LTHR hurts wrote:
2 for 2 predictions!
How do you stay motivated though? I mean athletics in 2020 is laughable. No out of competition testing and adizero v vaporfly springs.
Records will stand but credibility is gone.
Deek is not happy!
Will Ethiopia select her for both 1500 and 5000 at the Olympics?
G. Dibaba raced an impressive 1/2 Marathon, 65:18. In regard to 1500m at Olympics, G. Dibaba needs to prove to herself that she can race sub-85 600m, not a 65:xx 1/2 Marathon if G. Dibaba has a chance to medal at 1500m.
Maybe Genzebe is looking at the 5k/10k Olympic double. She’ll turn 30 next month (Tirunesh had made her marathon debut by this age) and is already 5+ years removed from that supercharged 3:50.07. Training for the 1500 hadn’t necessarily been working, since she’s missed significant time and opportunities to injuries. We don’t think of Genzebe as a 10,000m runner, but with 14:15/65:18 PBs and her championship 1500 experience why couldn’t she medal?
If she’s healthy, I think her chances of medaling (and her chances at gold) are pretty similar between the 1500 and 10,000 at this point—but targeting the 10k might increase her chances of staying healthy. Also, the 5k/10k double seems to work well for people, and it must be preferable to run a one-and-done 10k final than three 1500s when you’re contesting multiple events.
Genzebe for 10k bronze (and 4th in the 5k), you heard it here first.
John Wesley Harding wrote:
Maybe Genzebe is looking at the 5k/10k Olympic double. She’ll turn 30 next month (Tirunesh had made her marathon debut by this age) and is already 5+ years removed from that supercharged 3:50.07. Training for the 1500 hadn’t necessarily been working, since she’s missed significant time and opportunities to injuries. We don’t think of Genzebe as a 10,000m runner, but with 14:15/65:18 PBs and her championship 1500 experience why couldn’t she medal?
If she’s healthy, I think her chances of medaling (and her chances at gold) are pretty similar between the 1500 and 10,000 at this point—but targeting the 10k might increase her chances of staying healthy. Also, the 5k/10k double seems to work well for people, and it must be preferable to run a one-and-done 10k final than three 1500s when you’re contesting multiple events.
Genzebe for 10k bronze (and 4th in the 5k), you heard it here first.
Good evening. So in the 10 do you think Hassan and Gidey fight it out?
American men regularly now run sub 13 5k and sun 27 10k but marathons stuck at 2:07. What gives?
Gjert did it again - produces another Diamond League champ. Nordas over Lobalu and Grijalva 7:33.49
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
Nordas running 3:34 with one shoe is proof that supershoes don’t work