Bernard Lagat Making His Half Marathon Debut at NYC Half

crazy raisin wrote:

coach bigfoot wrote:

Time predictions won't matter in this case, as Lagat will just sit on the leaders and kick. That's his style, and he won't run any faster than he has to.

If only distance running were that easy...

It is, for him.

crazy raisin wrote:

coach bigfoot wrote:

Time predictions won't matter in this case, as Lagat will just sit on the leaders and kick. That's his style, and he won't run any faster than he has to.

If only distance running were that easy...

for some people it is, after tirunesh dibaba won a big race she was asked her strategy, she said follow the leader and then sprint at the end, that is usually her strategy someone on the track and field news message board, calls her miss follow the leader.

miruts yifter had the same strategy, always running behind the leader looking effortless, one time craig virgin motioned yifter to take the lead, yifter wouldnt, so virgin stopped and yifter stopped behind him, realizing the pack that was way behind was getting back in the race, virgin ran as hard as he could and yifter followed sprinting by virgin at the end. yifter seemed not to care that the pack was catching up knowing if they did he would just follow the leader and kick, i think it was the 1981 world cup.

Is he gonna race it though or do it as a tempo training run?

Ahem...The point of "if only distance running were that easy" was not about strategy. Nobody with even a hint of human intelligence could possibly fail to understand the mind-numbingly simplistic strategy that you went to all that effort to describe.

The point was that it is not necessarily that easy to run fast for 13.1 miles when your training, experience and talent are all better suited to running fast for 2 miles.

Please get a clue folks.

got a tweet from lagat thanking someone who gave him tips on training for the half marathon. look for lagat to be wearing a fuel belt in the race, so he doesnt bonk. http://www.runnersworld.com/fun/bernard-lagat-heres-your-half-marathon-training-plan

got a tweet from lagat thanking someone who gave him tips on training for the half marathon. look for lagat to be wearing a fuel belt in the race, so he doesnt bonk. http://www.runnersworld.com/fun/bernard-lagat-heres-your-half-marathon-training-plan

[quote]wejo wrote:

Surprised no one has chimed in on this as the press release went out over an hour ago.

Bernard Lagat is making his half-marathon debut in March at the NYC half:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/02/lagat-0219/

Weldon,

If this message board was focused on running, not subject to politics, finances, etc. then Lagat’s debut would likely have been seen by the loyal runners who come here.

RTr

Jossi wrote:

wejo wrote:

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Lagat has never run anything over 5,000m on the track.

Technically you're wrong. He paced Meb through 6K in his American Record attempt at 10000 in the 2004 Cardinal Invite:

http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/2004-cardinal-invite.html

Jossi the spirit and intent of wejo's remark can be gleaned from this famous quote-

"My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race; they sent me 5,000 miles to finish the race."

John Steven Akhwari

Excellent question. What is the going rate for America's best distance runner ever to show up at this road race? Also, why are these appearance fees so hush hush?

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

This is amazing. Rupp has ZERO chance against Lagat in the 5000 in Moscow this summer. And at WCs he won't be able to DUCK him.

By Rio 2016, Lagat will be beating Rupp at both 5 and 10.

someone had to do it wrote:

0/10

Yes, that's right! 0/10 was Rupp's record against Lagat in their first 10 races.

Good boy!

401K wrote:

Also, why are these appearance fees so hush hush?

Because they're promotional fees and not salaries. Lagat is getting paid based up what he worth to the race and what his entrance does in promoting the event.

Well, I'm tempted to say if the shoe fits . . . . The criteria in Cross Country for All-American have changed over the years. Here are the criteria from Track & Field News:

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/special-articles/461

1938-1967 Top 15 finishers at the NCAA Championships

1968-1971 Top 25 finishers at the NCAA Championships

1972-1973 Top 25 finishers at the NCAA Championships, to include the top 25 University Division/Division I finishers

1974-1997 Top 25 finishers at the NCAA Championships, to include the top 25 Division I U.S.-born finishers

1998-2004 Top 30 finishers at the NCAA Championships, to include the top 30 U.S.-born finishers

2005-2007 Top 30 finishers at the NCAA Championships, to include the top 30 U.S.-born finishers; must be from USTFCCCA member programs

2008-present Top 40 finishers at the NCAA Championships; must be from USTFCCCA member programs

The meaning of the above is that while foreigners qualify for All-American status, from 1974 through 2007, an American could be an All-American without finishing in the top 25 or 30--that is, the top 25 or 30 Americans were All-Americans irrespective of however many foreign athletes finished before them.

Didn't Lagat finish third in XC in 1997?1 Meb Keflezighi UCLA 28:542 Kevin Sullivan Michigan 29:013 Bernard Lagat Washington State 29:054 Adam Goucher Colorado 29:10

malmo wrote:

wejo wrote:

He was a 2 time all-american in XC. 11 times in track and XC.

1997i 4th 4:02.21 mile

1997o 4th 3:42.12

1997xc 4th

1998i 2nd 7:46.45 3000m

1998o 8th 3:46.88 1500m

1998o 16th 14:12.38 5000m (16th place in the 5000 is All-America?)

1998xc 7th

1999i 1st 3:55.65 mile

1999i 1st 7:54.92 3000

1999o 4th 3:48.88 1500m

1999o 1st 14:01.09 5000m

Yes, of course, 3rd.

Montesquieu wrote:

Didn't Lagat finish third in XC in 1997?

1 Meb Keflezighi UCLA 28:54

2 Kevin Sullivan Michigan 29:01

3 Bernard Lagat Washington State 29:05

4 Adam Goucher Colorado 29:10[quote]