I loved the milrose games tonights:
Highlights
It was just great having some track to watch on TV again.
I liked the Football 60m. Amazing that Willie can move that fast. He would have had the race if it was 100m. It was cool to see that big dude in the race. I can't remember his name, but i think he was a defensive end.
I enjoyed watching Terrence dominate in the hurdles and he seems like a classy guy. His plug for his trackstar company was funnny.
It was great to see Sara Hall battle it out in the mile. She put on a great kick to almost take the win.
Batman was impressive with his wire to wire win in in the 600 yarder.
And then Lagat made everyone look like they were standing still on the bell lap. He showed some explosive speed in that last lap, almost like when Webb showed his explosive speed and let out that huge scream that one year. Gosh I have to find that video somewhere, it brings a smile to my face every time. Ahhhhhhhhhh!
But Lagat is such a classy runner and it was great to see him win his 8th title. He looked extremely impressive beating up on the reigning olympic 1500 gold medalist. He certainly didn't look 35!
Now, I know we can all find things we didn't like about tonights coverage and we can say things like "Track is dying." But, there were some definite highlights from tonights meet. Oh, and I enjoyed the intro to the mile with the music. It got me kind of pumped up and made me want to go run in an all-comers meet tomorrow. Long live the purest sport of all! Great job to all competitors running hard and chasing their dreams.