You must watch the Men’s 800 final. Crazy stuff. And yes, we’re all amused that the only place this is on the internet is on an Idaho news station’s website.
Meanwhile, I found Khadevis Robinson to be more enjoyable to listen to than I thought I would. He wasn’t my favorite. Now he’s at least not my least favorite.
In other news, the M 5K was pretty dumb – now granted, I’m not olympic caliber, but I think if I were close, and I knew I had to run 13:21 to make the team, I would try to make sure the pace did that. Vaughn rabbited for a while, though he was more concerned about getting eaten alive by the kickers at the end of the race. Goucher, Curtis – where were they when it mattered? I’m a little upset that Solinksi didn’t get a spot after making a heroic solo 800 meter surge (running roughly 1:58 toward the end there), but all told I think we could get two guys into the semis, heck, maybe even into the finals.
I’d be amazed if one of our guys made the finals in the 800, though if Symmonds can stay fit, he’s got a shot. Who knows, maybe Wheating is sufficiently naive to pull it off.
The women’s 5K was fairly pointless, as only about 5 women didn’t make finals. One of them was my GI Jane friend, who seemed to have a rough go with a slow pace before taking an early exit. 2012 is plenty of time to fix whatever went wrong there.
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