of course, and she and Mercy both ran a 2:50 1K for their 3rd K....and the rest of the field all accelerated for that K too.....Why do I think they skipped the veer to the right after 1 K on W course that is not part of M course? Conveniently during a commercial break on the video though.
So you think the company that broadcast the race went to commercial break at the exact time that there would've been evidence of a short course or something to that effect? There's literally 3 people in the entire world that care about this and they are all obsessively posting on all these threads. Maybe the course is short, maybe it isn't, but I promise, there's no conspiracy or cover-up.
no I think it was a coincidence.......when I viewed the video to see if my suspicion was right there is an ad break there and coverage resumes just after 2 K I think
I actually believe a large part of the issue for this course is the turns after the 2k. The course maps show two 90degree turns, but the runners are curving well before the first turn on the map. The map then shows a straight path north after the first turn...but when you watch the runners they are curving away to the East almost as soon as they enter the trees. Where the map shows the runners come out of the trees to do the second 90degree turn, the runners actually come out 20 - 30 meters (guessing) to the East. If you watch around 7:50 of the race, it shows Valby and Mercy coming out of those trees...they have already crossed the pathway (which they should not have according to the map) and they are skirting the edge of the fairway as they cross to the other side. They should not have been near the edge of the fairway as they came out of the trees. You can see this more clearly on the second loop they do around 16minutes. This series of turns could easily cut off 50 to 75 meters on each loop. When I did my Google Maps, I used the course map provided, and was already short.
No. Your math is off. You can't predict a time from a winner. Imagine if Ingebrightsen wins a 1500 in 3:45 and 2nd is 3:46. That doesn't mean that his mile PR is only 1 second faster. He may be capable of beating the guy by 15 seconds.
Valby will be running 14:30 in two years while Tuohy will be stuck at 14:55. Valby will be a pro while Tuohy will be in the NCAA so you will have forgotten about Valby.