Holy Moly - It's a gonna be an ABSOLUTE SHOWDOWN this Friday at the TYSON INVITE 5K!!!! Predictions?!

the430miler wrote:

.... 5k is pointless. too many laps and turns to actually decipher who is the better 5k runner.

anything longer than a mile .....is pointless to both watch and to run.

There, now you just summed up 97% of America's views on distance running 430.

I say 13:17 if the race gets hoppin.

He ran 1:51 for indoors as an opener! Then comes back shortly after and runs 1:55 for the second half of a mile to outkick a 3:38 guy.

Then runs 7:44 last weekend to strongly beat a 7:32 - 13:00 guy, same week that Lanana stated he "probably would not" run do to a lingering illness.

Dude is ready for a big one.

douglas burke wrote:

the ncaa record for 5k is 13:20 by suleiman nyambui,

the american record is 13:20 by doug padilla

sorry i dont have the records to hundreths of a second in front of me.

my picks

daba 13:17

rupp 13:18

chelanga 13:19

gennetti 13:21

American Record is by Bob Kennedy 12:58..not 13:20

Come On wrote:

American Record is by Bob Kennedy 12:58..not 13:20

Try again

Come On wrote:

douglas burke wrote:

the ncaa record for 5k is 13:20 by suleiman nyambui,

the american record is 13:20 by doug padilla

sorry i dont have the records to hundreths of a second in front of me.

my picks

daba 13:17

rupp 13:18

chelanga 13:19

gennetti 13:21

American Record is by Bob Kennedy 12:58..not 13:20

i meant the indoor record which is 13:20 by doug padilla.

It's cool that some people can still excited about distance running. Sure it's just a race, no big deal. Nihil novum sub sole, right? Why get up in the morning? There's no purpose to existence. So, you choose your heroes, as Heidegger would say; you choose something you deem important and there's no external determination that trumps those essentially arbitrary choices. Other people agree, so you value other people's opinion in this area. No one agrees, so you don't value other people's opinions in this area.

13:16

What's wrong with you, bro? Someone couldn't get it up with their boyfriend last night?

The real race will be in the 800m when Tyler Mulder rolls Olympians down the stretch.

Wow, an American indoor record. That would probably get everybody off his back, you would think. Unless he loses, then he's a "bridesmaid" again.

13:19.30 is listed as 10th all-time world indoor.

Go, Rupp.

Well said.... wrote:

Could you repeat your thought in standard English, please. I know it's just a simple message board, but there are times when punctuation is helpful.

Dude, shut the f*** up.

Bill Huntington wrote:

Wow, an American indoor record. That would probably get everybody off his back, you would think. Unless he loses, then he's a "bridesmaid" again.

13:19.30 is listed as 10th all-time world indoor.

Go, Rupp.

Dang Bill didn't leave my 13:19.7 much breathing room! But top 10 all time on the world list is a nice mark to pick I suppose.

Yeah, I agree. Amazing how PR'ing and beating at 13:00 - 7:32 Ethiopian, and losing to 13:06 Ethiopian earns you a "Bridesmaid" award, especially when you weren't initially given credit to finish top 3.

"Well said....", you are an absolute douchebag. Nothing else to say about that.

I'll never see your response, so don't bother.

Dikka! Dikka! he will take the first 50 yards out fast and then die.

I see i thought u meant American record period for 5k

13:27 win for Rupp

I'm guessing it will go like this

1. Foriegn guy

2. Foriegn guy

3. Foriegn guy

4. Foriegn guy

5. Rupp

6. Foriegn guy

Rupp will run a great time, two years later he'll be running 2:11 marathons, smiling on the cover Runners World with Oakleys on.

Well said.... wrote:

Oooo, I'm all a-quiver.

race.

My mother says this when she reads romance novels

edit: minus the race part. she's just all a-quiver

Charming man wrote:

I'm guessing it will go like this

1. Foriegn guy

2. Foriegn guy

3. Foriegn guy

4. Foriegn guy

5. Rupp

6. Foriegn guy

Rupp will run a great time, two years later he'll be running 2:11 marathons, smiling on the cover Runners World with Oakleys on.

You're probably more making a point than actually looking at who's in the race, but regarding the top foreign guys, Rupp beat all but one in his recent meetings. So really, on paper you could pick him for 2nd based on that. Obviously this is why we run races, because anything can happen but it would have to be a good races by the foreigners to put Rupp into 4th. I'm including Chelenga as a foreigner.