That U of T track is my nightmare. What a waste of time and a trip. Sponge for a track and not to mention the constant headwind that goes down the 100m stretch. -4.7w on a wet sponge what is that! haha, oh boy.
Well Asafa did look loose, I wonder if he is forcing himself to act like bolt at the start line to try and ease the nerves. His first 30m was phenomenal. But I won’t get my hopes up yet, at this point he always looks like he should win or get 2nd no problem, and things go way downhill from there. I desperately want him to surprise me.
He’s young and there for experience and I hope his coaches theat it that way and just get him ready for the relay where they have a reasonable chance of good things.
Yes, it is everyone’s nightmare. Not only a poor choice for a surface, they even turned the sprint straight the other way from how it was originally set up so you could enjoy the headwinds coming down an open street full force in your face. The decision was made not to put stands on the west side when the track was put in. They had permission to close the small street beside there to make room but decided not to when the Toronto Argos football team didn’t end up there as well.
I really hope the Berlin track only looks the same - but the verdict is still out.
yes, this track is not not that great. It feels like just another track… definately not as bouncy as a mondo track! “Dead”, as powell put it would sum up my view of it also :eek:
Yes Gerald…keep the good work up man…nice to see you in the mix there man…! It seems like yesterday we were running at Loughborough…now you’re in Berlin! lol…Good luck with the semi
BTW, tomorrow, get the same start and stay relaxed and go with the rythm of the surface. don’t fight it. who knows… maybe others will fight it and that’s better for you! Good luck!
Good luck today Gerald, you ran really well yesterday and it did flash up on the board that you ran a NR so thats saying something.
Its interesting to hear all the athletes say the track feels dead, everyone who I have talked to in Berlin (ie german people) say that its a super fast track. Oh well there has been consistantly around a neutral wind and its sunny and warm here so lets hope thats working in the sprinters favor
