Official 2022 Pre Classic Friday Night Discussion Thread - US 10,000 Trials + 3 WR attempts

Cheptegei 12:40.0

Ebenyo sub-12:50

Hope I’m wrong and Cheptegei gets it so we have something to write home about. On the other hand he’d spoil my record of watching men’s and women’s 5k/10k/marathon records live, since I didn’t cough up the $13.

And she is barring obviously doped athletes probably the number two 10,000m runner in the world. No shame in losing to Hassan, it is akin to 2008 Kipchoge and Bekele.

not too late, men's race hasn't started

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Chep already falling off...what a joke

Yea he isn’t getting this. I still expect Sub-12:50’s but not under 12:43 or so

Why not just put these two guys in the actual race tomorrow?

Funny if they don’t even break 13

Was there any evidence that Gidey or Cheptegei were in WR shape? This should be a prereq for meets advertising a "WR Attempt." Especially if they're going to charge $12.99.

Also, I suspect the blue track where Gidey and Cheptegei set their WRs is faster than this one.

12:00 at the bell for Mengesha and
CHEPTEGEI

Well that was a waste of time.

I'll stick my neck out. I don't think Gidey will translate to the marathon the way everyone is expecting. Of course she'll win a few, but no dropping 2:12s like it's nothing.

That's a point that Rowbury made in the commentary: these attempts seem better scheduled for later in the season.

Weather probably won't allow it tomorrow, but it would be amusing if the race went faster than this.

At least Mason Ferlic didn’t get lapped.

All I kinda learned was that Cheptegei probably didn’t want to race in the real 5,000 for a reason…

Cheptegei now 2/4 on WR attempts with two pretty far off. Wondering if he actually thought he was in WR shape coming into this.

Is Cheptegei done? Should he move to the roads??

This ain’t it…He won 5k gold in very impressive fashion last year. He just hypes up WR attempts stupidly when he’s 2 months away from top shape.

And people wonder why the sport doesn't get taken seriously.