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The Arrival & Bislett Games

i added a vid with the warm up area. it was pretty sweet, like a 550 meter two lane track underneath the stadium for the athletes to warmup

July 4 at 3:36pm by Ryan From Flotrack

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Im right there with Mark

July 4 at 1:27pm by Sam

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Would you have ever washed your shoulder if Bekele had used it? Sounds like an awesome time!

July 4 at 1:04pm by Cara Hawkins

Fearaphobia?

What a great piece of writing! Thanks for sharing your transparency and humanity. Keep up the good work. Your dedication is an inspiration.

-LaSara
http://www.lasarafirefox.com

July 4 at 12:22pm by LaSara

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well I guess it's

www.floswimming.org
and
www.flowrestling.org

July 4 at 12:19pm by woops

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what a joke. mark is a stud. genius. you and your brothers are freakin genii..(genius plural) www.floswim.com www.flowrestle.com

July 4 at 12:19pm by seriously

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"To those in the state....Happy 4th of July!! Wish I was there for some fireworks, but I'll try to enjoy myself over here ;)"

BS!
You little! I otta!

July 4 at 11:46am by Mark From Flotrack

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I loved listening to A Bobocel's voice on the video!

July 4 at 11:33am by John Stilbert

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You and Mark and the entire Flotrack organization have built a solid, highly recognizable brand. The athletes know they need YOU!

And you're like the world class VO2max guy, so you shouldn't be too indimidated...even by Bekele.

July 4 at 11:26am by Mark_in_Oly

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love the post. keep it up :)

July 4 at 11:03am by Rose Brooks

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I did my thesis paper on Oscar Pistorious

July 4 at 10:59am by Oscar

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oh shut up, you'll try to enjoy yourself. . screw you . . living the life. . knowing that every running nerd on this site is 100% jealous of you . . you are like known by all the people in the track and field world . . because although at times you may feel like you are annoying them or something, they all want you to talk to them, mainly because you are getting their name out there more than it already is, getting them free publicity . . it's awesome for them and for us . . live it up man. you are the man.

July 4 at 9:51am by ohhhhhhhhhh

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Thanks for sharing Ryan. I'm generally disinterested in travel, but I must admit that I am brimming with jealousy. The pics look great.

July 4 at 9:37am by John Desrosiers

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Thanks Ryan!! You are the man!! Keep up the good work. I was looking for you at USA's, but couldn't find you. It was kind of dissapointing :(

July 4 at 9:02am by Spencer Agnew

There is No 'I' in Track

Fam talked about this group mentality of helping each other in the sport on his interview on FloTrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234884-2009-outdoor-season-on-flotrack/164565-fam-on-making-the-sport-better-2009-iaaf-world-championships and he delivered exactly on that ideology in his performance at USA's go Fam! Go USA! Go Running!

July 2 at 5:31pm by gdub

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that was a good read molly. are you coming to europe this year?

July 2 at 2:10pm by Ryan From Flotrack

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How many anonymous cowards are there? Sheesh!

Nike ain't perfect. Should we rally behind Adi Dassler instead? C'mon!
OTC is rockin'. Love 'em or hate 'em, they are the Bronx Bombers of our beloved sport.
Question: do OTC athletes have a swoosh on their unis?
forgive me for being judgemental, but Nike's sales creatures are the Desperate Housewives of Track (and Field)
Nike has parlayed the swoosh into large sums... but sports will never be free of carpetbaggers. Do we blame Phil? How about Senor Jordan for his $150 pair of air? Are any of you old enough to remember Lasse Viren's shameless display after his Olympic victory? What brand was he displaying? I don't even remember because I went out and bought some "waffle-stompers"
A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound.... it makes the world go around...
I'm so happy that "track (and field) is back" and my hat is off to Flotrack for helping make it so.

July 2 at 9:18am by oldsloguy

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A higher percentage of Nike track athletes will test positive because a higher percentage of track athletes ARE sponsored by Nike. Its like saying More heart attacks happen in each year California than in Rhode Island so people must be much healthier in RI. No, CA has a much higher population.

