Predict Nick Symmonds & Asbel Kiprop's Time & Place For Tonight's 800 Showdown

Jeff Risely is making a career out of beating Kiprop at these early season Australian meets.

Formica Table wrote:

Jeff Risely is making a career out of beating Kiprop at these early season Australian meets.

I go for Riseley^^

Asbel (if fit this early in Olympic season) over Symmonds

Can't really predict the time, I could imagine anything between 1:44 and 1:47 as winnning time...

1) Asbel beats

2) 1:46.89

3) 1:44.77

4) yes

Yes, Riseley, never count on Letsrun for correct spelling.

rojo wrote:

In actuality, I think picking Nick is the safer bet as he's more consistent.

If the picture I just saw of him is recent, he looks really thin and fit. If 1:45.5 isn't easy for him right now, I wonder if he'd think about the 1500. With any luck, he could cruise into the finals with a couple of hard 600s.

I have a hunch that things could be hard for him in the 800 this year. A 1:44 flat at OTs could put him in the middle of the pack with five other guys.

Symmonds ftw in in 1:44.85

1. Kiprop

2. 1'45.5

3. 1'44.9

4. Kiprop

It will be close through 600m

1. Kiprop

2. 1:45.53

3. 1:45.03

4. Kiprop wins

I think a sense of urgency is going to play a key role in symmonds' performances leading up to the OT's and Olympics. Never underestimate the power of motivation or for that matter Kiprop's inconsistencies. With that said, I'm going with Nick FTW.

1.Symmonds

2. 1:45.2

3. 1:46.1

4. Symmonds Wins outright.

1) Symmonds

2) 1:46.5

3) 1:46.9

4) Symmonds

Rudisha is entered in the 400

rojo wrote:

To us at LRC, the best part about running is the anticipation of races

This is an odd statement.

rojo wrote:

rojo wrote:

1) Who beats who - Asbel or Nick?

2) Time for Nick.

3) Time for Asbel.

4) Does one of them win the race overall?

1. Asbel over Nick.

2. 1:46.05

3. 1:45.55

4. Yes, Kiprop takes it.

In actuality, I think picking Nick is the safer bet as he's more consistent.

Oh what the hell...

1: Nick beats Asbel

2: 1:45.8

3: 1:46.6

4: No...Riseley holds off a hard charging Nick and wins in 1:45.6 to the wild cheers of the home crowd.

To us at LRC, the best part about running is the anticipation of races (It's a shame that so few agents, meet managers, shoe reps, etc. seemingly care to promote this aspect of stuff).

Along those lines, I was thinking people should be excited and speculating about what Nick Symmonds and Asbel Kiprop are going to run tonight in the 800 at the 2012 Sydney Track Classic when they both debut on the track for 2012.

At age 28 and as an 800 guy, this is the year for Symmonds to do something at the Olympics. Hard to imagine he'll still be a medal contender in 2016. He probably will need to improve a little bit to become a likely medal contender (5th and 6th at the last two WCs). His last four years have been very consistent in terms of SBs.

2008 1:44.10

2009 1:43.83

2010 1:43.76

2011 1:43.83

Last year, Symmonds opened up in Melbourne on March 3rd and ran 1:45.04 to Rudisha's 1:43.88. In 2010 and 2009, he opened up in the US with indoor wins with times of 1:47.59 and 1:47.72.

Kiprop is a man who should need no introduction as he was the Olympic champ in 2008 and world champ in 2011 at 1,500. But at 800, people may not realize he's run faster than Symmonds the last 3 years.

2009 1:43.17

2010 1:43.45

2011 1:43.15

Last year, Kiprop opened up at this meet in 5th in 1:46.80 in a race that Rudisha won in 1:44.80 (Kiprop wasn't excactly consistently good last year as he also ran a 1:49.72 in Lausanne on June 30th).

Kiprop has run two xc races this year (the win in the UK 3k) and an 8th at home.

So now that that is out there, please give your predictions.

1) Who beats who - Asbel or Nick?

2) Time for Nick.

3) Time for Asbel.

4) Does one of them win the race overall?

(The field also includes Jeff Risely (1:44.64 pb) and Lachlan Renshaw (1:45.66 pb) as well as a slew of 1:46 guys including 19-year old Alex Rowe).

Nick the AKA Symmonds has no chance of beating Asbel at all efforts.Take it to the bank..

if nick is on the same seasonal progression that he did last year i say he takes the win. that being said, asbel never really seems to have his head together early season and he doesnt seem to really have his speed going until late in the summer.

1) nick over asbel

2) 1:45 high or 1:46 low (since rudisha isnt in the race im not expecting him to go as fast as last years opener, unless someone is willing to take the pace the same way rudisha did)

3) 1:46 mid to high

4) nick wins it outright, risely and asbel battle for second with risely beating out asbel. (i can also see risely winning it to though, based off the last two years he's faced off against asbel, but i have a hard time imagining him beating nick in in the 800m)

Symmonds is not in that great of shape right now.

The race is tomorrow, is it not?

1. Symmonds over Asbel

2. 1:44.8

3. 1:45.3

4. Symmonds takes it (rooting for my buddy James Gurr to get pulled to an Olympic Standard)