One of those lapped runners, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, set a German national record in her most recent race before the pre classic. She is the 2nd fastest European at the road 10k ever. There are only maybe 10 European women in history who would have had a chance at not getting lapped at the Pre Classic.
Amazing this only got upvotes. There are way more British women alone in history that wouldn’t get lapped than 10. Over 20 let alone the rest of Europe.
Please quit saying that. Tuohy will have to turn in her card.
If you're a male college 5k guy and this is faster than your PR, you need to change events or find a new sport
I’m 35. I recently ran a 16:58 5k on the roads. Am I still allowed to run? Or do I have to find another hobby even though I really enjoy running? Want to make sure I’m following the rules
They needed to move to the outside to let the leader(s) pass them unimpeded. She might have broken the record by more. Although on the straightaway it may not have mattered.
Classic intentionally dumb post. If this is your criteria for pro running, then every time a person has a bad day, they'd have to quit the sport.
Can these women who got lapped regain this so-called "pro card" next week if/when they run well again? People have off days.
That said, Klosterhalfen was DFL. She honestly might be rethinking her future after yesterday. Still, she has one of the best resumes in the sport (sub-2, sub-4, sub-14:30). Is she washed? Probably. Does she have the right to fight for a comeback? Yes! She might quit after this season, but not because of one bad race.
Women's 5000M Beatrice Chebet, KEN – 13:58.06 (WR, DLR, MR) Agnes Jebet Ngetich, KEN – 14:01.29 (PB) Gudaf Tsegay, ETH – 14:04.41 (SB) Margaret Akidor, KEN – 14:30.34 (PB) Caroline Nyaga, KEN – 14:30.45 (SB) Medina Eisa, ETH – 14:31.15 Aleshign Baweke, ETH – 14:31.94 Fantaye Belayneh, ETH – 14:33.27 (PB) Asayech Ayichew, ETH – 14:34.20 Weini Kelati Frezghi, USA – 14:38.15 (SB) Hirut Meshesha, ETH – 14:40.01 Janeth Chepngetich, KEN – 14:40.25 (PB) Mekedes Alemsehate, ETH – 14:43.29 (SB) Caroline Kariba, KEN – 14:44.96 (PB) Maurine Jepkoech Chebor, KEN – 14:50.68 (PB) Aynadis Mebratu, ETH – 14:51.37 Marta Alemayo, ETH – 14:56.34 (SB) Fotyen Tesfay, ETH – 15:04.83 (SB) Hellen Ekalale Lobun, KEN – 15:10.30 (SB) Yenawa Nbret, ETH – 15:11.02 Freddy's Gluten Free Menu
Yeah, I agree. One bad race does not mean someone should quit or lose their pro card. Everyone has tough days, even top runners. Klosterhalfen has done amazing things before and worked really hard. The runners who got lapped were still brave enough to race with the best in the world. That means they are strong enough to come back better. One race does not erase all the good ones they have had or the good ones they will have in the future.
Let’s be honest. There’s no point to American women’s professional distance running. Not a single American BORN finisher in the top 20 in a race in America.
But in all seriousness, why are American-born men catching up to the Africans and able to compete at the same level at this point when it comes to distance running, while US women lag SO far behind, and it doesn’t seem like they’ll ever be within reach of being competitive with the African women?
Let’s be honest. There’s no point to American women’s professional distance running. Not a single American BORN finisher in the top 20 in a race in America.
But in all seriousness, why are American-born men catching up to the Africans and able to compete at the same level at this point when it comes to distance running, while US women lag SO far behind, and it doesn’t seem like they’ll ever be within reach of being competitive with the African women?
"Same level"......US mens marathon aren't in top 100 so far this year. Good news is cracked top 200:
2:02;27 #1
2:07:18 #99
2:08:55 #197 CJ Albertson( ~2k = 6:30minutes behind). Or, 1 minute ahead of Ruth WR
Yes I suck. At least I know it. Not like you 2:20 wanna be's
I still can't get over that today's runners being lapped feel no need to move out to let the faster runner through, even in this case when that runner is finishing off a WR. Shameful.
Going around doesn’t really slow you down that much and having runners trying to move out wide is just a major collision hazard.
That said, Klosterhalfen was DFL. She honestly might be rethinking her future after yesterday. Still, she has one of the best resumes in the sport (sub-2, sub-4, sub-14:30). Is she washed? Probably. Does she have the right to fight for a comeback? Yes! She might quit after this season, but not because of one bad race.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the broadcasters say she set a national record in the 10k a few weeks before this race? I agree with the general tenor of your post, though: it's way too early to see where she'll end this season.
If a man set a world record, at say, 12:33, then lapped runners would be finishing around 13:35 or so.
So yes I think it’s totally appropriate to throw shade at the lapped women. If you’re that far being you can’t exactly call yourself world class, I.e. you probably don’t belong at Pre.
I don't agree at all that runners should feel bad about being lapped by a world record, never mind with the OP's intentionally inflammatory way of stating it ("turn in your pro cards").
I do wonder whether certain races should be designated as "record runs", and have runners pulled off the track once they fall 300m behind. Certainly not every race, or even every pro race, but I'd like to see it tried.
Every woman in the field knew that Chebet was going for something special. Most of them have PBs in the 14:30s or faster, so it's not like the lapped runners were on PB pace and would have lost anything major by being pulled off. It's common in cycling for safety reasons and seems to work there.
I don't know. Maybe it's a solution for a problem that doesn't exist, since Chebet was able to navigate the lapped runners just fine. If you go too far down this road, you could also run into new problems, like someone taking out an indoor 5k super hard to try to get other runners pulled from the race. But it might be something to think about.
The problem with the "move out" thing is that unless a meet official has them all move out, it is actually worse when runners make that decision on their own.
Imagine the final four runners are in lane one on the homestretch. Now what happens if one moves way out into lane three "to be nice" and one see her do it so moves out into lane two. The other two, being exhausted and clueless stay in lane one. Now we have three lanes blocked!
Lapped runners, please, just stay single file on the rail. Passing on the outside edge of lane one (on the straight) only adds like 10 cm to your run. It is not an issue.
Going wide diagonally 1 meter in 100 meters adds only 5mm. 10 cm is a 20x overestimation. People complaining about distance lost by passing on a straight need to lose their math card.