German was a killer, he had the Mexican boxer ballz. He was America's only serious hope for an elite world contendor in distance since Prefontaine. Poor kid was never healthy, I remember even in highschool he was always injured, one time he randomly showed up at a meet coming off months injured and ran a sub 9 minute two mile. It was like watching a god. He didn't even need to train, just pure gifts. He was Ingebrigsten before there was a Ingebrigsten.
Distance running sorely needs another Fernandez. It's a shame injury precluded German from winning gold medals and besting world records in the sport. I'm confident this would have been on the itinerary had he been able to consistently train for longer periods of time. Still, he will always be my favorite runner. I can think of no other competitor alive who holds a candle to him in respect to the form and tempo inherent in his racing. The ultimate phenom, he was.
Alex Goldberg only ran once cross country not track but I never knew human could run that fast 1 minute a head of everyone some tried to follow him in the start but I don’t think ppl understand how fast he was for a kid also
I watch this every few years because I always wondered what happened to German, but damn I always get annoyed at how the idiots focused on McNamara. Dumb.
Our family is ready to pack to England as well just to see German make history!! We are huge fans of him since we saw him running for the first time last year at the State finals in Cerritos, CA. He is such a humble , down-to earth, fine person...We are so proud he is representing the USA Latino community in such a formidable manner. Congratulations German! way to go!.this is just the beginning. Animo y Chiquitibum a la bim bom ba!!! Si se puede!!
I feel like Fernandez if things worked out would have been the greatest middle distance runner in American history and up there with the best internationals.
@@kiraofthesky5561 yes unfortunate but it happens so frequently. I remember a couple guys back in my day who were among the fastest runners in the state as freshmen and sophomores go down with injuries and never make it back. Except in German's case we don't get to see the runners who were right on the cusp.
This guy is the only reason I want to continue to run in college. thanks for the inspiration German Fernandez! Ill see you in NCAA Cross Country Championships 2010!
MACNAMARA WAS DETERMING POINTS FOR THE NCAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP. If he had scored points Oregon could've possibly won the meet. He was unbelievably critical to the entire meet, that's why they were focusing on him.
i actually thought the woman broadcaster did an excellent job. if you watch her throughout the 2 hour-long broadcast, she really understands the dynamics of a race. that aside, earlier in the season german ran a 3:55.02 in the indoor mile, which means his outdoor mile should be slightly faster than that. now if his outdoor 3:39 1500 converts to, at best, a 3:55 or 3:56 mile...what do you think he could have pulled off in the 1500 given a faster field?
i understand why the focus was on mcnamara but i dont understand why "J"erman Fernandez wasnt the focus, hes a fantastic runner (i know his name is german)
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@PiratePowell Well believe it or not track is a TEAM SPORT, his team was tied for first, and his team needed him to place 6th or higher for them to win. They focused on the winning team not individual
@Trackfan35 he was big on the NCAA xc scene this year- he won big 12 championships and got 11th at national championships. hes still kickin ass like he used to. i want to see some fat pr's this track season tho; its his senior year of college!
I have a question. I'm not questiong u guys but could somebody here please tell me why these anouncers r so bad? Because I don't see anything wrong with them but please tell me why they r so bad in detail somebody. Thank you.
I really hate how the announcers keep talking about Oregon. The announcers themselves were annoying to listen to. Just focus on the race, don't even pan the camera back to the 2nd half of the pack, especially if it is one person and they are in last place.
He joined a small pro training group and sort a waffled around there dealing with various injuries from being so competitive so young. And actually he made his pro comeback a few weeks ago at the Portland track festival, so he might make a re-emergence in the next few years.
i'm glad this mexican is getting some respect, with all the hate in this world. I hope he goes all the way and wins the olympics and sets worlds records that will never be broken.
Does this guy have iron lungs or something, he ran 1500M fucking beastily and didnt even look tired out! i can do a 4:35 1500 and that actually almost kills me D:
so yeah i really do think that they over commentate on oregon...its kinda annoying, even IF oregon only need those points, but seriously it was sooo annoying, more than half the race is about the last place person rather than German Fernandez. they really need to treat german more professionally. and of course german can definitely run faster than 3:42. his mile (1609.344m) split was faster than 3:39 indoors.. if you listen to the womens comments, theyre very annoying..
holy good god! i did not give a fly shit about the oregon guy needing points..those announcers are so un educated about distance running/runners, they need the freckin oregon runner to talk about to make up for time, when they should be talking up fernandez..maybe just maybe leaking that hes as 2 mile hs record..3:55 indoor mile..common cbs
Not for a runner or and athlete. Now if he had a tight v-neck with a pair of khakis I might side with you, but given the fact that he is and athlete and its pretty sunny out there I think were just looking to irritate people.
