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Recap of Men's Races at Reebok Boston Games Once again, the meet had top notch distance fields and was sold-out. It was one tv one day late on ESPN2. And our coverage is a day late as well. We apologize for the inconvenience. We've got men's distance recaps below. The race recaps appear in the following order - men's 600, men's 1k, men's mile, men's 2 mile and high school boys mile. Men's 600 The race ended up being a two man battle over the final 200 between Johnson and Jackson after 400 was hit in 52.09. Johnson would just out lean the front-running Jackson at the tape in an exciting finish. Jackson literally led 599 meters of the race. Event 2 Men 600 Meter Run =============================================================== Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Jonathon Johnson USA 1:18.63 2 Bershawn Jackson USA 1:18.65 3 Andrew Rock USA 1:19.40 4 Joey Woody USA 1:19.59 5 Dirk Homewood USA 1:19.89 6 Alleyne Francique GRN 1:19.96 Guys 1k We asked a bit about his training and his plans for the year. "It feels real good to star the season with a win. I can't complain. But I'm training through, doing a of of mileage (this year). Anything that happens (indoors) is a bonus. I've had a tendency to do a little too much indoors and I think that it has hurt my outdoors. This is a good indicator that the base is paying off." We asked Krummenacker how much is "a lot" of mileage
and I think he said 70 to 80 (kind of hard to read my own handwriting).
He also said that he plans on running some fast 1500s this year
and said the emphasis for him will indeed start to swing towards
the 1500 and away from the 800 Event 3 Men 1000 Meter Run =============================================================== Alley Start, Pos 1-6 on back row, 7-10 on front row Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 David Krummenacker USA 2:21.37 2 Berhanu Alemu ETH 2:22.00 3 Sam Burley USA 2:22.70 4 Justus Koech KEN 2:22.72 5 Frederick Sharpe USA 2:23.64 6 Elliott Blount USA 2:23.71 7 Derrick Peterson USA 2:24.46 8 Said Ahmed USA 2:24.53 9 Jebreh Harris USA 2:25.11 10 Kevin Hicks USA 2:25.24 Guys 1 mile Lunn, who said he has a very easy and light class schedule this spring as he finishes up his MBA said he'll ponder the future of his running career after this year. "After this season, I'm going to see if I want to do 4 more years. If I look at it and if think I'm going to make the Olympics, I'll do it. I don't want to be the first guy not to make it. I've already done that twice and it's no fun." But Lunn doesn't sound too eager to put his Stanford degree to work full time. "All of my friends who have made the switch say
the number of miles you run per week becomes the number of hours
you work per week. I don't think I'm quire ready for that." When asked about his long-term plans for the year, Goucher seemed
very upbeat as one of the most injury prone guys out there is finally
seemingly healthy. "Low 13s in the 5k - maybe go under
13 - that's the goal. I'm back on it finally and I feel good. I
ran 13:10 last year on fairly inconsistent training and I know I'm
ahead of where I was last year. Now that I'm older, I'm just trying
to have some fun. Running the mile is fun and good for me." Goucher added that he trains alone most of the time save for some easy running with Mike Donnelly who is a good friend of his. Now that Goucher is healthy and excited about running, he's trying to get Donnelly back into it as after last season, Donnelly had basically decided he was done with competing. "He's a good friend of mine and I'm trying to get him back
out there having fun." Event 4 Men 1 Mile Run =============================================================== Alley Start, Pos 1-8 on back row, 9-12 on front row Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Elkanah Angwenyi KEN 3:55.95 2 Jason Lunn USA 3:56.77 3 Laban Rotich KEN 3:56.83 4 Nate Brannen CAN 3:57.17 5 Adam Goucher USA 3:57.60 6 Mike Woods CAN 3:57.87 7 Kevin Sullivan CAN 3:58.07 8 Rob Myers USA 3:58.24 9 Neil Speaight GBR 3:58.49 10 Chris Lukezic USA 3:58.53 11 Ryan Kleimenhagen USA 3:59.00 12 Bernard Kiptum KEN 4:02.95 -- Alexander Skvortsov RUS DNF Guys 2 mile The race started in two alleys and given that they were running a full 2 miles, those on the inside started way behind the finish line. The rabbit started in the outside alley (nearer the starting line). He was supposed to take it through the mile under 4:05. And that's what he did. Only problem was that he went out in 55 and 1:55. No one went with him. Should we blame the rabbit? No. We've heard horror stories of rabbits not getting paid and what not. This guy had better be paid or we'll start a fund-raising campaign for him. Clearly he was looking at the clock to judge his pace. The problem was this was a too mile so he started way behind the finish line. Having come to the meet from the Harvard track (which
is a yards track), where we saw a slew of guys with no clue as to
how fast they were going, let's just state that it's not exactly
easy to move your split up or back a few feet each lap on your own.
