![]() I grew up in Pfafftown, NC and I played soccer my whole life. ST: Let us go back to how you got started with running.Ĭraig: Now we can stop being sad. ![]() It was a super tough time afterwards, because some people did reach out to me to say sorry, and those are the people I did it for. But I couldn’t find my reasoning and I guess it was mostly to make my friends and family happy. For some people it is intrinsic and for others their parents did it and they want to live up to that. You got to find your main motivation for running, and for some it is money and that is not a big motivator for me. It was a weird sensation, because last time I was so excited and this time I was so upset.Ĭraig: I have done a lot of reflecting since. It was that I had to do this task for my job, and I failed. This time there was so much pressure because it is my job, and I wasn’t having that much fun. I actually had a little bit of a crash – that post Olympic Trials hangover where I got a little bit sad. I do remember afterwards thinking about a month later that woah I was really close making the Olympic team. What lessons did you learn from that experience and how was this one this time different?Ĭraig: In 2016 I did not even expect to make the trials so when I got 4th in the 800 and 5th in the 1500 I was so happy. ST: In 2016 you also narrowly missed qualifying both in the 800 and the 1500. But I missed the move when Centro went with 400 to go and had a gap on the field. I wanted to beat Centrowicz so I was going for the win. ST: You said when not going for the win, and I get that it is not needed in the qualifying rounds, but in the finals was the win not on your mind or is it simply the qualifying spot?Ĭraig: I had the win on my mind for sure. I don’t doubt my ability compared to those guys though. I really messed up getting myself get boxed in. I maybe gave up a little bit and then realized I had a chance with 100 to go. I missed the move, and when you are not competing for the win it is a little bit different. Going into the final I knew there was going to be a hard move made with 400 to go and I couldn’t be boxed in. My goal was simply to get a top 5 and make it to the next round as easy as possible. Can you take us back to that run?Ĭraig: The first 2 rounds went the way they were supposed to. You were surely a favorite to grab a spot and it did not work out that way. ST: Let us go back to the Olympic Trials. So I figured I would have to fly home either way. ST: Why not bring the passport here? Is that scenario in your mind on the unlikely side?Ĭraig: There were specific COVID-19 tests that I had to do in Portland. ![]() How does it work being an alternate? If the event is early the alternate goes right away, and if the event happens later the alternate is on standby?Ĭraig: Right now we are in North Carolina and if I got a call that someone tested positive I would have to fly back to Portland overnight, grab my passport, take 3 COVID-19 tests and then fly to Japan. ST: That was going to be my next question. There is actually still a chance I go, if someone tests positive for COVID-19 or gets injured. But Tokyo is so weird these days, you can only get in a few days before your event and then stay a couple days after. You would have been in Tokyo already, or would you have left later?Ĭraig: Yeah, I would be headed out in a couple of days. ST: Well, we actually still might not have met if things would have gone the way you wanted to. One of my buddies is super good with haircuts, so I wanted to let him practice. Was that just a simple trim and what would it take to get rid of these locks in the back?Ĭraig: A simple trim to look good for the ladies…. The numbers reflected in this project show that mullet bike conversions can be very effective if you take the right steps and have some options at your disposal.ST: You just came from getting a haircut but still have that distinctive mullet. These measurements were taken in the same place, on flat ground, and we were happy to find the same head tube angle after we changed wheels. If we wanted to adjust this, an easy rearrangement of stem spacers could fine tune the bar height more. Handlebar height remained in a very similar range, and the wheel swap put us at a desirable height of 41 1/2 inches. We were quite impressed with how closely we were able to match the stock geometry numbers. We also put the bike in the ‘High’ setting, as it’s got two options.Īfter taking ‘before’ measurements, we installed the Synthesis E 11 Carbon Wheelset on our Force 29 Pro, and re-measured to see where things settled. We used an offset bushing from Burgtec, to help lift the BB height up, bringing the bike’s geometry numbers back to nearly the same as before the wheel swap. Using a 160mm air spring ($42) we dropped the Fox Float 36 from 170mm down 10mm to help correct the geometry for the smaller rear wheel.
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