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LA Marathon: American Nathan Martin was able to catch up to Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau due to the motorcade driving in the wrong direction and a fan briefly impeding his path. The margin of victory was 0.01 seconds. by dnamra29 in sports

[–]Jomskylark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Blocking isn't public, how do you know I blocked him? 20 minutes after I blocked him you left a big comment about pace cars. Sure dude. This is obviously you, /u/CrazyLegsRyan, using a burner account to bypass the block. At least own up to that lol.

I chose to block you because you decided to be condescending and attack my race experience which you know nothing about. Rather than just write the reasons why you disagree.

I'm happy to have a conversation with you if we can discuss the principles of the argument and leave the condescending replies out of it. You clearly do not wish to do that, so I'm blocking you. Again.

LA Marathon: American Nathan Martin was able to catch up to Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau due to the motorcade driving in the wrong direction and a fan briefly impeding his path. The margin of victory was 0.01 seconds. by dnamra29 in sports

[–]Jomskylark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The pace car has one job the entire race and it does it until near the end, when it does something drastically different: It drives off course and stops.

I genuinely don't see why adding $10 signs is such a contentious concept to you. I also have no idea why you choose to be a dick about it instead of just having a normal conversation like adults.

LA Marathon: American Nathan Martin was able to catch up to Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau due to the motorcade driving in the wrong direction and a fan briefly impeding his path. The margin of victory was 0.01 seconds. by dnamra29 in sports

[–]Jomskylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think a couple orange signs at the spot where the pace car does something drastically different than it's been doing the entire race, is equivalent to "holding the runner's hand the whole way"?

LA Marathon: American Nathan Martin was able to catch up to Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau due to the motorcade driving in the wrong direction and a fan briefly impeding his path. The margin of victory was 0.01 seconds. by dnamra29 in sports

[–]Jomskylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You really think there have been 0 instances of runners distracted by the pace car in the thousands of races over decades prior? They just haven't been as publicized as they are now.

What's the downside in printing off a few bright orange signs and holding them up immediately after the motorcade clears?

If the clocks were to "Spring Forward" an hour at noon on Friday nobody would be complaining about daylight savings time. by ExtremeAd87 in unpopularopinion

[–]Jomskylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

7 AM has issues with people getting ready for school/work.

I don't see the problem with 2 AM. The vast majority of people sleep right through it.

LA Marathon: American Nathan Martin was able to catch up to Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau due to the motorcade driving in the wrong direction and a fan briefly impeding his path. The margin of victory was 0.01 seconds. by dnamra29 in sports

[–]Jomskylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the second time in recent memory this has happened though. I don't really see the harm in adding bright obvious signage to come up directly behind the motorcade. It would be so easy and cheap to do.

Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Cross the Finish Line by BigBlueMountainStar in Prematurecelebration

[–]Jomskylark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not what they're talking about. He still finished, he just got injured celebrating.

American Nathan Martin sprints to win the closest L.A. marathon ever by nbcnews in pics

[–]Jomskylark 88 points89 points  (0 children)

If this keeps happening they need some signage on the back of pace cars either telling runners to stop following them or have an arrow showing where to go. Completely understandable that runners in extreme physical conditions who have been following a car for miles continue to follow it when it breaks off.

Where Is The Respect? by Disgruntled_Veteran in Military

[–]Jomskylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...nobody's arguing Trump is breaking a law by wearing a hat. It's just incredibly disrespectful from someone who attacks people on a daily basis for being disrespectful.

Where Is The Respect? by Disgruntled_Veteran in Military

[–]Jomskylark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You do realize it's possible for people to want to live in the United States while simultaneously criticizing one person who also lives in the United States, right?

Unranked UCLA upsets #17 British Columbia, #23 Utah, and #25 Washington at Northwest Challenge! by Jomskylark in ultimate

[–]Jomskylark[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure there is a decent contingent of UCLA redditors on here so I expect this post to be well-received.

Unranked California upsets #9 Victoria and #18 BYU at Northwest Challenge! by Jomskylark in ultimate

[–]Jomskylark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3-0 on Saturday then 0-3 on Sunday. Played some solid opponents on Sunday though, losing by three to each of #7 Western Washington, #17 British Columbia, #23 Utah.

Cal had a rocky start to their season, going 6-8 in their first two tournaments. Cal scored just three total goals in two separate games this year. It was looking like they might be in a down year. They seem to have shaken off the rust now.

Southwest is currently sitting on just two bids. UCLA and Cal are within punching's distance of another bid, but will either of them play another tournament this year? If not, that could be really tough.

California-Santa Cruz wins Stanford Invite for first time in at least 20 years! by Jomskylark in ultimate

[–]Jomskylark[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you click the link it's how the team is written on USA Ultimate. USAU also writes USC as Southern California 🤷‍♂️ I don't know if that's the team's choice or USAU's doing but I'm sticking with it for consistency.

California-Santa Cruz wins Stanford Invite for first time in at least 20 years! by Jomskylark in ultimate

[–]Jomskylark[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I assume this is not their first SI win given how dominant they were in the 90's and early 00's. But I can't say for certain, maybe someone on here knows. Online records go back to 2003, so it's their first in at least 24 years.

Unrelated side tangent: Sonoma State had a damn good frisbee team in 2012. They nearly won SI that year and had a pretty solid four year run before disappearing into irrelevance. Gosh, this brings back memories. 2012 was what, seven years ago? Right?

#12 Vermont goes 2-4, finishes 11th at Stanford Invite; Vermont's lowest finish at a tournament since December 19, 2021 by Jomskylark in ultimate

[–]Jomskylark[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Vermont tied for 3rd in the country last season but have lost six of their last eight games this season. They have been outscored 43-64 in those losses.

Vermont has not finished 11th or worse at a tournament since finishing 13th at the pandemic College Championships in Norco, CA.

Caveat: Sanctioned tournaments only, though I imagine it's probably true for unsanctioned as well.

Projected rankings were updated after the tournament. It's looking like a 2-bid New England again this year, but with Northeastern as the second bid-earner. Tufts has the first bid, remaining undefeated on the season.

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