http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2010/ncaaxcmen/imagepages/image57.phproad rashed wrote:
he looked good out there. was pretty funny when he was tucking in behind sambu
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2010/ncaaxcmen/imagepages/image57.phproad rashed wrote:
he looked good out there. was pretty funny when he was tucking in behind sambu
Luke is high 6'4+....maybe 6'5". Believe me I know.
I'm not sure if this has been brought up, but why did Oregon only run 5 guys? Isn't that a bit risky?
J.R. wrote:
road rashed wrote:http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2010/ncaaxcmen/imagepages/image57.phphe looked good out there. was pretty funny when he was tucking in behind sambu
Man, all he needed was a haircut and he could've been right there. His press release says he is 6-4 and didn't round up, which is usually the case.
There are a couple of benefitsa) if your 2-4 guys suck at pacing, it helps if all they have to do is stick on #1 shoulder.b) less blowups by the #1 guy. Finishing 5th might be better than trying for the win and ending up 20th.but in general it is a bunch of BS. Arkansas used win the team title and have contenders for the individual.
someone else wrote:
I am also curious about this concept of "pack running." Isn't the purpose of a race to score as few points? Finishing lower doesn't help that unless you think somehow some mental energy is going to flow between the runners and make the pack finish better. I don't see how it would, but if you believe that, then fine. Otherwise, though, the purpose of a race is to run as fast as possible for your team. There is just no other way to do it.
Luke if you're out there, tell us your real height!
So when I saw Luke take off after Chelanga early on, I thought wow, that's the same thing he did in the 10,000 last year, and he blew up spectacularly. But bravo for being fearless. He could have taken that as a lesson and been more timid. But he knew he was healthy and able, and so he went for it once again, and it paid off. Awesome.
Started looking at the photos and noticed an OSU runner missing a shoe on 71. Who is that? I'm assuming it's their fifth guy. By looking from the point of the race, that means that runner ran the last 5k missing a shoe. Not bad.
it was ryan prentice...he finished like 135th?
asdfasdfasdasdfasdfasdfa wrote:
There are a couple of benefits
a) if your 2-4 guys suck at pacing, it helps if all they have to do is stick on #1 shoulder.
b) less blowups by the #1 guy. Finishing 5th might be better than trying for the win and ending up 20th.
but in general it is a bunch of BS. Arkansas used win the team title and have contenders for the individual.
So...you give two perfectly reasonable arguments for pack running and then conclude that it's all bullshit? What?
Unbelievable Luke! Guts and more guts! Guess you DO know what you are doing. Ya looked great! Wish you good recovery and good health and great holiday! Take care Luke, best wishes always in the future. CONGRATS!
Derrick and Fernadez didn't win because they weren't good enough. b is a bad argument. Sure your #1 guy doesn't blow up but your 3+4 guy are running over their head to keep up with 1+2 and are more likely to blow up.
Hamburgesa wrote:
asdfasdfasdasdfasdfasdfa wrote:There are a couple of benefits
a) if your 2-4 guys suck at pacing, it helps if all they have to do is stick on #1 shoulder.
b) less blowups by the #1 guy. Finishing 5th might be better than trying for the win and ending up 20th.
but in general it is a bunch of BS. Arkansas used win the team title and have contenders for the individual.
So...you give two perfectly reasonable arguments for pack running and then conclude that it's all bullshit? What?
The general best strategy is to even-split your 2-5 guys and neg split your 1-3 guys (overlap to account for different abilities). So they hang together at even pace for say 8K, then the faster guys take off for a 10-20 seconds neg split.
This is the strategy that OSU executed almost to the letter (Farrell and Stubs very slight positive split, the other three 20+ sec neg split).