I expect they've exchanged messages before privately. That was just a public "well done".
I expect they've exchanged messages before privately. That was just a public "well done".
would love to see the underdog status bring back some kind of love or appreciation of running for Mu.
uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
maybe now she can run totally free.
high school xc coach wrote:
would love to see the underdog status bring back some kind of love or appreciation of running for Mu.
uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
maybe now she can run totally free.
it seemed like this was what happened after she lost at Worlds in Budapest. She almost called it a season, then decided to run at Pre and won in an AR, having fun racing for the first time in ages. But then the pressure seemed to come back in the run up to Paris -- though it also could have just been the stress of her injury so close to the Trials.
sorry but mu to me seems to vaccilate between an ego kind of "i am still a big deal holding forth" sort of vibe and a depressive "i can't be bothered" one. this reeks of the ego end. i am a big deal, things i say carry weight, and i am grudgingly saying you earned this one. she lost to her in budapest last summer. she didn't even make this event.
i assume mu is out on the track plotting her revenge, but the deal is most olympians shift into "who cares" mode for the rest of that season. we generally know this so the more sensible response here is be humble, prepare, quietly put up some times this fall and send that message.
this says one thing, SI said something else, we need a more stable emotional platform.
achtung baby wrote:
How was it earned [B]if one of the best in the world wasn't present?[/b}] Seems like a backhanded compliment from Mu.
Please provide the evidence of the bolded portion of your comment above being true this year. Also, please provide the logic behind how Athing's failure to make it through the rounds at USATF Olympic Trials warrants criticism from Athing to Keely?
Each athlete has the responsibility to navigate the process of making an Olympic team. If they don't, they aren't deserving. Period. Sure, 4 times out of 5 they MIGHT have otherwise won, or at least placed in, the qualifying races. But to be a winner - to be the best - one has to perform all through the process and win the final race. Athing did not do that. She knows it.
IMO she is showing class and respect to Keely. Keely has had a stellar season and surpassed Athing's PB. How can this possibly be a backhanded compliment?