Olympics

I dunno if anyone has been watching night and day like I have. But this has been one amazing olympics so far. and track and field hasnt ever started yet!!

Just to recap:

- PHELPS.... one amazing SOB. Watching that guy compete is insane. He is a maniac. Hes got one more relay to pass up mark spitz. I hope he can do it.

- USA bball.. take on spain this mornign at like 9pm central. They have been so damn dominating its unreal. They are definately on a mission.. lol

- everything else, gymnastics, vball, soccer.. well we are kicking ass at that also.

btw if anyone gets a chance to watch the track and field as the some of the finals start today. On sunday one of my friends is running in the 1500 semis sunday morning. Leonel Manzano from the University of Texas. He is originally from marble falls TX, and I raced him in middle school and high school. So im rooting for him to take it all the way to the podium this year.

Us is untouchable in bball.

They need a drag racing event in the Olympics LOL

phelps is on right now getting his eight gold!
and a new world record for the 100m was just set with the guy celebrating the win 20m before the finish!

Ussain Bolt was a litte too cocky for me. But when your that fast I guess you can be.

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Originally Posted by mitch cobb racing

phelps is on right now getting his eight gold!
and a new world record for the 100m was just set with the guy celebrating the win 20m before the finish!

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Originally Posted by 06 4.8

Ussain Bolt was a litte too cocky for me. But when your that fast I guess you can be.

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Im skeptical about his ability and how fast he is. The other night in the semis he managed to shut it down about 20-30m before the finish and still run like what a 9.8. Unheard of. The fastest men shut it down around there and can barely get to 9.9. I dunno... just dont be surprised if he comes up with positive tests lol

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

Im skeptical about his ability and how fast he is. The other night in the semis he managed to shut it down about 20-30m before the finish and still run like what a 9.8. Unheard of. The fastest men shut it down around there and can barely get to 9.9. I dunno... just dont be surprised if he comes up with positive tests lol

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Exactly what I was thinking.....and way too cocky!

damn USA bball is tearing it up.

Yeah--US is doing well..all except for the little bitch sports...like table tennis. All the badass sports, we are cleaning house.

That Bolt dude as ridiculous in the 100m. That bitch is 6'-5'' tall--and still wasted everyone.

US men's 400m hurdles went 1-2-3. And the BMX stuff is sweet too. That guy from Lativia is good...

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

Yeah--US is doing well..all except for the little bitch sports...like table tennis. All the badass sports, we are cleaning house.

That Bolt dude as ridiculous in the 100m. That bitch is 6'-5'' tall--and still wasted everyone.

US men's 400m hurdles went 1-2-3. And the BMX stuff is sweet too. That guy from Lativia is good...

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Im still really skeptical about Bolt. but hey he could just be a freak of nature. We really arent performing well in track like I thought we would. Our 1500m guys choked and lagat didnt even make it out.

One of my friends that goes to UT that ran the 1500 got dead last. but hten again its really hard to run a 335 every other day when your personal best before the olympics is like a high 340.

Hopefully they start making up some of the slack bc I want to keep staying ahead of china in the medal count

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

Im still really skeptical about Bolt. but hey he could just be a freak of nature.

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I think he is too. He didn't get off the blocks super fast, but once he got those long legs movin, that bish was goooooone.

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

One of my friends that goes to UT that ran the 1500 got dead last. but hten again its really hard to run a 335 every other day when your personal best before the olympics is like a high 340.

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I don't care who you are, 3:35 in the 1500m is ridicuous. Last Monday when I was at the gym, I wanted to see if I could still run a sub 5 minute mile. I had one of my trainer friends time me--I ran 800m of warm up and then did the timed mile. I finished with a 4:48. I did the calculations--and that averages 12.48 mph for a mile. I was happy to know as an old balding guy, that I could still do a sub 5 minute mile. I was damn near death afterwards--and there is NO WAY I could imagine trimming another minute off that. But then again, I guess that is why they are Olympians and I'm not. :cry:

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

Hopefully they start making up some of the slack bc I want to keep staying ahead of china in the medal count

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No crap. That is ALL I care about--beating China in the medal count. :D

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

I think he is too. He didn't get off the blocks super fast, but once he got those long legs movin, that bish was goooooone.



I don't care who you are, 3:35 in the 1500m is ridicuous. Last Monday when I was at the gym, I wanted to see if I could still run a sub 5 minute mile. I had one of my trainer friends time me--I ran 800m of warm up and then did the timed mile. I finished with a 4:48. I did the calculations--and that averages 12.48 mph for a mile. I was happy to know as an old balding guy, that I could still do a sub 5 minute mile. I was damn near death afterwards--and there is NO WAY I could imagine trimming another minute off that. But then again, I guess that is why they are Olympians and I'm not. :cry:



No crap. That is ALL I care about--beating China in the medal count. :D

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damnn 448 is not bad at all man. i did a 2mile time trial this morning. got her in at 9:50. First race is next weekend. Evidently one of the teams in our conference just picked up a kenyan so I have my work cutout for me.. but im not too worried because of the last kenyan I raced.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...29531_4041.jpg

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

damnn 448 is not bad at all man. i did a 2mile time trial this morning. got her in at 9:50. First race is next weekend.

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Yeah, i didn't think so--for being 28 and bald. Plus I haven't been running at all because I wanna gain weight. A 9:50 2 mile is fast as Hell man! I never trained for a 2 mile time, but at MSU I know I did a 10:36. And that was our second 2 mile. We ran 2-2 mile runs...the first half of the alphabet (A-M) went first, then once the last guy crossed the finish line for the first group, the second half (N-Z) went. And the same for the second 2 mile...once the last guy from the (N-Z) group finished, we ran another 2 miles. It was weird--cause my first 2 mile time was slower than my second--and I had about 15 minutes rest in between runs. Weird, I know. :)

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

Evidently one of the teams in our conference just picked up a kenyan so I have my work cutout for me.. but im not too worried because of the last kenyan I raced.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...29531_4041.jpg

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Dude--how did they recruit a white Kenyan?

