Jeff Merrill
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@isthatsol I never thought I’d live to see a single day meet over 98,100 points!
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Family is going to be absolutely blown away when I drop this heater at the dinner table
Chris Chavez@ChrisChavez
Just announced by @TrackTownUSA: Today’s @nikepreclassicwas was the best single-day track and field meet in history with a World Athletics Competition Performance Ranking score of 98,121 points. #PreClassic
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There is a major difference between a good TEAM and a good PROGRAM.
A TEAM is a simply a group of quality athletes. A TEAM becomes irrelevant when these athletes are gone.
A PROGRAM will be successful with many athletes over decades. A PROGRAM has a system.
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@HowLao I haven’t thought about strategy yet, I just know in my heart it’s possible.
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@JedMerle I would help pay for one of the meals if anyone wants to chip in and make it a whole thing.
Like the strategy I’m so curious about A Which one will you start at? Is it better to do more running in the start or just eat most of the sandwiches in the start??!
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Someone please run the Popeyes marathon
Gotta down a sandwich at each stop.
Casey Holdahl@CHold
You could go to every Popeyes in Portland and only make two turns
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@jgault13 I still google ‘athlete name iaaf’ to get to their WA profile
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Permit me a track nerd gripe, but athletes’ World Athletics profiles should list their actual personal bests on the landing page.
Cooper Teare’s 5000 pb is 12:54.72, but his indoor 12:57.97 is worth more ranking points so that’s the one that shows up first.
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@fluidathletics @twnsndco In America you run club, in Russia club runs you.
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@twnsndco you're winning the run club i'm clubbing the "runners"
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2025 it’s time to start gate keeping running
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@NicholasCarr @oh_doyou See, I’m not even thinking “beyond the fields it assembles.” I’m thinking about does the money assemble the field. And what label can you put on the field.
I’m more about the larger questions of whether the money incentivizes the best and are these legitimately pro athletes.
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What’s one underrated skill every sprinter should master?
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I don’t know exactly what this means but it feels like the Auto Standards should now be:
3:30.5 for Worlds
3:32.5 for USAs
Jonathan Gault@jgault13
The NCAA is so absurd right now, we have three guys running 3:33 on a random Thursday afternoon in March. (And BTW, I follow T&F News rules when it comes to NCAA records, which means Murphy now has it)
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@fluidathletics @PortlandTrack Glad we got to desk feng shui. It’s important for state of mind
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New episode of Stress Reaction with @JedMerle, the man behind Tracklandia, and President of @PortlandTrack
We talk desk Feng Shui, Chief Intern responsibilities, GST, the brilliant listenership of this podcast, Portland’s reputation, racing with flare, “cool” runners and more
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Imagine Achilles with Haglund’s surgery…
Unique Movie Moments 🐬@uniquemoviemom
This movie is still a masterpiece after all these years
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Opting in to the 4x4 gives the opportunity to double your winnings with a win
Jeff Merrill@JedMerle
Grand Slam Track should end each meet with a 4x4. Teams are built with 4 competitors from different event groups: Short Distance Long Distance Short Sprints Long Sprints Long Hurdles
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Grand Slam Track should end each meet with a 4x4.
Teams are built with 4 competitors from different event groups:
Short Distance
Long Distance
Short Sprints
Long Sprints
Long Hurdles
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What is more impressive?
How fast you can guess the Wordle
How many attempts it takes you
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@Predamame I’ve said this exact tweet (including the part not in quotes) many times
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Couldn't find who said this first, but...
"if you couldn't be bothered to write it yourself, why should I be bothered to read it?"
Kat Rosenfield@katrosenfield
I may be wrong here (hope not) but I don’t see people lining up to read fiction, meta or otherwise, that is written by robots
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