nick symmonds goes 1:59.23 and LRC goes home DEVASTATED

MohammedAA wrote:

I am very confused . I can still run under 2:00 and I am 10 years Nicks senior and 13 years retired. And I was a longer distance specialist, not an 800m man.

Then you still train a lot. He doesn't. You can't just roll out of bed at run 2 flat no matter how fast you once were with no training. He did a little bit of training to be able to run 1:59.

MohammedAA wrote:

I am very confused . I can still run under 2:00 and I am 10 years Nicks senior and 13 years retired. And I was a longer distance specialist, not an 800m man.

What’s confusing? One week ago Nick ran a workout of 4x400m dashes with 4 minutes rest, suggesting he would run about two minutes in the 800. That is exactly what he did. That workout was highly predictive for him.

MohammedAA wrote:

I am very confused . I can still run under 2:00 and I am 10 years Nicks senior and 13 years retired. And I was a longer distance specialist, not an 800m man.

Truth.

I was a 400 guy, and if not for my knee replacement and being 65, I think I could still run 2 minutes for a half.

Nick is an elaborate troll. Take everything he does and says with a pinch of slat.

Hemingway’s Dog wrote:

He’s always been a marketing/branding/promoting guy, even when he was at his best. The kind of businesses where they don’t let the truth get in the way of some publicity, the kind of businesses where they spin and massage things to get the result they want. That he’d screw around with edits is no surprise.

Sounds more like a well known politician to me. Symmonds has owned up to his failures in the past and has stood up for athletes rights possibly incurring a personal loss.

I raced a 52 year old when I won my very mediocre heat at Oxy a few years back. I took the l lead at 600 and we both got there at 1:30. I think he finished around 2:03-04. He ran 2:00.9 the year before that.

MohammedAA wrote:

I am very confused . I can still run under 2:00 and I am 10 years Nicks senior and 13 years retired. And I was a longer distance specialist, not an 800m man.

The real issue here is who is Symmonds trying to impress, and why. This is a textbook case of don't-know-what-to-do-with-my-life syndrome.

I think the guy has yet to realize the real world doesn't know or care about 1:42, let alone 1:59.

As the slave says in the triumph, glory is fleeting. If Symmonds wants glory to continue for being the equivalent of a locally competitive high school guy, he should strike a deal with Flotrack to film his stuff, if they're interested.

sillyman wrote:

MohammedAA wrote:

I am very confused . I can still run under 2:00 and I am 10 years Nicks senior and 13 years retired. And I was a longer distance specialist, not an 800m man.

Truth.

I was a 400 guy, and if not for my knee replacement and being 65, I think I could still run 2 minutes for a half.

+1

I ran 2:35 at age 52 before not having time to train for a couple of years due to a messy divorce battle with my Thai wife. Shortly before my 55th birthday I stepped on the track for the first time in several years to gauge my shape and did an 800 time trial - 2:52. If an old man like me can get within 17 seconds of his pb after nearly 3 years with no training, I find it hard to believe Nick couldn't do the same.

Bad Wigins wrote:

The real issue here is who is Symmonds trying to impress, and why. This is a textbook case of don't-know-what-to-do-with-my-life syndrome.

I think the guy has yet to realize the real world doesn't know or care about 1:42, let alone 1:59.

As the slave says in the triumph, glory is fleeting. If Symmonds wants glory to continue for being the equivalent of a locally competitive high school guy, he should strike a deal with Flotrack to film his stuff, if they're interested.

of course he's trying to remain relevant, who wouldn't? what's he going to do with his life, roll over and die?

there is no roadmap for life after winning an olympic medal. especially an 800 guy with limited shelf life.

ohia wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

The real issue here is who is Symmonds trying to impress, and why. This is a textbook case of don't-know-what-to-do-with-my-life syndrome.

I think the guy has yet to realize the real world doesn't know or care about 1:42, let alone 1:59.

As the slave says in the triumph, glory is fleeting. If Symmonds wants glory to continue for being the equivalent of a locally competitive high school guy, he should strike a deal with Flotrack to film his stuff, if they're interested.

of course he's trying to remain relevant, who wouldn't? what's he going to do with his life, roll over and die?

there is no roadmap for life after winning an olympic medal. especially an 800 guy with limited shelf life.

LMAO! He has no Olympic medals but he does have the ski boot 100 meter world record!

Still waiting for the drone footage upload.

I don't understand the point of your comment. He is getting views for his latest video and a good like to dislike ratio. So the "people dont care" sounds like you being mad and passive aggressive about something. Possibly a projection from you.