The Olympic Trials should be a race similar to the Games and not a slog of attrition.
@usatf - listen to the athletes. Listen to what we said after the 2016 Marathon Trials where half the field dropped out, in conditions cooler and less humid than Orlando will likely be.
If truly @usatf@USOPC_CEO values athletes’ safety then changing the start times shouldn’t be an issue. We the athletes plus the public all need to speak up. What’s the logic behind a noon marathon in Orlando? Is tv/fan THE factor & greater than human health? NO!
In this history of marathoning has a marathon ever been held in the middle of the day in 90 degree humid weather?
Is there any precedence for this even being safe?
Putting the athletes at risk like this is a travesty. Hopefully, TPTB will come to their senses and make a change to the start time before Feb. @nbc@NBCSports@usatf Disgusted.
I am HEATED ABOUT THIS. Audio books are an art, and, imo, Their Own Thing, not just, "The book, but out loud!" Narrators and audio book producers give our books nuance and shades that even we writers might not have seen. I don't want a f*cking robot reading my books.