2008 USA Olympic Trials 800 meters Finals

Nick Symmonds, Andrew Wheating and Christian Smith make amazing finishes in Eugene, Oregon to capture spots on the US Olympic team heading to Beijing. One of the greatest races ever.

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• 800
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• symmonds
• wheating
• smith
• eugene
• oregon

[XWhalewarsX]

2:10 and 2:00 are literally the hardest pr's to break in track i think



[iRunner15]

symmonds shot the gap like a pro

[iRunner15]

i believe you are right but i didn't mean for it to get so complicated...it still at least looked like he shot the gap like a pro

[kozmon0t]

@iRunner15 maybe, but it didn't look clean. The guy symmonds passed was gaining on smith before symmonds switched lanes. Then suddenly he slowed down. I think a better camera would have showed contact.

[iRunner15]

@kozmon0t he shot the gap to get to the outside....like a pro

[kozmon0t]

@iRunner15 that was entirely an outside pass. Nobody in lane 3.

[zthomasack]

@dchartier1 Ahaha yeah I see where you're coming from, but from the other way around. See, I'm one of those runners who only has slow-twitch muscles. However, for some reason I excell more in the mile than the two-mile. My 5k and 10k times are pretty damn good for my age though.

[dchartier1]

@zthomasack Ugh, don't even get me STARTED on my long distance times. I just have TOO MANY FAST TWITCH MUSCLES to do well at the long distances. My LIMIT is really FOUR LAPS, and I'm TRULY a TWO-LAP SPECIALIST.  Besides, I play FOOTBALL in the fall.

[zthomasack]

@dchartier1 Haha well if your words are true than kudos to you, because a 4:28 isn't half bad. That being said, my coach wants me under a 4:37 by the end of indoor track,, before the regular season even starts ;p what about your 5k/10k time?

[dchartier1]

@zthomasack Without QUESTION. I'm not so great in the MILE because I have TOO MUCH LEG SPEED for the longer distances, but I should be able to PULL OUT a 4:28 RIGHT NOW with MINIMAL TRAINING. My best quarter is 52, so if I just SLOW IT DOWN to 67, which is like JOGGING to ME, I can click off a 4:28. A 4:49 is a little over 72 a quarter, which is like CRAWLING to ME. Heck, I could probably run 10 72s BACK-TO-BACK right now.

[zthomasack]

@dchartier1 Lmaoo can you beat a 4:49.26 in the 1600m? ;)

[parkersgr8]

@dchartier1 TROLOLOL