Bekele brothers will push hard from 8k on... No matter the pace. They have to in order to get rid of Farah and Rupp.
If they can't, Rupp and Farah will push from 800-600 out hard and make a break.
I know it may be tough but I hope the pace is hard<27 so Ritz can hang in there and PR. If the race is fast, I think Ritz can get 5 or 6 with a smart race like 2009. A slow race and kick and he gets 10-12:(
Crazy Guy wrote:
Call me crazy but i'm going with
Farah
Rupp
Bekele
same here brother
VOTE FOR WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN
Never used that site before but hopefully the poll works.
Anyone else drinking for this? I definitely would for a big football game so I think it has to be done.
Drink for every lap under 66 seconds.
Drink everytime a white guy takes the lead.
Drink everytime Brendan Foster says "Kenny neesa Beckaley"
Finish your drink if Rupp medals
Finish another if he wins.
Tony G wrote:
Anyone else drinking for this? I definitely would for a big football game so I think it has to be done.
Drink for every lap under 66 seconds.
Drink everytime a white guy takes the lead.
Drink everytime Brendan Foster says "Kenny neesa Beckaley"
Finish your drink if Rupp medals
Finish another if he wins.
WE'RE DOING THIS.
Guys, you have to post when Foster says that. I am not sure my stream will have his commentary.
he's probably lifting weights + doing plyos & sprint work. you know, things all athletes in other sports do, but the runners on here are afraid of because it will "bulk them up" and "hurt their endurance"...
boyahz wrote:
I'm pretty sure Levins has been training with a weight vest:
"Levins, who said he had previously run about 120 to 130 miles a week, has been sworn to secrecy about the particulars of his training regime by his college coach, Eric Houle.
“We’re doing some things here that I know would raise eyebrows,” said Houle. “On top of increasing mileage, there’s other things we’re doing. Cam’s promised me he’s not going to talk about the stuff. Why, all of a sudden, can Cam, in the last lap of a race, leave these all-Americans behind as if they’re standing still? I mean, it’s more than just distance training. It’s going outside the box in a lot of aspects of training. I truly understand this may not work with another athlete again. But I know this: It worked with Cam.”
http://www.thestar.com/sports/london2012/athletics/article/1219026--london-olympics-cam-levins-racking-up-huge-mileage-and-big-results
Zlatan wrote:
Farah 11/10
Bekele 3/1
Kiprop 8/1
They're the bookies favourites. Rupp 25/1
IMO the best odds here are Kiprop.
This has likely been touched on elsewhere, in some other thread, but...
What are the chances that the three Salazar-coached runners--Mo, Rupp, and Ritz--might work together...switching off the lead to ensure a fast pace? Or, is that a 'slim-to-none' possibility...with a slow pace maybe playing better into Mo and Rupp's hands, but no so much Dathan's? I'm thinking in a slow-paced race, the medals go:
Farah
Bekele
Rupp
...and in a fast-paced race, maybe, um:
Farah
Bekele
Rupp
:-)
Cam has to be doing a lot of gym work. Most distance runners just look slim (the college guys at least). But Cam looks slim and ripped at the same time.
Ready to do some damage.
I don't think they want a fast pace. Both have serious last lap speed (certainly Mo, but Rupp too has improved this year) and both have the 5k to come.
zyzzz wrote:
Cam has to be doing a lot of gym work. Most distance runners just look slim (the college guys at least). But Cam looks slim and ripped at the same time.
Ready to do some damage.
I don't know why he'd be secretive about lifting and plyos -- every top distance school has a lifting program.
Keeping your training secret has always struck me as kind of dumb, but whatever.
I don't see anyone that can compete with Kenenisa. This is the Olympics. He isn't going to give anything less than his very best 26:45 or faster. He isn't running the 5k so he doesn't have to save anything. You will see in three hours. Kenenisa will do the same thing to the men's 10k as Tirunesh did in the women's 10k. Which is make everyone else look slow.
1. Kenenisa
2. Farah
3. Tariku (Kenenisa's younger brother)
Rupp will be lucky to finish in the top 8.
Rupp = 3rd - 6th
Ritzenhein = 8th - 13th
Tegenkamp = 8th - 13th
I'm crazy i guess. I'm going with a random Kenyan to upset folks.
I think Bekele will be on the podium though either as a winner or 2 or 3, but i believe Kenyans with their winning mentality obviously are in this race to win.
Are we getting screwed again on the West Coast? Am I reading the NBC tv schedule correctly that the 10k will be shown "live" here in the 4:15-5:00 PDT block?
I had great luck watching the W 10,000 here:
http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&competitionid=464&discipline=olympics
Yeah, I'm confused. One NBC schedule says "live" at 4:15 PT, but this schedule says track is on at 1:15 PT, and not 4:15 PT :
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html?v=grid&d=2012-8-4#
Another #NBCfail I suppose...
Who wins the non-African race? We'll call Rupp & Farah African.
Teg
Ritz
Levins
Meucci - Fastest european this year
Chris Thompson - sub 27:30 guy
Lamdassem - Moroccan spaniard
Diego Estrada - Dark horse. Not getting any attention
Mo Ahmed - Another dark horse
Ben st Lawrence - 27:24 pb
Could be some battle for the minor places.
Well, let's hope that Many Men's schedule is the correct one. I didn't have great luck with the live streaming yesterday.
Anyone got a link to some live feed for this juggernaut of a race?