From Todays "The Week That Was" on Letsrun "A few weeks ago, maybe during the Pre Classic, we were thinking, "My god where would track and field be without Nike?" In the dumpster is the correct answer. So kudos to them for sponsoring so many athletes"
Teg was not using a supposed illegal method. People flipped because the procedure sounds like blood doping, but they are in fact, not the same. He was open about his injury treatment and made sure he was not doing anything that was banned. He isnt an idiot. It was a medical treatment of an injury, not an abuse in order to increase athletic performance. Should we call foul on asthmetic kids in sports cause they are inhaling a steroid?

July 2 at 8:39am by pfffff

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Not a stretch when 98% of all athletes who test positive for performance enhancing drugs come from Nike. Teg used a supposed illegal method injecting red blood cells into his knee this past year for injury. What TEAM doctor came up with that? Then there is Alberto Salazaar all the rest...

July 1 at 7:20pm by Anonymous Coward

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Evil empire is a bit much. Organizations need sponsors. Nike is a USATF sponsor and thus they are displayed on the website along with the other sponsors. Also, the USATF gear and uniforms will be produced by them. Just like how there is a McDonald’s in the Olympic Village when they are a sponsor. If you go to the USA Wrestling website you will see the same with there sponsor Asics. USA Gymnastics with gymnastics ect.

Regardless, I don’t see how that is relevant to the topic of teammates. If you try to make the connection that Nike sponsors some of these athletes, then you are really stretching, trying to find any forum to get up on your soapbox.

July 1 at 4:10pm by Anonymous Coward

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Nike is the Evil Empire who has USATF in their pocket. They just paid USATF big $ for "athlete grants" which leaves USATF in a bad postion unable to call Nike out on their bull antics or "grey" area coaches like Al Sal. They can't bite the hand that feeds. Nike paying blood money into the sport doesn't cover up their . Ends do not justify the means!

If you still can't see the truth go to USATF.org and look at the swoosh all over the damn place even on athlete bio pics.

July 1 at 12:54pm by Anonymous Coward

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You are ridiculous. Abdi was hurt this year and out of shape. He didnt belong at Worlds and he tried to drop people by pacing erratically. Nobody kicked off him, he fell back early. Ritz was the gutsy one if anything. He wasnt forced into the lead, oh..he is a Nike athlete too. Fam always goes out hard and leads at the beginning. He usually wolnt let people pass if they wanted to until he cant lead anymore. Bolota hardly led and is a Nike athlete also. He was behind Solinsky and Teg more than he was in front of them. Solinsky is known for taking the lead too soon and it costs him (Trials, anyone) and was trying an new strategy that worked.

Just ridiculous. Wanting to win when you are an athlete is hardly selfish and not motivated by corporations. As much as you can love to hate Nike because its so very anti-establishment of you, they provide tons of track athletes with sponsorships and they dont need to financially. If they stopped, the other shoe companies wouldn’t be able to pick up the slack and there would be a lot less sponsored runners. Does Nike hope to make money off of their investments? Yes, this is a capitalist society, they aren’t a charity.

July 1 at 9:29am by Brian Mac

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Nike athletes sitting and kicking off guys like Abdi , Bolota, Fam etc who make these races honest is hardley teamwork. Their race tactics were cowardess and selfishly motivated by Nike looking to sweep and naming every event after themself.

July 1 at 9:06am by Anonymous Coward

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Nice work, Justin. Proves again that there's value in the printed word as well on FloTrack.

July 1 at 5:57am by dadrunner

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bang on! brilliant article...team importance has to be taken greater notice of...................

July 1 at 4:23am by Jonathan Phillips

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There is no "we" in track either

July 1 at 1:40am by asdfasdf

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Good work.

July 1 at 1:00am by Kevin Liao

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This was a great article... I recently finished my college eligibility... Now I'm training by myself and without a coach.. Its just me! I would give anything to be able to find a team to train with or have a training partner... You make a great point...

June 30 at 10:17pm by Aaron Reeves

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As usual a wonderful well thought out article..

June 30 at 10:04pm by Cara Hawkins

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JUSTIN KOPUNEK STRIKES AGAIN!

June 29 at 8:00pm by Anonymous Coward