20-yr old British triathlete runs 27.51 for 10k in his debut (on a track)

you're right but it does show that the sport of triathlon has some very talented young athletes.

coahc wrote:

you're right but it does show that the sport of triathlon has some very talented young athletes.

Err yes, just like most other sports.

Has anyone got km splits for the leaders. Would also be interested to hear how the Spanish 15 guy looked

not sure of the exact time, but I was watching the live feed and the appeared to go through 5k either just inside or just outside 14mins, so looks like the leaders ran negative splits

BrownYee wrote:

Yeah 27:51.9 for a 20 years old Triathlete.

What's the NCAA 10K record?

27:08 Sam Chelanga

And really windy up there on the hill. Let he who has never doped cast the first stone.

Splits wrote:

Has anyone got km splits for the leaders. Would also be interested to hear how the Spanish 15 guy looked

I don't have the splits but i can tell they came around 14' flat on the 5k all bunched up. At the 7th there were four of them (the German eventual winner, the French, Crippa and Mechaal), the first two kicked away with around a mile to go.

The German ran a 7'49" earlier on this year and had a 28' PB before that, the French is a 13'11 guy, Crippa just ran a 13'18", Mechaal is Mechaal, Thompson just run a 13'25 and a fast HM. Great racing all-around apart from Abadia

1 24 Richard Ringer EM

GER 27:36.52

2 20 Morad Amdouni EM

FRA 27:36.80

3 33 Yemaneberhan Crippa EM

ITA 27:44.21

4 15 Adel Mechaal EM

ESP 27:50.56

5 1 Alexander Yee EM

GBR 27:51.94

6 201 Andy Vernon M

AFD 27:52.32

7 202 Chris Thompson M

AFD 27:52.56

8 22 Florian Carvalho EM

FRA 28:06.78

9 30 Girmaw Amare EM

ISR 28:15.41

10 12 Antonio Abadía EM

ESP 28:20.45

So you are saying this guy IS a rocket scientist, as is Meb?

http://www.elliptigo.co.uk/meet-haile-gebrselassie/

If this guy can semi competently swim and cycle, wow he will truly dominate.

Commentator wrote:

The BBC had a live feed on iPlayer via a 3rd party team.

Tim Hutchings(?) and Seb Coe were guest commentators for the men's race.

Interestingly the commentator said two laps to go, then heard the bell and corrected himself to say "last lap".

Lots of lapped runners so definitely a crowded track.

Could it have been a lap short?

Looked quite an open track, pretty breezy, and temperature had dropped by 9pm

Anyone there who can comment?

Haha no.

They went through 5k in 13:59 and then kept turning the screw from there and the front guys really started putting in some crazy fast laps, 63/64s at some points untill the last lap where Ringer ran under 60. Last 1k in particular was strong.

Yee stayed with the front group the whole race and overtook Christ Thompson (61 HM) and Andy Vernon (27:4x pb)

No mistakes, this was just a legitimate 27:51.

However he wasn't the fastest u23 in the race...

Triathletes haven’t figured out anything that runner’s haven’t. It’s just a talent pool. Triathlon attracts some studs away from running.

A serious runner would not spend much time biking or swimming in the pool unless you want to develop huge quads and broad muscular shoulders.

Get a grip mate. wrote:

in awe wrote:

The main point is that this young gun, from a triathlon background, beat the 2 best (bar Farah) British 10000m runners in his debut and both of those runners are top class in their on right

Lol, Andy Vernon and Chris Thompson.

Spoken like a true keyboard warrior wishing to be just half the athlete those two are.... lol...lol...lol....

Dhbccg wrote:

Triathletes haven’t figured out anything that runner’s haven’t. It’s just a talent pool. Triathlon attracts some studs away from running.

A serious runner would not spend much time biking or swimming in the pool unless you want to develop huge quads and broad muscular shoulders.

Let's be honest folks, the people with talent will run fast. There is no secret, PED's just give people medals over others. He may never run faster if he gives up tries, if he runs too much he may just enter the injury cycle.

It is not about lifting, not about core training, he is talented and what he is doing allows his body to do what it does best, too much of a good thing will fock it up.

in awe wrote:

Phenomenal running. A lot of these triathletes are awesome runners in their own right. Many of us runners could learn a lot from how triathletes approach running training. Anyone know how they do it? Traditional running training may in the dark ages compared with the triathletes.

Example: A lot of triathletes bike for an hour or four, then run for an hour off the bike without the pavement hurting their legs as much as a 22 mile run would have.

We will see how he does in his next ITU triathlon (Cagliari on June 2nd)

He will go against Morgan Pearson, who coincidentally has a similar 5000m best (13:36 for Pearson to 13:37 for Yee)

They both seem evenly matched on the swim.

Just saw a Pearson compete in a tri, he came out of the water on the swim, came in at the back of the lead pack on the bike and then got spit out the back on the run, Spanish dude, Mola, put 1:50 on him in 10k. I was waiting for him to shock everyone after sitting at the back on the bike, he shocked me by sucking.

Beth Potter, who won the women’s race here last year is also a triathlete (took it up in the past couple of years) and I remember reading that she runs like 50 miles a week on top of biking and swimming

Looks like 2,3 and 4 are North Africans

So that brings Yee up to 2nd place

Dhbccg wrote:

Triathletes haven’t figured out anything that runner’s haven’t. It’s just a talent pool. Triathlon attracts some studs away from running.

A serious runner would not spend much time biking or swimming in the pool unless you want to develop huge quads and broad muscular shoulders.

Yep,some.of them are just talented runners

All there is to it