jjjjj wrote:
I'd love to see them all go hard from lap 1 to the finish but if I was advising Jenkins, I'd probably suggest that he repeat the indoor 3k approach of lurking (maybe do a better job holding to the rail and drafting, however) behind Cheserek, drafting off him, making no big moves until the last 50m when Ches thinks he's broken everyone, especially if Cheserek breaks his other opponents at 300 instead of 200 or 100--there he would cruise, wait for Ches to tire, and go. With a slow pace all the way, Cheserek could close around 25, maybe faster. Jenkins ran 25.8, going the last 150m at NCAA indoor. He can finish close to Cheserek under any circumstances in the NCAA, I think. Edge to Cheserek but not much.
LOL. You really think Ches is going to think he's broken everyone with 50m left? He's going to break them with 150m left, and with 50m left he's going to be sprinting all out, and watching the video board, or looking behind him, or waving for the fans to cheer like Pipiot.
Jenkins chance is to run a PR, a sub 13:08 PR. Period.
It'd be classic to see it happen.