Richard Green💙

Running 'til I can't . Husband, dad and CS.

[Stephen Wade @StephenWadeAP]

The IOC has income of at least $7.7 billion in a 4-year cycle. It can afford to pay athletes. They are the show. It could also pay volunteers. Estimates suggest IOC saves up to $100 million in Summer Olympics using unpaid labor. Moral issue.

[Matt Lawton @Lawton_Times]

This is a lovely idea - and far more uplifting than the Enhanced guys offering $10m to anyone who can break Usain Bolt’s 100m world record (which I very much doubt anyone will) while continuing to sell the idea, rather irresponsibly, that we should all get on the gear.

[Alex Predhome, Track and Field Enjoyer @Predamame]

She believes in paying herself, though.

[Sabrina Little @sabrinablittle]

Absolutely thrilled with the subpar performances at the Enhanced Games. Stay away from peptides, kids. Or you might also become decidedly worse at sports AND lose your integrity in the process.

[Global Athletics Hub @glblathletichub]

UK Athletics has a choice for the 2027 World Championships. Accept everyone by rankings or render the sport inaccessible to athletes in the UK.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the Day is ‘swullocking’: swelteringly, stiflingly hot.

From 19th-century East Anglian dialect.

[Scott Roots @scottroots]

A fully grown adult made a proper complaint to officials at my local 10k today, they said it should have been cancelled due to the weather.

After they ran it….

Someone stop the world, I want to get off.

[Ross Tucker @Scienceofsport]

"Almost". Hilarious. 0.06s slower than Oblique Seville, who came 8th in the Paris Olympic final!
But hey, he made big money, so he's laughing too. Meanwhile, in 3rd, at 10.39 (ALMOST breaking the U14 World Record!), Bracy earned $75,000.
Grifters sticking to the story, though

[Ross Tucker @Scienceofsport]

The #EnhancedGames package was a tepid, hollow affair. Missed its mark by more than its doped athletes missed the world records that had been so hyped. An illegal swimsuit was star of the show. I hope the anti-climax hurts the bottom line of this grift. Or they can sell swimsuits

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

So far my take on the enhanced games...

They've taken most of these folks and made them slower than they were in high school...

They have Bracy running 10.3 on drugs... another legit sprinter run 10.8...

Somehow their training/doping program makes guys and gals super slow...

[Bob Sacamano @StaggerUnwinds]

Timing is everything

[Tim Hutchings @TimHutchings1]

That fits; the organisers of an event that's despised by the loyal followers of the No.1 Olympic sport, pre-select journalists & turn away others for fear of bad write-ups, thus reducing total coverage, meaning any reporting that does go on will effectively lack objectivity.

[Duncan Mackay @duncanjourno]

@TimHutchings1 Journalists who cover the Enhanced Games need to be “invited” by organisers. They have turned down several requests for accreditation from journalists they suspect may be less than effusive in their coverage.

[Richard Green💙 @RunsByCode]

@poetwithpace My run data using an arm starp is usually fairly consistent when temperature, life, stress, hydration, mood and spicy food are also consistent - but wrist measurement always seems to give dodgy data.

[Richard Green💙 @RunsByCode]

@Alexarmstrong Yes

[Darknight 🇳🇬 @MOON_WALKER6]

Back when Marion Jones stepped onto the track in Sydney fresh outta the chem lab and stormed off to one of the biggest margins we'll ever see in an 100m championship final

[Richard Green💙 @RunsByCode]

@ChristopheThiem @Predamame It is, and Prince Charles used to live there, but since his upgrade, he’s moved house down the road to Buckingham Palace which has a better view if the finish!

[Pam Ayres MBE @PamAyres]

‘Don't swim’ warnings in place at nearly all of England’s official river bathing sites - BBC News https://t.co/6rTrjivEb3

[Pam Ayres MBE @PamAyres]

Please consider signing this petition as I have done if like me, you are appalled at the amount of sewage tipped into our waterways to the vast financial benefit of others. Why would any country sell control of something as crucial as water? It is lunacy.

https://t.co/dsmb1FOmmK

[Richard Green💙 @RunsByCode]

@WealthMechanic1 @Predamame The Boston Marathon
https://t.co/rzOP8JOkaZ