Athletics WA Grand Slam Track League 2025

[Josh 13,504]

Not the time I was expecting, but a dominant win for  Arop in the men’s 800m! 

Edited April 6, 2025 by Josh

[heywoodu 16,461]

Why on earth is the flat 100m part of the "short hurdles" thingy?

 

Edit: and the flat 400m is in the "long hurdles" thing, come on

 

 

Edited April 7, 2025 by heywoodu

[Josh 13,504]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Why on earth is the flat 100m part of the "short hurdles" thingy?

 

Edit: and the flat 400m is in the "long hurdles" thing, come on

 

 

I agree but… realistically what else could they substitute for it?

Edited April 7, 2025 by Josh

[heywoodu 16,461]

Just now, Josh said:

I mean realistically, what else could they substitute for it?

Nothing. Which simply means one thing: don't make a 'set' of races if there aren't enough events for that.

 

It's like having this for field events, coming up with the set of events called "vertical jumps without extra equipment" and since that only means the high jump, they just add the discus throw as well.

 

Just have the 100/110/400m hurdles as an event, instead of having the flat versions of them in the same set (especially considering those distances are also already part of another set anyway).

[Grassmarket 4,300]

Anyway, I enjoyed the second round of races with the added tactical element.  But the problem of not enough action remains.

[heywoodu 16,461]

56 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Anyway, I enjoyed the second round of races with the added tactical element.  But the problem of not enough action remains.

Which tactical element, you mean in the long(er) distance races?

[Grassmarket 4,300]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Which tactical element, you mean in the long(er) distance races?

Sure, people had to race for places, not just wins.

[Orangehair43 315]

Some of the events work better than others. Tactics will only be a watchable thing in the longest two slams - the others are two quick for anyone to do so and it be watchable. The hurdles having a flat race is just odd - they at least some of the time need to do the hurdles second as well. 

Edited April 7, 2025 by Orangehair43

[heywoodu 16,461]

14 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Sure, people had to race for places, not just wins.

But that's only a thing in the longer events, since one would generally go all-out in everything under 800 meters anyway.

 

For short/long hurdles, they should simply do the 100/110/400 meter hurdles twice, if they so badly want to have it as a double thing. Having all the hurdle specialists do flat races is fun for a bit, not gonna lie, but it makes the whole thing feel mostly like an exhibition event.

 

Besides, start this in a small stadium in the US instead of something big like this. Now it had the feel of a random training field somewhere in godknowswhere. Why does it need to be so massively American immediately, start a bit more...humble, and try and grow from there.

[Grassmarket 4,300]

9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

 

Besides, start this in a small stadium in the US instead of something big like this. Now it had the feel of a random training field somewhere in godknowswhere. Why does it need to be so massively American immediately, start a bit more...humble, and try and grow from there.

This is true.  In  you get bigger turnouts for winter sport events if you hold them in a village - because everyone turns up - than you would if you held them in a huge city.