And I didn't know you were that dark... :lol:

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

Dude--how did they recruit a white Kenyan?

And I didn't know you were that dark... :lol:

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I was out in the sun too long :LOL:

im tellin you its them white kenyans youve gotta watch out for...
they look all normal and out of no where....BAM
theyre 5 miles down the road..

thats a narley 2 mile time. the last time i ran a 2 mile was my freshman year in highschool and it was like 10:10. that was the last time i ran more than a mile...but i havent timed in like 3-4 years.

p.s. about michael phelps....hes one of my heros but the thing i dont understand is the announcers and how they are all concerned about him only having like 45 min before his next race..
when i was a senior in highschool i swam the anchor leg of our 4x50 free relay...all out...and not even 10 min later i was swimming a 100 backstroke. i mean yeah hes at a whole different level than i ever will be but still 45 min is a hell of a long time in swimming

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Originally Posted by bangbangskeetskeet

im tellin you its them white kenyans youve gotta watch out for...
they look all normal and out of no where....BAM
theyre 5 miles down the road..

thats a narley 2 mile time. the last time i ran a 2 mile was my freshman year in highschool and it was like 10:10. that was the last time i ran more than a mile...but i havent timed in like 3-4 years.

p.s. about michael phelps....hes one of my heros but the thing i dont understand is the announcers and how they are all concerned about him only having like 45 min before his next race..
when i was a senior in highschool i swam the anchor leg of our 4x50 free relay...all out...and not even 10 min later i was swimming a 100 backstroke. i mean yeah hes at a whole different level than i ever will be but still 45 min is a hell of a long time in swimming

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9:50 is not that great. but the fact I have just been logging miles all summer and no speed work I guess 950 is good.

I guess it was because phelps had to do 17 races. The heats and **** for his events

Yeah David--get out there and quit messin around! I will expect nothing less than a 9:30 bish!

Oh, and an Olympic update...US women's sand volleyball just won GOLD!!! And who was it over??? That's right, the Chinese! ROR! And the thing that sucks is that they had to play the Gold medal match for sand volleyball in the rain. Mother Nature--FAIL.

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

Yeah David--get out there and quit messin around! I will expect nothing less than a 9:30 bish!

Oh, and an Olympic update...US women's sand volleyball just won GOLD!!! And who was it over??? That's right, the Chinese! ROR! And the thing that sucks is that they had to play the Gold medal match for sand volleyball in the rain. Mother Nature--FAIL.

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hahaha damnit you ruined it! i wanted to watch

Oh man...I am sorry. Did I ruin it for ya???? :lol:

Womens volleyball..... :drool: :dancenana::woot1::woot1:

anyone see womens soccer this morning get the gold against brazil? saweet

WHAT? I wanted to watch it. You ruined it for me... :sadnana:

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

WHAT? I wanted to watch it. You ruined it for me... :sadnana:

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I did watch it. Maybe if you would get off LS1truck and check out nbcolympics you could have watched it live like i did

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you should read that too damnit haha

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

you should read that too damnit haha

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NO.

I cant believe BOTH fvcking relay teams dropped the baton

They should try out for the NFL :laugh: They'd fit right in as running backs.

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They should try out for the NFL :laugh: They'd fit right in as running backs.

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they really should.. Tyson Gay was a big disappointment this year.

Yeah...he is gay... :laugh:

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

Yeah...he is gay... :laugh:

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lol I knew that was coming


so bolt and teammates set another world record.. and USA wins. damn

i dont understand...what are they putting in the water down there???
first it was asafa powell now its usain bolt....
they be crazy fast.
i mean come on 19.30 in the 2?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! i honestly never thought michael johnsons record would fall.
oh and it really chaps my ass to see how terribly the usa can pass that batton...i mean come on its track 101 for cripes sake!!!!
ehhe oh well.
we got gold in both sand volleyballs...were gonna get gold in bball and were still wayyyyy ahead of them chineese fellas in the medal count:woot1::woot1:
now thats what its all about

I just wanna pass them in gold medal count. that will make me happy

oh and when those 8 year old gymnasts get busted

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

oh and when those 8 year old gymnasts get busted

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They have as far as most are concerned. The one that won two golds is really 14.

whats the actual age you have to be? beacause ive seen some people that say theyre 14?

16 for gymnastics

BTW, I hate the Olympics but I'm sure someone will call me gay (as much as the word is used here) for knowing the age.

Oh well....

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Originally Posted by GasGuzzler

16 for gymnastics

BTW, I hate the Olympics but I'm sure someone will call me gay (as much as the word is used here) for knowing the age.

Oh well....

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yeah it started out as 14 but then they moved it to 15 in 97/98 then 16 after that.

they are getting rid of softball as an olympic sport because "america is too dominating"

I personally love the olympics, especially track.

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Originally Posted by mitch cobb racing

whats the actual age you have to be? beacause ive seen some people that say theyre 14?

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i know that in swimming you have to be 16 by the end of the olympic year...
thats why michael phelps went when he was 15...
think about that being 15 and holding a world record. man thats amazing

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

yeah it started out as 14 but then they moved it to 15 in 97/98 then 16 after that.

they are getting rid of softball as an olympic sport because "america is too dominating"

I personally love the olympics, especially track.

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+1
im not sure what my favorite is tho....im kinda partial to swimming but track is just blazing fast and speed IS addicting