Literally if Africans just threw away all perceived knowledge of tactics, and just focused on HUGGING the inside rail at all times in every race, they'd do so much better. Both Cheruiyot and Cheptegei were in the same fitness as Jakob in their respective races, and both punted the finals by running most of the race in lane 2 with no drafting. It's not complicated. Rail > drafting >> positioning. Unless you're such a heavy favorite that you want to minimize the chance of being tripped at all times, please don't run the whole damn race in lane 2...
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I am Sam wrote:
...and talking about Fisher, why does he look so robotic. I had a look side on and he is the most upright of all, Grijalva comes close but he is a forefoot striker with fast cadence.
Fisher has proved that he can close 1.6 to 2km at 60 sec laps, so and he 'knows' he will not even match Cheptegei over the last 400 off a slow pace.
Just boggles the mind really, reminds me of how Sir Mo was given his knighthood on a platter.
Mo wasn't handed anything. He could have ran sub 12:40 in the 5k if he wanted to, he has a 3:28 1500 to his credit. There was just no way to beat him.
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I could have run 12:40 too but like Mo I didn’t want to.
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aztec the moron wrote:
I am Sam wrote:
...and talking about Fisher, why does he look so robotic. I had a look side on and he is the most upright of all, Grijalva comes close but he is a forefoot striker with fast cadence.
Fisher has proved that he can close 1.6 to 2km at 60 sec laps, so and he 'knows' he will not even match Cheptegei over the last 400 off a slow pace.
Just boggles the mind really, reminds me of how Sir Mo was given his knighthood on a platter.
Mo wasn't handed anything. He could have ran sub 12:40 in the 5k if he wanted to, he has a 3:28 1500 to his credit. There was just no way to beat him.
Exactly. There is nothing you can do to get rid of a 3:28 and low 12:40s guy short of running a world record. It’s why Farah was so dominant and why Ingebrigtsen is so promising.
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Not an track coach wrote:
I could have run 12:40 too but like Mo I didn’t want to.
How many global titles did you win?
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I thought we were basing things on what we could have done had we wanted to, rather than when we actually did.
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Why did Kenya go to the front and slow the pace down?
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water station legend wrote:
Why did Kenya go to the front and slow the pace down?
Must’ve gotten advice from several of the idiots on this board who have been saying that a slow pace does not favor Ingebrigtsen.
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I am a little confused as to what Jakob ran the penultimate lap in.
Was it 56.34 followed by a last lap of 53.94?
Really, really impressive if that was the case, especially in 90 degree heat.
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CooperstoleRachelfromOlli wrote:
Grant Fisher just got clipped. That was so stupid by the kenya or Mo i couldnt tell who did it to him!
pretty sure he just clipped himself on the rail
Sadly that was 100% Fisher's fault. He had run a great race until then.
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just wanna know wrote:
I am a little confused as to what Jakob ran the penultimate lap in.
Was it 56.34 followed by a last lap of 53.94?
Really, really impressive if that was the case, especially in 90 degree heat.
Unconfuse yourself and read this: hint 59./53.9
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I am Sam wrote:
Really dumb, Fisher included.
WTF? Fisher was in perfect position for the entire race.
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That 5000 win by Jakob looked so easy for him.
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water station legend wrote:
Why did Kenya go to the front and slow the pace down?
Cheptegei tried to set it up. Kenya’s fast race concept failed because it was too hot. Hate to simplify this but you can see Kimeli begging Krop or Ebenyo to push it faster and they refused after around halfway. Reason: they weren’t feeling great in the heat. Kimeli to me got too fidgety and panicked from there. If he’d kept his composure better instead of frantically chasing second place position, a bronze was in play.
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Who is Grant Fisher?
We told you to run 12:30 pace...
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Is nobody going to mention his ridiculous tattoos?
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erobinson wrote:
That 5000 win by Jakob looked so easy for him.
He really did. His move to go from about 12th to 4th in around 30 seconds looked so effortless. When I saw that I thought he had so much energy to give.
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That's because he's an endurance based 1500 guy, though honestly at this point I'm beginning to think he might be better at the 5000..
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