Well whatever he was doing wrong, he seems to have fixed it!!!

Hahaha im cheering for him right now; comen Kanute we want you WC

Regardless of how Ben finishes today, someone needs to ask him about his struggles this season and what have they done differently for this race (if anything).

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Well his coach comes on here from time to time, so he will probably fill us in. He actually did an interview with Bob this week, it was pretty enlightening on what struggles ben has been going through, and how they handled them, right and wrong..

Huge fan and cheering him on but man I just can’t think he’ll be able to hold it with how his running has been going this year. Either way he’s doing great as of now!!

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a few infections this year, apparently. covid, a bacterial/sinus thing, some stuff like that.

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Thanks. Will definitely watch the video.

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Wow what a performance! Truly remarkable result for Ben.

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Yep, real happy for him (and Jim). Big result on a big stage!

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Yip Prime BK is back.

Love how understated and old school he seems. Just gets on with it without the hype.

I also loved seeing Ben finally have a good race this year. Can’t be easy competing at that level while raising a young family.

I was laughing when I saw this thread rekindled. Didn’t seem to age well. 🤣

(And I know Monty, you didn’t start it).

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Apparently the only thing done wrong was yelling "mixed relay" or something along those lines, because it's when Kristian hit the gas. :P

Congrats to Ben, and to your work on this. Maybe a front page interview next week?

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Same here.

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Thanks. And what can I say? It was meant to motivate Ben. It motivated Kristian too, I guess. 🤷‍♂️🤣

Happy to do an interview. Just message me here, or my email is coachjimvance at gmail.

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Yeah, clearly everything lined up today and he was awesome. Super proud of him to represent the US and to have a run that is way more representative of what he's capable of. It was really exciting to see him run up on Kristian early in the run.

Congrats to Ben and to you coach.

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That’s the best thing about him, you get the impression he just “races”. Takes everything on feel and gives what he’s got, no strict plan as such. His coach will probably tell me I’m full of shit, but it would be nice to not break this myth I’ve built up of him 😂

I was laughing when I saw this thread rekindled. Didn’t seem to age well. 🤣

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That is why I was so happy to bring back this zombie thread, kind of an kick in the groin to all the haters!! I follow you guys fairly closely, and I knew that ben had many hardships to overcome this year. Just really glad that he was able to, and then prove to himself and the world that he is a contender. Good stuff, can't wait for the epilogue..

Amazing what you can do when healthy and able to train to your ability.

Jim, was Ben running in the new Hoka prototype that they are hyping up?

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Yes. And I think Hoka should give Ben a big bonus for today 😆. If you had Ben with the 3rd fastest run split of the day on your bingo card, (less than 20 secs off top split), you hit the jackpot.

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Me too! He is a great talent with so much potential. Great to see him in form again and stir things up in 2023 or another late 2022 race perhaps?

so basicaly what you are saying is that all year you had him running on inferior shoes
so now we know what you did wrong lol.
more seriously consistency goes a long way, is what people can learn from this. issues always happen but a longeterm athelte coaching relation ship is useful in those times , which we can also see with 2nd placed female.

Post #38 explains some things

Hopefully he DID have a podium bonus in his Hoka contract.

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Congrats Jim, nice to be vindicated like that.

Following Ben's story on YT and seeing his struggles this year, it was just an amazing moment to see him breach up to KB on the run and keep it together through the run.
What an accomplishment for Ben, its was just awesome to watch.