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  • AverageJoesGym262

    Member since 02/05/2019.

    191 posts. Last post 2 years ago.
    5 years ago 04/13/2019 3:45pm EDT
    re: Duke the Fluke

    There are no flukes in racing. You train. You show up. You race. You run regardless of the weather. If you are the fastest on the day, you win. You can’t control other people’s training, who shows up, or who races harder in the weather of the day. Race day is one of a kind.

    Why does there need to asterisks? Every year is different. Expect the worst. Train for the inevitable. Hope for the best. Race for the win. Sometimes you beat everyone. Sometimes you only beat yesterday’s version of you and showing up is a win. Please stop downgrading other people’s accomplishments to make yourself feel better.

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    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 04/14/2019 4:45pm EDT
    re: question for last poster

    question for last poster wrote:

    Is same guy that started FI blogging after quitting his 500k per year job in the tech industry? Financial independence blogging?

    Bump

  • Mid-Michigan, baby.

    GBohannon

    Member since 06/24/2017.

    1,442 posts. Last post 1 week ago.
    5 years ago 04/14/2019 4:57pm EDT
    re: Duke the Fluke

    Equally large flukes. No one who follows the sport closely considers Yuki or Desi to be in the tippy-top tier (top 10 worldwide). That’s because they are not. Not even close. Their wins were awesome, but clearly don’t carry the same weight as a major win in regular conditions.

    With that said, I loved every second of it as I am a huge fan of both runners. Seriously. While it is impossible for some fans, I am capable of being a realist.

  • Makes sense to me

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 04/15/2019 2:45pm EDT
    re: Bonnie F

    Bonnie F wrote:

    Even Des knows it was a fluke. She reads this board and hates it. Here is a most recent quote.

    "I think people will just put me exactly where I was before and chalk [2018] up to the weather,'' she says over lunch at an outdoor patio near campus. "I think that would be short-sighted. If I were looking at a field or a race result, I'd say, 'Wow, she really knows Boston well; she's always been solid on this course.' But I still think people will just chalk it up to a fluke, which is fine.

    Hey Desiree do you really think that every one is short sighted if we think that you are a solid runner but NOT good enough to win Boston without a fluke year? You are good just not great. Here is why. In the last 6 months you have lost to Shalane, Molly and Jordan for the marathon and also got beat by Emma Bates for a half marathon. When you add Sisson and Cragg to the list you will struggle to be top 5 in the marathon in the US. That is still very good but you are not an all time great. That is why we all believe that last years Boston will forever go down as a fluke. How did Yuki do today? How did Sarah Sellers do today? How did the Masters runner from Canada that was 3rd last year do today? 20198 will forever be a fluke.

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