Kippy rop wrote:
Yeah, the quote on the front of the page says it all to those who thought he "just got clipped." He was playing the field looking for a championship test. I think it will back fire to be honest. He is showing his cards to the rest of the field, but maybe not. Just hope he doesn't fall in a championship race. Especially with his long stride. That would be a shame. I think if he made it an honest race he could win just as well.
How the F*** is that going to backfire?
He ran a 3:26 last week and decimated nearly all of his competitors. Was "showing his cards" that way going to backfire now? Will Silas run a 3:25 for the win in August?
In London he gave a fully drafted Suleiman and Centrowitz maybe 15m lead with 600m to go, passed the entire F***ing pack to take the lead in about 5 strides, and then slowed down once again out of sheer boredom to be passed by Blankenship. Then he moved 1.5 lanes over and opened up a 7m lead over the last 80m. He practically could not have run a more stupid race, and still destroyed the field. He could have dropped and done a max set of pushups (looking at him, probably about 3 or 4) on the track and still won.
How exactly is this going to backfire?