If your coach or agent or someone doesn't really explain it to you,
you're bound to be lost. So when the rabbit hit 400 meters in 55ish, he actually got to the finish line right around 59 seconds which is exactly what he was looking for. Then he hit 1:55 and say 1:59, still on. At this stage, he was getting tired (as he was at 1:55 in actuality) but he was there to do a job and thus just started running even harder. 4:04 on the button at the mile. The pack however after a quick start of 58.1 slowed down a ton when the rabbit got too far away as a half mile was reached in 2:06 and the mile 4:18.5. With a half mile left (6:30.4), the pack was tightly bunched and it was obvious we were going to have a great finish. The pace didn't quicken all that much though as they ran a 31.6. With 500 to go, former Arkansas great and 2005 European indoor champ Alistair Cragg took the lead and things picked up a bit (29.85). With 200 to go (7:59.9 or so), a slew of guys were still together but it quickly turned into a great two man dual between world 5,000 bronze medallist and 3:48 miler Craig Mottram of Australia and Sileshi Sihine of Ethiopia. The two ran side by side for virtually the entire last lap with Sihine on the inside and Motrram on the outside before Mottram broke Sihine with less than 50 meters left. Mottram showed how he was able to get a medal at worlds - with a great kick. Mottram is one of the world's best at 5k and particularly good in championship style races because not only does he have great endurance but he also has international-level 1500 meter speed. The last lap (27.6) wasn't even as fast as we might have expected but it was exciting. Mottram won in 8:26.54, to Sihine's in 8:27.03, while Cragg nabbed third in 8:27.39. Showing how it was a tactical race, the top 8 all finished within 3 seconds of each other and all broke 8:30. Mottram Speaks "It was a bit awkward because I don't run indoors much and I really haven't been on a track since the world champs. But to come away with a win and learn some more how to race is good. It wasn't fast but that's racing. It makes it exciting and you could tell the people (the crowd) liked it. I didn't come 24 hours to not try to win." Buster then made a startling admission to letsrun.com and the other journalists. In a day and age when so many athletes refuse to tell the truth, Buster came clean. He was talking about training or something about how having a race is good and he said "I stimulate myself" and then he paused and said "not in the way you all are thinking - everyone does that." So there you have it, an elite level 5k guy admits to stimulating himself. Not sure if he has heard the rumor about a former Olympic champion who supposedly would stimulate himself in the port-o-let just prior to the start of his races in order to raise his testosterone. Event 5 Men 2 Mile Run =============================================================== Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Craig Mottram AUS 8:26.54 2 Sileshi Sihine ETH 8:27.03 3 Alistair Cragg IRE 8:27.39 4 Tariku Bekele ETH 8:27.56 5 Boaz Cheboiywo KEN 8:27.75 6 Dan Lincoln USA 8:27.85 7 Abebe Dinkessa ETH 8:28.22 8 Markos Geneti ETH 8:29.13 9 Ian Dobson USA 8:32.77 10 Gebre Gebremariam ETH 8:34.82 11 Reid Coolsaet CAN 8:37.37 12 Ryan Hall USA 8:37.74 -- Geoffrey Rono KEN DNF (HS) Boys 1 Mile - Once the actually race got going, it was another California guy, Footlocker runner-up Michael Coe, who put on a real show for the crowd. New Yorkers Brian Rhodes-Devy and Ben White towed the field through a half-mile in 2:05.9. Coe took the lead 900 in and really never looked back. At three-quarters of a mile, it was a two person race as Coe and Ireland's Ciaran O'Lionaird had 10 meters on the rest of the field. Coe ended up pulling away to win convincingly in 4:07.30 to O'Lionaird's 4:09.41. Acosta ended up winning the battle for 3rd in 4:10.32. Top top 12 in the field all broke the previous meet record of 4:13.61. Coe 4:07 win wasn't too shabby for a guy running the first indoor race of his life. To be fair, he did run a 4:12 mile last week outdoors. But it was impressive nonetheless as it was only one second off the fastest high school mile ever run indoors in a strictly high school affair. After the race, Coe was fairly pleased. "For being in the middle of January, it's a good start. A 59 second last lap isn't too bad. Hopefully by June, I'll have that down to 56 or 57." Event 7 Boys 1 Mile Run Jr. Invit. =============================================================== Alley Start, Pos 1-6 on back row, 7-11 on front row Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Michael Coe USA 4:07.30 2 Ciaran OLionaird IRL 4:09.41 3 AJ Acosta USA 4:10.32 4 Dan McManamon USA 4:10.72 5 Kris Gauson SCO 4:11.41 6 Ayalew Taye US/ETH 4:11.44 7 Justin Harbor USA 4:12.68 8 Sintayehu Taye US/ETH 4:12.89 9 Duncan Phillips USA 4:13.19 10 Mark Mitchell SCO 4:13.42 11 Brian Rhodes-Devey USA 4:13.59 12 Greg Kelsey USA 4:15.35 13 Ben White USA 4:16.27 14 Jacob Cosby USA 4:26.44*Women's Recaps Here
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