That's Giles' best result in years. A win in a good time over Nuguse. I can't remember the last time he beat anyone of that calibre, probably a few years ago when he was running 1:43 indoors.
Ciattei appears in the pack during the clip of the start, but was not listed in Rojo's top 10.
17th in 4:13
Didn't look like another pacing gig, so what happened? i know he timed his peak waaaay back for US trials (nearly pulled it off) and he's ready for a break, but jogging in a 4:13 is worrying.
Hard working kid that has taken on lots of races to get his name in the mix.
No road mile times prior to last year are considered for the world record.
Including those courses that are not downhill
The 5th ave mile was won in 3:48 by Kerr last year. it still doesn’t count because it is downhill. Maree has the record at 3:47 but again, that’s downhill
This is an interesting one - was Giles an add in the last days or so? Because I wonder if YN knew he would have to run this hard to win the race (and in the end he didn't) especially with Zurich in 4 days time.
I am interested to see how both these guys run coming off this (assuming both will be there). I can't ever remember a road mile being put on at this point in the season - one week out from basically the final weekend of the season, where you had guys probably in those meets running in it. It didn't look like they were just floating across the line there.
No road mile times prior to last year are considered for the world record.
Including those courses that are not downhill
The 5th ave mile was won in 3:48 by Kerr last year. it still doesn’t count because it is downhill. Maree has the record at 3:47 but again, that’s downhill