Kim Smith 9:13...anyone home?

go read it again and came back when you understand the difference between 2 miles and a 3200

hint about 20 meters

conversion wrote:

go read it again and came back when you understand the difference between 2 miles and a 3200

hint about 20 meters

The 'coachkritter' guy he was responding too was talking about 3k, not 2 miles. So his math and conversion was just fine, making his reply completely meaningless

Go read it again and come back to us when you understand it... well... at all.

Is she here legally ? Did anyone check her immigration status before she ran ? I'm calling the INS just in case. We can't have illegals from New Zealand sponging off the welfare system and receiving County Medical care for free. I'm sick of the illegals ruining meets.

You are on a very short list of people who post here who have actually admitted being wrong!!

Bohica wrote:

I'd say not. Guess I wasn't aware of how well she did in Osaka. My bad.

Early in the two mile, didn't the announcers say the 3000 winners time converted out to about 9:14?

thought I heard wrote:

Early in the two mile, didn't the announcers say the 3000 winners time converted out to about 9:14?

....this makes absolutely no sense.

Legal ? wrote:

Is she here legally ? Did anyone check her immigration status before she ran ? I'm calling the INS just in case. We can't have illegals from New Zealand sponging off the welfare system and receiving County Medical care for free. I'm sick of the illegals ruining meets.

....and this makes even less.

Did anyone else see how Lauren came from dead last to 2nd in 200m? Why didn't she go earlier?

Anyone notice Defar's second mile was faster than the winner of the womens mile?

Was there any real drug testing at this meet?

remedial math wrote:

You don't need a coach. You need a math teacher.

Go read it again and come back when you understand the difference between 2 miles and 3k.

Here's a hint: 3k is shorter than 2 miles.

Hint you need a math teacher. He was right. 913 is worth about 833 in a 3k. Without any slow down it would be a 836. The poster he responded to did not take into account the extra 18 meters, and did not take into account any slow down. You go read it again and come back when you understand the difference between 3000 and 2miles.

What a silly question. USADA's at every major domestic meet.

I'd like an answer to this question, if anyone has it. I thought they had lousy coverage of the women's mile.

First, they focused most of their pre-race hype on Jen Toomey (it was her right?) and talked about her home track advantage and she finished 8th and was never a factor. They barely mentioned anyone else. During the race they never really talked about the Irish girl who finished 3rd (she is already in the Olympics in the Steeple).

Notice on all those videos of old races from Europe how the English announcers are calling out names like a horserace? We need more of that and less crap coming out of their mouths.

remedial math wrote:

You don't need a coach. You need a math teacher.

Go read it again and come back when you understand the difference between 2 miles and 3k.

Here's a hint: 3k is shorter than 2 miles.

I actually have a grad degree in math, I'll be happy to tutor you online. Consider this thread your first lesson, no charge.

Commen Cense wrote:Anyone notice Defar's second mile was faster than the winner of the womens mile?

No, but I noticed that Dibaba and Dibaba both ran their first miles faster than Deatherage's winning time. Deatherage had an amazing race, but it does take some of the thrill out of it to realize that she would need the race of her life to pace Dibaba or Defar for half of a 3K. The same goes for most other elite milers, though, so I'm sure she doesn't mind too much.

webby wrote:

Commen Cense wrote:Anyone notice Defar's second mile was faster than the winner of the womens mile?

No, but I noticed that Dibaba and Dibaba both ran their first miles faster than Deatherage's winning time. Deatherage had an amazing race, but it does take some of the thrill out of it to realize that she would need the race of her life to pace Dibaba or Defar for half of a 3K. The same goes for most other elite milers, though, so I'm sure she doesn't mind too much.

According to Letsrun, Dibaba didn't reach the 1600 until 4:36.1, which was closer to 5+ seconds past the mile winner.

Dibaba did well, but it was Defar's night. Which is slightly ironic in the fact that the first time I attended BIG, it was Dibaba's night, setting the 5k indoor world record, while Defar barely missed the 3k WR running 8:30.XX.

I've seen them run twice, in the same venue no less, and they haven't faced each other either time.

Getting back, Kim was amazing. She looked really smooth and relaxed behind the greatest woman track runner in the world. So talented and just a beast. Guys like Mottram get so much press and people like Kim are not often looked at even though they are the same level of talent. Kms run some amazing races but this was the most impressive. She was 4.38 I believe for the mile. Awesome stuff

Oh I completely agree, she looked great at Boston. Defar is a WR holder and simply not one to be compared to.

Smith was VERY strong. She did NOT allow Defar to break her and ended up being under the old WR (however outdated) by 10 seconds. It was a very impressive run by her.

tigranya wrote:

1st of all, I got my ticket to the met!!

That's awesome. I love the opera!

Mrr82 wrote:

Hint you need a math teacher. He was right. 913 is worth about 833 in a 3k. Without any slow down it would be a 836.

No shit sherlock. That is what I was saying. That is what (give or take a couple of seconds) 'coachkritter' was saying. What none of us were saying is that a 5:00 mile equals a 9:48 2 mile. Do you get it YET?