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whats the catch an incompetent reporter, who had a typo 13.23, a course downhill, or is this englands equivalant to april fools?Comment
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Great trick!
If that doesn't demonstrate why one cannot believe everything one reads on the Internet, I don't know what does.Comment
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This was clever for about 5 seconds. What immediately got my suspicion was the grainy pixilated photo of the athlete in question. CNN would not allow such a picture on their site.
Not a bad con though. Many distance fans in this country want to believe something like this will happen. However, the time is a little brisk especially for a NCAA trained runner!.Comment
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ooopps, the race was a lap short...still a pr though...Comment
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The Site would have been more convincing if the information was in the realm of believability.
A better headline would have been "New American distance hope, Ritzenhein surprises by running 13:10 in London. That at least would seem initially less shocking.
However, it was an interesting idea. I hope the guy that did this does not hear from the CNN legal department.
Here is another headline suggestion. "Alan Webb recovers from surgery and runs 3:52 mile". Like my other suggestion it is a little farfetched but not unbelievable. When doing a good con you have to obey the rules of probability. People will immediately reject anything that is far out.
No college kid is going to run a 13:23 in international competition. Even a 13:10 would be rare for this kind of runner but not farfetched.
BTW, the athlete in question has a PR in the 5000m of 13:50, which was done in High School. Maybe someday he will be a solid 13:10 runner. Now that is something that seems plausible.
Ritzenhein is definitely a young American runner we should keep are eyes on.Comment
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No college kid is
>going to run a 13:23 in international
>competition.
That that to Jorge Torres.Comment
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>That that to Jorge Torres.<
Too much time spend in a bar can cause stuttering, eh?Comment
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>>That that to Jorge Torres.<
Too much time
>spend in a bar can cause stuttering, eh?
Yeah, too much time SPENT in a bar does that to you.Comment
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You're right. We both need to sober up. :-)Comment
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I meant 12:23.Comment
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Hey, bar. Did you know we had an annoying bastard drinking with us?Comment
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Annoying bastard has a lot of girl friends. He is too busy to drink because he is getting laid all the time.
Pss, It is really 11 inches long. It is true.Comment
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You are not my girl friend!
Lets stop making things up.Comment
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