Wisconsin 800m Comeback race - Saturday AM

Forgot to ask: who will win?!? Times?

sub 2:20 gets a free lunch from me.

the german in the thinnest guy so he will win.

LATE ENTRY:

23 year old SOUTHERNER athlete. 6-0 155lbs. Played 2 years of football in HS, recreational basketball player dominated intra-office basketball games. Also plays golf. Works out once every two weeks - doing 'random shit'. Looks sort of like john edwards (the politician). Considers himself the darkhorse in this race, has never raced in a single race...untested and comes in with fresh legs.

2) Wins

1. german - 2:18.9

2. 23 yo - 2:19.5

3. 25 yo - 2:21.5

4. southerner - 2:30.3

I've got #2 for the win.

If #4 is even within sight of the lead at 600 meters (assuming the descriptions do them all justice), then he's the most talented of the group by far.

race goes off at 10:30am Central - results posted around noon.

Race Story:

Gun goes off - #2 goes to the lead, #1 on his heels, with #3 tucked in behind and #4 about 3m back at the first lap (33-point).

Coming through 400m in 69seconds, the field is unchanged except that #4 (southerner) is now right on the heals of #3. #2 looks awful, #1 looks GREAT, #3 and #4 look fine and smooth as well.

Coming up to 3 laps, #4 starts to struggle and fall off the back, #1 lurks comfortable right on the shoulders of a laboring #2. #3 starts to tie up and lose ground.

At the bell (1:46) #2 injects significant pace, gapping #1. Down the backstretch he stretches the gap out as #1 works to close it down. #3 starts to lose more ground though still running strong, and #4 has blown up terribly.

Approaching the finish, #2 has the race in hand and strides out increasing pace all the way to the tape in 2:19.3 (last lap 32.5 fastest of the race). #1 still stays strong, runnign 2:20.1, and #3 holds it together for 2:21.9 and an $8 lunch.

#4 (Southerner) starts to walk, conceding the race at 750m, shaking his head and waving off my encouragement.

After the race nobody seems that tired, despite claiming to be very tired. Jogged a few laps, called it a day.

In the end this is interesting because it means that fit non-runner males can run pretty fast with absolutely no idea what they are doing (#3). The semi-retired 800 guys ran strong and dominated as perhaps expected.

Also worth noting, all athletes except #2 had excellent mechanics. Maybe running LSD mileage degrades form over time?

Thoughts?