I happen to be a shit talker who has run under 4:10 and 14:20. You can apologize now.
I happen to be a shit talker who has run under 4:10 and 14:20. You can apologize now.
Respect to one person so far.
Duhh wrote:
kjshgsfs wrote:Lagat is special case, "B sample", ran under a false Kenyan nationality when he was already American and should be retroactively stripped of those medals, etc. But, all that aside, Americans will always have an "American born" preference, even over Brits, Aussies, etc. You can look for threads complaining about Warhurt importing Sully, Brannen, Willis, etc. By the way, they were not "All-American", despite having placed high enough to earn the certificate, and being "white." What you are complaining about is merely a healthy level of internal self-preference.
Agreed. Lagat decided to represent the US for no reason other than out of fear of the selection process in Kenya. Add in lying to his home nation leading up to Athens, it should be obvious that the guy isn't all roses. For the record, I don't like athletes from anywhere changing their allegiance. I don't like Farah as a Brit. Don't like that Stephen Cherono and all the other Qatari athletes that were born in Kenya. I don't like all the Bahraini athletes from Morocco, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Hell, I don't really even like Cragg running as an Irish even though he was born with a dual citizenship. I believe that you should represent your nation, not your place of residence.
I bet you don't like Alberto Salazar running for the US instead of Cuba, too.
Anyone know why Ian Burrell and Reid Coolsaet (Canada) DNF'd? Wouldn't that have been a perfect pace and a fast track to get a stellar 5,000 time?
Didn't Burrell just run a sub 8:00 3,000?
I don't get it?????
Wow! your soooo bad a$$!
Afrikan wrote:
Respect to one person so far.
But none to Afrikans who cannot understand the difference between knowledge, intelligence and insight on the one hand and running fast on the other.
No Respect Due wrote:
Afrikan wrote:Respect to one person so far.
But none to Afrikans who cannot understand the difference between knowledge, intelligence and insight on the one hand and running fast on the other.
Ummm... But somehow they still kick the west ass in distsnce events? It must be EMBARRASSING losing to a bunch of intellectually inferior human beings year and in and year out.
That whiteboy, need to run more miles!!!
Bull wrote:
No Respect Due wrote:But none to Afrikans who cannot understand the difference between knowledge, intelligence and insight on the one hand and running fast on the other.
Ummm... But somehow they still kick the west ass in distsnce events? It must be EMBARRASSING losing to a bunch of intellectually inferior human beings year and in and year out.
Please note the difference between:
1) "Africans" which refers to a large group of people, residing in Africa or recently descended from others residing in Africa, some of whom are great runners and many millions of whom are quite worthy of respect
and
2) "Afrikans" which refers to a particular poster here on LRC and his ilk who apparently fail to see the difference between knowledge, intelligence and insight on the one hand and running fast on the other.
Thanks.
take your pick
. 12:56.27 Dathan Ritzenhein Zürich 2009-08-28
2. 12:58.21 Bob Kennedy Zürich 1996-08-14
3. 12:58.56 Matt Tegenkamp Bruxelles 2009-09-04
4. 12:59.22 Bernard Lagat London 2006-07-28
5. 13:01.15 Sydney Maree Oslo 1985-07-27
6. 13:10.00 Adam Goucher Heusden-Zolder 2006-07-22
7. 13:10.86 Alan Webb Berlin 2005-09-04
8. 13:11.77 Mebrahtom Keflezighi Heusden-Zolder 2000-08-05
t9............Tim Broe Oslo 2005-07-29
10. 13:11.93 Alberto Salazar Stockholm 1982-07-06
t10...........Anthony Famiglietti Walnut 2007-04-13
12. 13:12.24 Chris Solinsky Heusden-Zolder 2007-07-28
13. 13:12.91 Matt Centrowitz Eugene 1982-06-05
14. 13:13.32 Abdihakem Abdirahman London 2005-07-22
15. 13:13.49 Bruce Bickford Oslo 1985-06-27
16. 13:14.80 Bill McChesney Zürich 1982-08-18
17. 13:15.06 Marty Liquori Düsseldorf 1977-09-04
18. 13:15.16 Bolota Asmerom Heusden-Zolder 2007-07-28
19. 13:15.33 Ian Dobson Carson 2005-06-24
20. 13:15.44 Doug Padilla Helsinki 1985-07-04
21. 13:15.86 Jim Spivey Berlin 1994-08-30
22. 13:16.02 Dan Browne Heusden-Zolder 2004-07-31
23. 13:16.03 Ryan Hall Carson 2005-06-24
24. 13:17.44 John Gregorek Oslo 1987-07-04
25. 13:18.19 Ralph King Eugene 1982-06-05
26. 13:18.46 Brent Vaughn Palo Alto 2008-05-04
27. 13:18.50 Nicholas Rogers Heusden-Zolder 2000-08-05
28. 13:18.54 Mark Nenow Oslo 1984-06-28
29. 13:19.1 Craig Virgin Oslo 1980-07-15
30. 13:19.22 Rudy Chapa Eugene 1979-04-07
31. 13:19.37 Steve Plasencia Oslo 1985-07-27
32. 13:19.4 Duncan MacDonald Stockholm 1976-08-10
33. 13:19.50 Todd Williams Lausanne 1995-07-05
34. 13:19.60 Ryan Wilson Eugene 1999-05-30
35. 13:19.62 Paul Cummings Eugene 1982-06-05
36. 13:19.68 Ryan Kirkpatrick Walnut 2007-04-13
37. 13:19.73 Jim Hill Oslo 1983-06-28
38. 13:19.92 Jonathan Riley Heusden-Zolder 2007-07-28
39. 13:20.19 John Trautmann Walnut 1992-04-17
40. 13:20.35 Ed Moran Walnut 2007-04-13
41. 13:20.43 Josh McDougal Walnut 2007-04-13
42. 13:20.49 Joe Falcon Eugene 1990-06-01
43. 13:20.57 Jorge Torres Palo Alto 2005-05-29
44. 13:21.60 Chris Fox Oslo 1983-06-28
45. 13:21.87 Steve Prefontaine Helsinki 1974-06-26
46. 13:22.18 Evan Jager Eugene 2009-06-26
47. 13:23.20 Dick Buerkle Zürich 1980-08-13
48. 13:23.38 Paul Geis Helsinki 1974-06-26
49. 13:23.50 Sean Graham Heusden-Zolder 2007-07-28
50. 13:23.57 Dan Henderson Eugene 1985-06-01
Anyone have a video of the 5k race?????
Is it because of the way I spelled it? Because if it is...there is a REASON I wrote it like that....got anything else to say?
Afrikan wrote:
Is it because of the way I spelled it? Because if it is...there is a REASON I wrote it like that....got anything else to say?
"But none to Afrikans who cannot understand the difference between knowledge, intelligence and insight on the one hand and running fast on the other."
Reading comprehension problems?
What makes you thing I cannot understand those simple differences...? what ever makes you sleep at night. =)
Here is a video of the race