Mike Wardian....2:30 then 2:24 a week later?

Mike Wardian is an absolute moron.

The evidence is his performance at the US Olympic Trials where he had no business being apart of. A very good reason why the standard has been raised is a result of actions like these.

he gives a bad name to the athletes who actually take the sport seriously.

He had a better race than Cox or Culpepper.

Please, Wardian hardly ran the trials crazily. He just went out at his normal pace. Is it his fault the leaders pretty much jogged (for them) the early miles.

From the USATF web site:

After leisurely opening miles in which the main pack came through 2 miles in 11:00, the pack finally caught up with earlier leader Michael Wardian at 7 miles, after a 5:19 mile split.

Have you ever heard an interview of Wardian? He always mentions the great support his family gives hima nd is never a me.me,me sort of guy. He's also been very talkative and receptive to questions anytime I've seen him and asked him something. To each his own opinion, but personally, I'd say he's great for the sport.

Do you guys know somebody else, able to run so many marathons a year, under 2:30?

realityspeaks wrote:

Mike Wardian is an absolute moron.

The evidence is his performance at the US Olympic Trials where he had no business being apart of. A very good reason why the standard has been raised is a result of actions like these.

he gives a bad name to the athletes who actually take the sport seriously.

You're really saying he doesn't take the sport seriously? Just because he doesn't run 1 or 2 marathons a year like you think he should doesn't mean he isn't a serious runner. How can you say he had no business being a part of the trials? He f***ing qualified didn't he? He didn't burn out at 4:30 pace or anything stupid like that, he ran 5:15s or whatever it was and the rest of the pack decided to just sit around with their thumbs up their ass. You are a f***ing joke.

realityspeaks wrote:

Mike Wardian is an absolute moron.

The evidence is his performance at the US Olympic Trials where he had no business being apart of. A very good reason why the standard has been raised is a result of actions like these.

he gives a bad name to the athletes who actually take the sport seriously.

I will bet you US$5,000 he makes the cut for 2012 OTs

He has interests that extend beyond the orthodox. I bet your were one of those kids in kindergarten who flipped out when others drew outside the lines.

You are just jealous - u think he is not taking it seriously running 2:21? If he is screwing around running that fast, the maybe...just maybe....others could do as well by not taking things so seriously.

...loosen those buttocks, dude...

"runners aren't in general enjoying themselves?"

-uhhhh, you must be new here.

"runners aren't in general enjoying themselves?"

-uhhhh, you must be new here.

"runners aren't in general enjoying themselves?"

-uhhhh, you must be new here.

"runners aren't in general enjoying themselves?"

-uhhhh, you must be new here.

I think this is harder. A marathon a week. Most in the 2:30s-40s.

Alan

I'll take the $5000 bet. He had to go to Steamtown to get his qualifier (super fast course) last year and barely ran 2:21. He will run about 25 marathons and every major ultra between now and 2012 and he will be 4 years older. He will never break 2:19 and I will bet the US$5000.

wrong he did not Q at steamtown. check your facts

A marathon a week is nothing to Mr. Wardian. I can't imagine running marathons on back-to-back days.

He will break 2:19 only if he drinks turtles soups and snakes blood, on the top on his chinese potion

There was a guy about 8-10 years ago that ran back to back Saturday/Sunday marathons 2:2x-2:3x and ran about 15 or 20 in a year at 2:30 or better. If I remember right he was a masters runner at the time. Anyone remember that guy?

Excellent.

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Wardian Blog:

http://runningtimes.com/blog/?cat=25

Other factoids

- PR 2:21:37 at Virginia Beach Shamrock Marathon.

- Didnt start running until after college. Played lacrosse @ MichSt.

- Hopes to do ultras, Ironman, etc.

A cool dude...has other things in his life, likes these challenges, and doesnt get to wound up about, "If only I focused".

He probably realizes he has a talent for endurance events, but also has enough common sense to realize this is not his ony talent, and so not worthy of 100% of his time/attention (i.e. to the exclusion of his other interests)

baron wrote:

Yeah... but he's a good guy and just loves to put in serious time running. Anybody else suspect that his sponsors bribed him with some free swag for his 20 minutes up front? ;) That was probably worth a few extra sales from the Arlington yuppies. I hate that store.

No, I seriously doubt he got any extra swag for making an ass of himself... kind of like the guys who sprint to the lead of the 5k for 100 yds and then start jogging.

On a side note, why do you hate that Arlington store? Do you hate the yuppy customers, or do you hate the store. I'm confused.