Klecker undone by sea level/humidity

amchugh89 wrote:

Also he finished and didn’t get lapped. Which is like the 4th medal in the 10k

LOL so true.

wobbly hobbly Gabe wrote:

the history of the kenyans wrote:

Yeah, it’s worked great for Ben True. Tons of championship appearances….!

alrighty then. with that boatload of experience, what's he produced? two 6th place finishes (beijing and world cross).

I was being (very) sarcastic!

skdhxjak wrote:

I personally think the Tom Selleck look is what got him to the Olympics in the first place.

Now THAT is a bad take! It's quite clearly the Freddie Mercury look.

I'm not sure I agree with his press photo, but whatever.

https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/1-circus-strong-man-c1900-granger.jpg

All under 25 wrote:

Just got 16th at the olympics wrote:

The dude just got 16th at the olympics, and it was a big deal for him to just make the USA team. I think he did just fine, and he's on the up-swing. He'll likely continue to get a little better the next few years, if that happens he'll probably be a top 10 guy at the olympics, maybe a medal contender if the stars align. He should stay right where he's at and keep doing what he's doing.

Let's see. The winner, Selemon Barega, is 21 years old. Second place was Joshua Cheptegei who is 24. Third place was Jacob Kiplimo and he's only 20. I think they did just fine and they look like they are the ones that are on the up swing. If their stars align these three will be fighting it out again for the top medals.

The history of American 10k stars suggests they don’t hit their peak right out of college. Solinsky and Rupp were both 25-26 when they hit their heights, Kincaid is 28 and Fischer is 24 but still on the up and should be better 4 years from now than he is today. Klecker and Fischer are far from finished products.

made me lol.. thanks ;-)

qcassidyy wrote:

Right, because those Ethiopians, Kenyans and Ugandans are all training at sea level too...

It's also hot and dry with limited food, water and resources up there... which is a key component most of these Western altitude gurus are missing. The altitude camps are too posh.

Klecker did look like the heat/humidity were getting to him when he fell back, but then he kept at it and finished just behind Woody. I’d say he ran a very respectable race, so kudos to him.

Bonkers wrote:

All under 25 wrote:

Let's see. The winner, Selemon Barega, is 21 years old. Second place was Joshua Cheptegei who is 24. Third place was Jacob Kiplimo and he's only 20. I think they did just fine and they look like they are the ones that are on the up swing. If their stars align these three will be fighting it out again for the top medals.

The history of American 10k stars suggests they don’t hit their peak right out of college. Solinsky and Rupp were both 25-26 when they hit their heights, Kincaid is 28 and Fischer is 24 but still on the up and should be better 4 years from now than he is today. Klecker and Fischer are far from finished products.

What's Bonkers is using Klecker and Fisher in the same sentence. Klecker wasn't even in that race. He just happened to also be running along the track during the race. Klecker has no meaningful future in international racing in the 10k. Top 10? He finished 16th is a slow race with a weakened field.

I figured at best he was 15 seconds behind Fisher. He finished 28 seconds behind Fisher. Fisher ran great Klecker ran average. If Klecker had run his best at best 28:00 to 28:05

Wasn't there a guy in the 90s that tried to do that... Tod Williams? I think he fried himself doing that. I remember Ryan Hall tried to do that too and he sort of fizzled in Beijing. Everyone flamed him and said he should have zipped around in the 40 degree dew points of Big Bear. I get what you're saying though. Maybe there's some truth to this theory.

Klecker will most certainly not ever break 13:00- not this season- not ever.

Everyone knows that bigger runner's suffer more in the heat and humidity. You have to be acclimated to the conditions you will race in and probably a little more time in humid conditions would have benefited him but you have to choose between humidity and altitude and he chose altitude.