Athletics 2021 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,253]

On 10/1/2021 at 9:24 PM, Grassmarket said:

And it seems there’s also a marathon in….errm….Košice.  

Not knowing the Peace Marathon...for shame sir, for shame!

[heywoodu 15,253]

Meanwhile the women have started in London. Let's go Salpeter  

[Grassmarket 3,533]

15 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Meanwhile the women have started in London. Let's go Salpeter  

Pacemakers head off at announced, discussed, agreed pace.  No-one follows.  
 

Athletes now shouting at pacemakers to bring them back.  Problem is pacemakers are paid to run at a certain pace, are worried that if they don’t do the job they don’t get paid.

[Grassmarket 3,533]

Men’s race is away.

[Grassmarket 3,533]

Lots of marathons this weekend

 

Stockholm - Saturday

 

Sunday

 

Eindhoven

Sofia

Chicago (live on ES Player)

 

and on Monday Boston, also live on ES TV. There are seemingly people hoping to do Chicago & Boston back to back.

[Grassmarket 3,533]

About time Nike was forced to take some responsibility for the Nike Oregon Project.

 

Former track phenom Mary Cain has filed a $20million lawsuit against former coach Alberto Salazar and his former employer, Nike, alleging that she suffered mental and physical abuse during her four years at the firm's Oregon Project.

 

Cain, 25, alleges in a lawsuit filed in Multnomah County, Oregon state court on Tuesday that Salazar humiliated her publicly on several occasions by disparaging her weight after making her get on a scale in front of other people.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10085491/Mary-Cain-sues-Nike-former-coach-Alberto-Salazar-20-million-alleging-years-abuse.html

[Grassmarket 3,533]

Four marathons this weekend.

 

Lisbon

Cape Town

Paris

Amsterdam

 

Paris & Amsterdam are on a double bill on Eurosport.

[hckošice 15,029]

So winning the Olympics 100 & 4x100 gold medals are not enough to be even among the nominated for the Athlete of the year, if you not named Usain apparently

 

 

[Grassmarket 3,533]

Big hype for tomorrow’s Valencia Half-marathon, being billed as a double WR attempt.  Also full marathons from Rotterdam, Rennes, Ljubljana & Venice.

 

 

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/valencia-half-marathon-gidey-yehualaw

 

 

 

[JoshMartini007 2,554]

3 hours ago, hckošice said:

So winning the Olympics 100 & 4x100 gold medals are not enough to be even among the nominated for the Athlete of the year, if you not named Usain apparently

There's more to the year than just the Olympics.