starts throwing down consistently good performances, I am just not sold on him.

He has regressed big time in recent years. I hope he can get back to his previous level, but who knows.

So what happens if you're not sold on him?

"we have guys closer than the clock has said"

"recent performances that i believe translate to 2:09 on a fast course in good condition"

Hilarious.

He was 6th at the Olympics. That's better than Hall or Ritz ever accomplished.

seasoned ranker wrote:

He was 6th at the Olympics. That's better than Hall or Ritz ever accomplished.

So what, conditions were bad, it wasn’t a true test. Kenya and Ethiopia being limited to 3 runners a piece means that the field was diluted.

People need to stop playing the woulda, coulda, shoulda game with US runners. These guys have safe contracts with great support from the shoe companies. They don’t need to take risks so they’re content to run a marathon after they’re no longer competitive on the track, run 100-120 mpw like they’re still training for the 5/10k, and compete once per year. Meanwhile guys like Rupp, Levins, and all the Kenyans and Ethiopians work harder and eat their lunch.

trollometer wrote:

seasoned ranker wrote:

He was 6th at the Olympics. That's better than Hall or Ritz ever accomplished.

So what, conditions were bad, it wasn’t a true test. Kenya and Ethiopia being limited to 3 runners a piece means that the field was diluted.

People need to stop playing the woulda, coulda, shoulda game with US runners. These guys have safe contracts with great support from the shoe companies. They don’t need to take risks so they’re content to run a marathon after they’re no longer competitive on the track, run 100-120 mpw like they’re still training for the 5/10k, and compete once per year. Meanwhile guys like Rupp, Levins, and all the Kenyans and Ethiopians work harder and eat their lunch.

Sounds like you are playing the woulda, coulda, shoulda game with the Olympic marathon results.

Fast is a feeling, not a number wrote:

"we have guys closer than the clock has said"

"recent performances that i believe translate to 2:09 on a fast course in good condition"

Hilarious.

The dudes that won it didn't seem to mind the course or conditions. Not saying that I expect an American to go 2:05, but cmon. 2:12 is the dumbest low bar in the world right now.

I've lost count of the number of US men's marathoners who would run 2:10, 2:08, 2:08, 2:07, or 2:06 if they'd "just run on a flat, fast course like Berlin or London."

Until someone named Galen Rupp actually does go to Europe to run a flat, fast course, Ward can shut the hell up.

I think he's nice guy and way faster than I'll ever be, but...he's looking for attention which is why he mentioned Letsrun. Jared, like 99% of elite runners surely read the forums and some surely post. Jared knows that comment will garner many responses.

I think the top Americans ran decent races. The fact is it was very fair weather and they were around 2:10 flat pace at halfway (not positive, but close to that) as I was tracking them on the ap. To slow down that much with 4 of them in close proximity is a bit surprising that not one ran around 2:10 flat. (I've run NY and understand the 2nd half of the race).

Rudy Chapa ran just over 2:11 for his debut marathon in the wet rain of 1983. Because of how the race unfolded with Dixon and Smith, Rudy wasn't even mentioned. Tabb and Tuttle were both 2:10 plus, weren't even mentioned.

How did they train so differently---Chapa, Tuttle, Tabb, etc...? If I were Ward, I'd be talking to them (yes I'm serious) to see what they did. Biwott, Derrick, Fauble, Ward...are all capable of 2:10 flat, but they ran 2.5 to 3 minutes slower.

They've got to figure it out.

For the record, I'm not ripping on any of them. I've met 3 of them and they were all super nice guys and obviously talented and hard working, but something is surely missing. I get it, some days you just don't have it, but eventually you've got to have a solid day to verify that you've been training right.

FFF wrote:

I've lost count of the number of US men's marathoners who would run 2:10, 2:08, 2:08, 2:07, or 2:06 if they'd "just run on a flat, fast course like Berlin or London."

Until someone named Galen Rupp actually does go to Europe to run a flat, fast course, Ward can shut the hell up.

