Verzbicas in Pre Classic two-mile - Page 7

cheesedoodles · #61 05-30-2011, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cheesedoodles

not too shabby, what did he run last year in it?

looked it up, last year he ran 3:56? but was 2nd

eh000 · #62 05-30-2011, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hjfrick

A wrote a paper about that movie for my writing seminar Freshman year!

Music and madness? My roommate was in that one. He wrote his research paper on Brian Wilson.

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Originally Posted by scherzando

Well, there's that...

You're probably right. I did realize that this was probably not a perfect analogy for that reason, although I forgot about the movie, which I haven't seen. I considered saying Sarah Chang, but the problem with that is that she's still alive and thus has a better chance of being known by people today, and she's not as much of a household name as Du Pre.

Niccolo Paganini and Rodolphe Kreutzer, then.

There's the whole "devil" thing going with Paganini.

Point taken, though.

hjfrick · #63 05-30-2011, 10:15 PM

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Music and madness? My roommate was in that one. He wrote his research paper on Brian Wilson.

Yep. Wrote mine on Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, who suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome for several years. Awesome class.

Show'EmTheRopes · #64 05-30-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by McGonagall

Dude Lukas ran 8:40 indoors and came back and hour later to run 4:10 and win his second event of the day... at NATIONALS. German clearly went all out during his 4:00 1600m at the state meet, his last lap was his slowest, so he faded. And he doesn't need the "perfect conditions" to get this record. He ran 8:40i without pacers and Cheserek sitting on him the whole time. I'm not saying that it's a given, but with the field at Pre and if he goes out at a maintainable pace, he'll get it. We haven't seen him at all during the outdoor season so he has to be doing some great workouts.
I'm not even a Lukas fan whatsoever but to say that he doesn't impress you is just ridiculous. He's a nine time national champion and high school record holder. What the hell do you deem impressive?

I disagree. He thought that he was way over 3:59 and so he let off the gas to run later on. It wasnt until the final straight did he realize that he had a chance to break 4:00, then picked it up, but couldn't pick it up enough to go under. I watched his interview after that race. Also, German also went ahead to run 8:34 in the same meet

High school record holder in......? Class record? Sure that's cool and all, but unless you have THE record, this argument holds little water. But, I will say 9 time National Champion, is very damn impressive. I will say he is much, much smarter now racing than in the past. He has had a history of getting overamped, which is something that has seemed to change within the past year.

runxc6792 · #65 05-30-2011, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Show'EmTheRopes

I disagree. He thought that he was way over 3:59 and so he let off the gas to run later on. It wasnt until the final straight did he realize that he had a chance to break 4:00, then picked it up, but couldn't pick it up enough to go under. I watched his interview after that race. Also, German also went ahead to run 8:34 in the same meet

High school record holder in......? Class record? Sure that's cool and all, but unless you have THE record, this argument holds little water. But, I will say 9 time National Champion, is very damn impressive. I will say he is much, much smarter now racing than in the past. He has had a history of getting overamped, which is something that has seemed to change within the past year.

Doesn't Lukas still have the indoor 5k HSR?

usnspecialist · #66 05-30-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Show'EmTheRopes

I disagree. He thought that he was way over 3:59 and so he let off the gas to run later on. It wasnt until the final straight did he realize that he had a chance to break 4:00, then picked it up, but couldn't pick it up enough to go under. I watched his interview after that race. Also, German also went ahead to run 8:34 in the same meet

High school record holder in......? Class record? Sure that's cool and all, but unless you have THE record, this argument holds little water. But, I will say 9 time National Champion, is very damn impressive. I will say he is much, much smarter now racing than in the past. He has had a history of getting overamped, which is something that has seemed to change within the past year.

indoor 5k for lukas, your point is well taken though.