NB Boston IAAF World Tour

[NotDutra5]

ps. The month in major league baseball that has produced the most no-hitters is September. I am sure some baseball theorist --- whoever is the Alfred Einstein of baseball statistics and history -- has theorized the reasons for that one.

Execs have said publicly that you can't judge a young player by September performance because of a variety of factors including who is still "playing" and who has prematurely gone on vacation.

My comment regarding time of year was more of a Spring Training reference than anything else. I should have just left it at the expectation of a no hitter in any given game and being disappointed when it doesn't occur.

Getting back to the meet itself, I found it enjoyable which is all I really care about.

[AyZiggy]

For Andrew Butchart, his 7:42.97 season opener (but maybe he has been racing XC, I can't recall at the moment) is by scoring tables his best performance ever, rated slightly above (by points, not significance) his 13:08.61 PB 6th place finish at Rio. He is now 4th on GBR all-time indoor list at this distance, and one more good meet would give him a good chance to move up to #2, behind Farah. Seems like he is starting 2017 well.

Butchart ran two cross country races: the Liverpool Cross Challenge (won it) and the European Championships (4th). I like it when people actually race, it's hard to be a fan of someone you never see.

[NotDutra5]

Butchart ran two cross country races: the Liverpool Cross Challenge (won it) and the European Championships (4th). I like it when people actually race, it's hard to be a fan of someone you never see.

I deleted the meet from my DVR but, unless my ears were playing tricks on me, I thought it was mentioned more than once that Butchart was Canadian. They were making a big deal out of his supposed aggressiveness during the race. Maybe I misheard?

[AyZiggy]

They called him a Scot b/c I immediately looked up the Scottish 3k record. He broke it by 7 seconds.

[Juicy News]

Did she really say that? She's been running XC this season and she was quoted last week thus: "I just can’t wait for my maiden World Cross Country. I have never taken part at the event but I am focused.”

https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ken...try-2017-obiri

Letsrun mentioned it on their recap. I watched the video with Obiri and she said she was skipping the Kenyans trials.

[gh]

Possible she has been given a direct berth on the Worlds team, and she's excused from the Trials?

[tandfman]

Possible she has been given a direct berth on the Worlds team, and she's excused from the Trials?

Story now linked on front page says she's not interested in the WXC.