It wasn’t too long ago that Rupp was just a 2:09 guy who was < a minute better than Ward

Chapa ran 28:32 in high school - I'd expect him to be better than Jared Ward. How'd he ever do in the Olympics?

Jared Ward tells LRC trolls to shut it

LRC trolls tell American marathoners to go sub 2:10

I don't think anyone is going to get what they're wishing for

Yes, I'm well aware of that and what he ran for 2 miles as well, but we are talking about the marathon. That was his first and only time he ran it and in conditions that were less favorable.

You can look up the Olympics for yourself as you and I know that already you have the answer. For the record, Rudy didn't run in the Marathon Olympic Trials but would have surely been a contender. He chose a different route in life and running.

The Olympics are one race every four years. You may be big on that and "it" defining someone's running career, but I'm not.

Did Tuttle and Tabb run 28:32 in high school? Nope. That was only Tuttle's 3rd marathon and he had ran 2:12+ 4 months earlier at Grandma's, so would expect him to break 2:11 in only his 3rd attempt?

Ward was 6th in Olympic Marathon because it's the Olympics and people race it far differently than Boston or New York. Tuttle was 2:10:41 in 1983 and even without being 6th in the 1984 Olympic Marathon, John would be rated a better marathoner in my book, but surely not yours.

Asolutely wrote:

Huh??? wrote:

Tries to defend American Marathoning with logic of “what could be” in terms of his buddies’ non-existent performances. Sorry, that’s not reality until it actually happens. In the meantime, we get to watch an actual marathoner (Rupp) - who has actually run fast - and then a bunch of 2:15 guys who post “cool” “workout videos” on social media and talk about what “they could run” .... that’s adorable.

^This

Several hard working professionals or students taking time out of their busy days to read and comment on internet message boards and talk about what american marathoners "should run". I'm looking forward to seeing american's by the name of Absolutely and Huh??? in upcoming race results with sub 2:10s. That would be adorable.

1 guy's opinion wrote:

Ward was 6th in Olympic Marathon because it's the Olympics and people race it far differently than Boston or New York. Tuttle was 2:10:41 in 1983 and even without being 6th in the 1984 Olympic Marathon, John would be rated a better marathoner in my book, but surely not yours.

Correct.

Please show me the bit where he mentions this forum?

I thought so. You are just a narcissist, think everyone is talking about you even when there is no evidence they are.

trollometer wrote:

seasoned ranker wrote:

He was 6th at the Olympics. That's better than Hall or Ritz ever accomplished.

So what, conditions were bad, it wasn’t a true test. Kenya and Ethiopia being limited to 3 runners a piece means that the field was diluted.

People need to stop playing the woulda, coulda, shoulda game with US runners. These guys have safe contracts with great support from the shoe companies. They don’t need to take risks so they’re content to run a marathon after they’re no longer competitive on the track, run 100-120 mpw like they’re still training for the 5/10k, and compete once per year. Meanwhile guys like Rupp, Levins, and all the Kenyans and Ethiopians work harder and eat their lunch.

Agree with you mostly. But it doesn't matter if Kenya and Ethiopia were limited to 3 guys each, because only one guy from each of those countries beat Ward.

Genie in a bottle wrote:

Jared Ward tells LRC trolls to shut it

LRC trolls tell American marathoners to go sub 2:10

I don't think anyone is going to get what they're wishing for

Lol. This pretty much sums it up

rojo wrote:

1) I liked Ward's post.

2) The US likely will send a strong team to Rio.

3) Despite 1 and 2, that wasn't a great showing for the US in NYC. The reality is Ward almost pulled out of the race six weeks before it took place so the fact that he was still top American isn't a good sign at all for anyone not named Jared Ward.

It's great for Ward as it shows he's on the comeback trail from a tough 2 years. But the reality is he was far from his top shape. The facts show that he finished more than 6 minutes behind the winner when in Rio he was less than 3 minutes behind.

Rio was 2 years ago, Einstein.

jwardy21 wrote:

Yesterdays NYC Marathon was a team event.

What teams were competing? What were the scores?