He's an unsponsored 400m runner. He's paying to compete. He probably will never make it big because of things beyond his control (genes). He made if far enough, good for him, now find a job outside athletics. You won a WC medal and broke a WR, good enough.
And you're an a**hole and you refuse to quit.
We all make our choices in life.
You move on and let him, and others, do what they want.
Why would a 24 year old who has run 9.9 , 19.9 , and sub 45 quit ? I would understand if he did quit and move on with his life but the alternative is also logical. Why would he quit for you ?
You know what people simply do not seem to understand? Its the same in MD and LD. People seem to think anyone who is not at least a top 5 in an event should quit and move on with their life. Those people are needed below 5, or there would be NO sport. No filled out fields, no one to compete against.
He's an unsponsored 400m runner. He's paying to compete. He probably will never make it big because of things beyond his control (genes). He made if far enough, good for him, now find a job outside athletics. You won a WC medal and broke a WR, good enough.
Bolling only needs to focus on taking 0.2s off each year and in 5 years he'll be near the top. People quitting when they are almost there is totally stupid. One or two currently ahead of him could be busted for drugs etc and he's in with a grin. Always be positive.
He's an unsponsored 400m runner. He's paying to compete. He probably will never make it big because of things beyond his control (genes). He made if far enough, good for him, now find a job outside athletics. You won a WC medal and broke a WR, good enough.
He's an unsponsored 400m runner. He's paying to compete. He probably will never make it big because of things beyond his control (genes). He made if far enough, good for him, now find a job outside athletics. You won a WC medal and broke a WR, good enough.
Sub 45. Sub 20. Sub 10.
Not so bad genes
Ran 2 PRs at the trials and was 1st or 2nd at 300m in each of his 3 races.
Needs to work on his race strategy and/or adjust his training to fix his last 100m.
Dude just turned 24. There are tons of 30+ year olds who have never been sponsored who still compete at US championships. If you like competing, keep doing it
Hey all of you weekend road racers, the OP thinks that you are losers and should've quit a long time ago. JV athletes and varsity kids that never qualified for state? Also, big waste of time losers. Jog to stay fit? You know what you are and you should just stop. Start drinking beer and binge watching TV shows. The OP has spoken!
Also…there are only 14 women in the final rankings quota who possess the Olympic standard in the 10000M. I guess all of the others who compete in the Olympics are there due to “affirmative action.” LMAO.
I wonder if he’s ever considered the Decathlon.. He’s jumped 8.01m in the long jump and close to 2m in the high jump. He’s got the classic decathlete build. Could be a great move for him.
I think he’d do really well on Day 1, but on Day 2 there are several events that require technique in addition to pure athleticism. Not sure how easy it would be to just pick it up at 24. Plus, with how bad he paces a 400, how do we think he’d fare in a 1500?
Why would a 24 year old who has run 9.9 , 19.9 , and sub 45 quit ? I would understand if he did quit and move on with his life but the alternative is also logical. Why would he quit for you ?
Exactly. MB seems pretty harmless, just keeps showing up. Lolo Jones showing up at 41 or 42 is fine too; she just should spare us the stories about her dating life or virginity - although she's not obligated to.
Decathlon would be a multi-year effort just to get competent at things like discus, javelin, and pole vault, as well as hurdles. I would like Grant Holloway's chances of doing the decathlon even better than Boling's. But Boling made a mistake, at least with his present coaching, in going to the 400m, on account of the ability to make relays teams, when he should have kept it going at 100/200, since he's only about .15s away from potentially making a U.S. 200s team and plenty of sprinters at his age have made that drop in the 200m, and got back to the long jump, which has become a very weak event for the U.S.
i agree about the baby fascist mentality here. the NBA has both lebron and his fairly mediocre kid. they both pull paychecks. this is like a parallel idea to the guy who thought only oly std folks should compete at trials. ok then every 4 years nationals is like 8 people in 100H but 3 in the women's 5k and no one in the javelin, so to speak. which would diminish the watchability and tension of the thing, as it would become like a NCAA last chance meet.
i think some of this discussion reflects a naive idea of how professionalized our sport is. lyles and some others do well -- but not lebron money. they might make what rank and file NFL players do. a lot of our athletes probably make what we do, but as sportspeople. some are probably broke, doing side jobs or a day job, and just training seriously. it's not fully professionalized. we're not as bad as some olympic sports but if getting rich is the standard for staying pro the sport would empty out.
last point, you have lost all sense of relative standing and comparison. another way of looking at boling's world champs experience and world record is our bench would make podia in other countries. boling's 9th place time would be #2 at UK nationals. he'd be a top few open quarter guy there. he'd have a chance at their mile relay. ditto most of the world. and he has squeezed the indoor experience out of our darwinian system.
Maybe he ought to enter the Diamond League Triathalon being held tomorrow in Paris, consisting of the Shot Put, Long Jump, and 110m Hurdles. Galloway would be another interesting entry.
Boling only does one of those events.
Also, given his form and his struggles at 400m pacing, I get the feeling that adapting to measuring steps and going over hurdles would be a pretty significant obstacle for him.
He probably will never make it big because of things beyond his control (genes).
Oh let's not go there, he is on a far greater earning potential path than many of his peers because of things beyond his control (genes). He's just not good enough and that comes down to him alone.
