Not much mystery here. Valby will lead this trying to get away from closing speed of Kemboi, Plourde, Tyynismaa and Touhy.
Early leaders will be Valby, Venters, Kemboi, Churchill and Plourde. Chasers will be Chmiel, Tuohy, Tyynismaa, Jenks and Baran. Fatigue a big factor for the doublers in the heat. By the 3600 mark Chmiel has the pack at the back of the lead pack of Valby, Kemboi, Venters and Plourde. With 3 laps to go Tuohy overtakes the lead, leaving a group of Touhy, Valby, Venters, Kemboi, Tyynismaa and Churchill. Plourde and Chmiel fade.
On the final lap only Touhy, Kemboi and Tyynismaa remain. Tyynismaa in an upset outsprints Kemboi ftw. Touhy third followed by Valby, Venters, Churchill, Baran and Chmiel hanging on for 8th.
5000U scrapes together 17 points, to make 20 total and barely hang on to nip ARK for combined program of the year.
Surprises: Jenks, Thorvaldson or Maatoug could always pr and get in the scoring. Similarly, Mazza-Downie, Larkin and Logue could bounce back well from 10k, or Ramsden could use victory adrenaline to score again here.
How is Tuohy going to be a factor after that race? Mentally as well. That was rough!
The winner will be Valby, Kemboi, or Plourde
It will be a touch race for Tuohy. I have my doubts that she can pull it off. But if she does, I think that that will be more remarkable than actually winning both races.
Stories like Tuohy and Wilson happen every single year. A lot of athletes peak around the Texas Relays in March or April. I always laugh when people crown an athlete as champion, or contender, in April. And then make fun of SML for only running a 49 this week. She is in the perfect place right now. This happened to Grant Holloway and Trayvon Bromell a couple years. Utter dominance going into the Olympics, big disappointment at the olympics. And countless others in college and pros.
That’s true but probably not applicable to this situation. Conditions in 400 were not favorable to lighter runner like Wilson. And doing that specific double is suicide for any athlete.
My point was more than in April, one would have expected Britton Wilson to run a 48 today. I don't think the wind necessarily played a big factor in disadvantaging Wilson. Lots of good times today all around. OTOH, in early April, I don't recall anyone talking about Adeleke (who I recall being a solid 50.) Running a low 49.
Some athletes peak in April and hold it through May, others peak in late May and hold it into June. But my point was just that people should lay off SML, because her coach is really just trying to avoid this exact situation that we observe all the time in college and pros.
A couple years ago, Wesley Kiptoo looked like a shoe-in to win the 5k and 10k. And he could barely even finish either race at nationals.
If Tuohy had only run the 5000m it would not have mattered, she was 20 seconds faster than her nearest competitor and well in her comfort zone. Coming back to win after the 1500 on the other hand will be very tough.
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How is Tuohy going to be a factor after that race? Mentally as well. That was rough!
The winner will be Valby, Kemboi, or Plourde
It will be a touch race for Tuohy. I have my doubts that she can pull it off. But if she does, I think that that will be more remarkable than actually winning both races.
How is Tuohy going to be a factor after that race? Mentally as well. That was rough!
The winner will be Valby, Kemboi, or Plourde
It will be a touch race for Tuohy. I have my doubts that she can pull it off. But if she does, I think that that will be more remarkable than actually winning both races.
Winning less is better than winning more? Isn't that kind of like RoJo saying he was glad that Athing Mu only ran 1400 in that indoor mile?
Just goes to show how hard it is to do well in a few events in track, say when compared to swimming when they line up for finals so close to a previous race and win (or do well) in both or more races.
My wife (swim champ) says that it would be nothing to do 2 fast 100 free’s with 25 mins in-between. lmao she said “it’s not like it’s 200im or anything”, and she was pissed that I even brought it up.
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