Did I say Americans were the one's who were going to best her? I do think Uceny would have taken her, but my thought was she had herself in too bad a spot to think second was a possibility. She was on the rail and the other women were already taking off on the outside. In a clean race, she'd have had to slowed, gotten outside and then try and kick down quite a few spots. Second wasn't in the cards for her in that race.
You didn't have to say it, I knew what you meant.
Uceny was on her last legs, that's why she practically gave up once she got in that little tangle with the one in front. It's what caused the pileup.
Dobriskey finished like a train even after she'd lost her shoe.
Jelaga did not cut in, she was always ahead of Uceny & was running in Lane 1. Look at the slo-mo replay on Universal.
this is Diane. Advice please.
So, I was told to do 63, 63. i sucked. but in my defense how do you recover from an opening 28 sec 45 sec 300m ( i was seriously trying to slow down but was getting clipped, the girls were right on my tail).
what the best way to reach 63, 2.06 (at 800m) running as even as possible.
i believe i was 28, 33, 33, 33 i was trying to run even and not change pace too much but maybe i should have run 28, 33 (which was still by letsrun.com critics too fast) 32, 32 to hit 2:06
is letsrun suggesting i should have gone 28 (which seriously could not be helped CWT was out like a flash of lightening!) and i had to make room for pacemaker no 2.) then 35 to reach 400m in 63, then 31.5 and 31.5 ?
after thinking about it for a while i think the best way to rabbit that particular race would have been 28, 32.5, 32,5 32.5.....but i was told under no circumstances to go 60....
advice please...
I liked your outfit last night, very colorful. Good luck with the pacing issue.
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Just me, G.
runnerd wrote:
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Like people on here are going to give you any (meaningful) advice.
The way you've explained it kinda says that you did all you could. Perhaps a few tenths her and there, but nobody's a metronome.
Although when you stepped off the track you could have managed to cause a little bit more chaos. It's what the race needed, a little bit more chaos.
drunken sailor wrote:
Jelaga did not cut in, she was always ahead of Uceny & was running in Lane 1. Look at the slo-mo replay on Universal.
You are correct on this, it looked to me though that Jelaga was slowing up though which is why Uceny clipped her. Uceny got stuck in a bad spot, no doubt and Jelaga seemed to be in a bad spot for someone not having a kick. Not her fault but bad luck for the gals behind her.
Side note, what's the deal with Alminova? She was out the back before the fall even occured, she didn't go down and still finished in the back. She still leads the world with 3:57.
Good question. I've been wondering the same thing about Alminova. Anyone have the inside scoop on her right now?
if you were running an open 2'06, you'd normally have 2s split differential, so 62/64
you woud also normally have ~1/2s slowing/200m ->
30.75/31.25/31.75/32.25
any runner who passes you when you're running 30-high for 1st 200 is an idiot - that's 3'50 pace - let them go, but make sure you ebow them out of the way if they try to cut in on you - keep running only at your pace
Ah thanks... That's what I was trying to go for but found myself struggling to even get to the front. When I did get there and try to slow it down (even fractionally)I got clipped. So I understand the even pacing if I can get to the front easily when the gun goes.. but for this race in zurich in which was about 13 - 14.. Its almost impossible to slow the first 400m down to 63 which was what I was told to do.
I suppose what happened to me was I slowed it to a 61.3 (which I was lead to believe was too fast) so instinctively I thought crap its too fast slow down... When in actual fact I had to speed up. Seems to not make sense. So 28/29 then a 33/34 , even though that's 61/62 for first lap (second lap technically should be 64 to hit (2.06) ....) I in fact had to speed up to a 31/32 (from the previous 200m which was 33/34).
I should have been better prepared mathematically and thought 61.3 no big deal since we ran the first 2 so fast and 2nd 2 so much slower....pick it up to hit 64 second lap.
Pacing is not as easy as it looks all you critics out there!
And FYI the 2nd pace maker indeed was Mimi .... She was told (yelled at) by the agent on the infield to keep going. At which point she no longer became the rabbit and was now part of the race. What really screwed that race up apart from my mess. And mimi bolting after 800m ... was that if the girls had known that mimi was going to try finish, they would have gone with her on that 3d lap. Instead the hung back and mimi tied up and got in way. But imagine her confusion with the agent telling her to keep going. Was a right mess that race.