First off, his Youtube channel is mildly entertaining I will say. His 1:45 800 opener was decent but these days, is it really a head turner? One would argue no, but also who else has run that time so far this year? Not many. Very conflicted about the shape he is in after his performance at Pre when a high schooler beat him in the last 100 meters... and he got dead last. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
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positivesplit. wrote:
First off, his Youtube channel is mildly entertaining I will say. His 1:45 800 opener was decent but these days, is it really a head turner? One would argue no, but also who else has run that time so far this year? Not many. Very conflicted about the shape he is in after his performance at Pre when a high schooler beat him in the last 100 meters... and he got dead last. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
Mr. Inconsistent has to make the team first.
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I had similar thoughts after yesterday but checked myself because it really is early in the season. Also, it was a mile and not an 800. And, the important meet is next month to make the WC team. He'll be okay.
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I meant to say USAs my bad. But yes.
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Not getting on the team. Hoppel is unfortunately not looking good either. Is Whitmarsh the likely team member? Can Flatt actually make the national team??
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I had the same thoughts and feelings as you, but then I checked myself because it was the full mile, not an 800 and it was the Quadlangler meet not the US finals and it was flat trainers not the other spikey spike shoe things and it was Audie Murphy not Clayton Murphy also I ran the 440 with more spice on my tip than an English brewer's yeast on holiday.
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clayton i\'m back murphy wrote:
Not getting on the team. Hoppel is unfortunately not looking good either. Is Whitmarsh the likely team member? Can Flatt actually make the national team??
That’s just irrational
Flatt has amazing potential but 1:46.5 gets beat by a 1:45 season opener with more experience successfully going through rounds ANY DAY.
Dont sleep on Murphy, I thought we learned this lesson last year.
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Murf makes the US team but US will get dominated at worlds
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clayton i\'m back murphy wrote:
Not getting on the team. Hoppel is unfortunately not looking good either. Is Whitmarsh the likely team member? Can Flatt actually make the national team??
Whitmarsh is done for the season I believe.
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What's his deal, was he injured? Is it overtraining/plateuing?
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positivesplit. wrote:
First off, his Youtube channel is mildly entertaining I will say. His 1:45 800 opener was decent but these days, is it really a head turner? One would argue no, but also who else has run that time so far this year? Not many. Very conflicted about the shape he is in after his performance at Pre when a high schooler beat him in the last 100 meters... and he got dead last. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
Oh god, not the haters in the comments! Once you've lost them you might as well just retire.
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positivesplit. wrote:
First off, his Youtube channel is mildly entertaining I will say. His 1:45 800 opener was decent but these days, is it really a head turner? One would argue no, but also who else has run that time so far this year? Not many. Very conflicted about the shape he is in after his performance at Pre when a high schooler beat him in the last 100 meters... and he got dead last. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
If I had an Olympic bronze medal and a 1:42 800m PR, I don’t think runnerspace haters would bother me that much.
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Yeah I agree. Surprised he felt the need to comment.
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positivesplit. wrote:
. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
Link to video?
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rojo wrote:
positivesplit. wrote:
. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
Link to video?
He reels in murphy near the end
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Clayton Murphy is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
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School is out, so he should have better access to the Medina high school track.
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Agree but not agree wrote:
I had similar thoughts after yesterday but checked myself because it really is early in the season. Also, it was a mile and not an 800. And, the important meet is next month to make the WC team. He'll be okay.
It’s not that early, really. USAs is in a month. Worlds is a few weeks after that. Perhaps he’s still in a heavy training block. He’s done this before, most recently last year, and usually pearls well for USAs. The only team that he’s missed in 7 years is 2017 when he tries to do the 8/15 double.
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Rudderless wrote:
positivesplit. wrote:
First off, his Youtube channel is mildly entertaining I will say. His 1:45 800 opener was decent but these days, is it really a head turner? One would argue no, but also who else has run that time so far this year? Not many. Very conflicted about the shape he is in after his performance at Pre when a high schooler beat him in the last 100 meters... and he got dead last. Runnerspace posted a vid of the high schooler reeling him in and the haters were BRUTAL in the comments. Clayton responded with everyone has bad races and wanted to remind them of his 2021 accomplishments. We'll see what happens at Worlds and hopefully he can get it together. Thoughts?
Mr. Inconsistent has to make the team first.
Mr. Inconsistent at USAs
2016 w
2017 injured
2018 w
2019 2nd
2021 w
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Agree but not agree wrote:
I had similar thoughts after yesterday but checked myself because it really is early in the season. Also, it was a mile and not an 800. And, the important meet is next month to make the WC team. He'll be okay.
As I watched people run away from our 1500 squad like it was the marathon, and Coburn and Freirichs out of it from lap one in the SC, I also thought about the early season excuse. But is it...? Its june of world's year. And BTW, its all relative isnt it? So we are performing poorly because its early, but africans and Jacob are ...in a different season?
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