In Australia and New Zealand, do you run around the track the other way (clockwise) because you are in the Southern Hemisphere?
In Australia and New Zealand, do you run around the track the other way (clockwise) because you are in the Southern Hemisphere?
NZ runner wrote:
Here are the confirmed athletes for the meet, don't think they have updated with Galen yet.
http://internationaltrackmeet.co.nz/ITM/athletes/hall-of-fame-2The flight is only 12hr and the time difference at this time of the year is only 4hr.
From the west coast of the USA it is about a 21hr time diff at the moment
Didn't the IAAF change rules so that qualifying times can only be done in year of competition (ie after 1st January 2011)? Seems to me it's a good chance to run a low key A qualifier then concentrate on building up for trials and world champs later in the year...
Performances must be achieved during the qualification period from 1 October 2010
(1 January 2010 for the 10,000m, Marathon, Combined Events, Race Walks and
Relays) to 15 August 2011 (midnight Monaco time).
More sunny in NZ that time of the year. GR is working on his sun tan.
Rupp has requested the pacemakers to run 26:47 pace. This is gonna be good folks.
Ruppers wrote:
Solinsky should just follow Rupp around to every meet he tries the 10k and just keep beating him so he can have that record.
This is kind of what I was thinking. Only, instead of defining your career by what someone else does by following them around I was just thinking this: Solinsky and Teg are already headed down under for a 5000m race. Solisnky could just side-trip and run the 10,000 instead. Waiting til 900 to go and crushing Rupp again.
Nah, I want to see Solinsky and a healthy Teg and a helathy "full fitness" Mottram duel over 5000m.
dot com wrote:
Didn't the IAAF change rules so that qualifying times can only be done in year of competition (ie after 1st January 2011)? Seems to me it's a good chance to run a low key A qualifier then concentrate on building up for trials and world champs later in the year...
As said above, the changes don't apply to the 10,000. Rupp already has an A qualifier.
What you say may apply to Teg and Solinsky racing in Australia in the 5,000.
What Else wrote:
Seems far enough away so that big meanie Chris Sol-Train Solinsky can't step on the track with him for anymore glorified tempo runs.
Too bad, since it isn't a championship race for an international track team, so chances are Mr. Batting 25% (aka 1/4) probably would be in peak shape to defeat Rupp.
It seems clear that he has the A standard already. However, Albert has said they will repeat the same training cycle for the outdoor season if it is successful for this indoor season. If Galen attempts a 10k during this indoor season (NZ being the best/only place to find one until March) and it goes miserably, perhaps that will tell them something about his buildup and cause them to rethink what he will do for the outdoor season.
I wonder which unheralded American will fly down there, sit on Rupp, and outkick him this time? You'd figure that Salazar would have learned to keep mum about record attempts after last year.
J. Lomu wrote:
NZ runner wrote:Here are the confirmed athletes for the meet, don't think they have updated with Galen yet.
http://internationaltrackmeet.co.nz/ITM/athletes/hall-of-fame-2The flight is only 12hr and the time difference at this time of the year is only 4hr.
From the west coast of the USA it is about a 21hr time diff at the moment
You are a very stupid young man, 21hr would make it a 3 hour time difference to your body clock as 24hr would make no difference. Do you understand? Or need more help
NZ runner wrote:
J. Lomu wrote:From the west coast of the USA it is about a 21hr time diff at the moment
You are a very stupid young man, 21hr would make it a 3 hour time difference to your body clock as 24hr would make no difference. Do you understand? Or need more help
No Sir you are the stupid one. Your post said that at this time of year the time difference is 4 hours. You said nothing about how that will effect your body. The time difference is 21hrs regardless of how easy or hard you think it is on your body with regards to jet lag. The time difference is 21 hrs period. So put that silver fern in your pipe and smoke it.
Serious Questioner wrote:
In Australia and New Zealand, do you run around the track the other way (clockwise) because you are in the Southern Hemisphere?
Yes.
If you were racing on a track located exactly on the equator, you wouldn't have to turn at all.
So, to clarify somethings to shut a few people up:
Rupp is racing a 10km in NZ in 3 weeks.
The pacemaker, or goal pace has not been confirmed in anything official I have read.
Teg and Solinsky are racing a 5000m in Australia, not the 10km NZ.
Rupp already has the A qualifier.
Al Sal has publically said they have tried a new training cycle and this may be a test to see how effective it has been before they begin the build-up to Daegu.
There is no one in NZ, or Australia who can pace, or race at Rupp's level so he may be running solo with a pacemaker.
Now, let's just wait till it gets closer before we start jumping to more conclusions.
Crossing my fingers that Solinsky changes his race venue.
This is interesting, because if Rupp is going for the 10k AR, they're expecting/hoping for him to be in sub 27:00 shape, which means he'd have to be in 13:10 shape or better. I know Salazar has upped his mileage pretty significantly, so it will be interesting to see what Rupp can do this early in the year.
Rupp ran 27:10 last year.
I bet he runs 27:05 in February, and 26:55 later this spring/summer (that's only .4 seconds per lap).
Grass Tracks are not Rupp Certified.
The Stache wrote:
Nah, I want to see Solinsky and a healthy Teg and a helathy "full fitness" Mottram duel over 5000m.
Yay, I want only white people to succeed too!
Racist.
Do you think Saladbar had any idea when he pushed for Jerry to be his "successor" that Jerry would bring a bunch of Wisconsin guys with him and beat Nike's chosen one?:-)How long before Saladbar is in Phil's office crying that he should get rid of Jerry because his guys keep beating the Nike Golden Boy? I think Saladbar is purposely dodging Jerry's crew to save face by travelling as far away as possible.
Nike has more money invested in Galen than Jerry's entire training group...pretty sad.