Dr. Killebrew wrote:
1) I am sure erichsen was not at his peak for the carleton relays... notice i said peak, for example, he was outkicked 2007 indoors conference, not sju's peak.
do you really think erichsen will be peaking for conference? or will he wait two weeks for nationals?
3) from what i have seen gleason isn't entered in the steeple chase, which was the race we were talking about people getting outkicked in.
4) i stand by my statement that no one in the miac outkick erichsen in the steeple... he did get blown away in the kick by kosgei last year @ nationals, but he is not a miac runner
actually, your original statement said you didn't think anyone in the miac can outkick erichsen. to justify that statement, you cited his kick in the 1500 at conference last year, so why would i assume you were only talking about steeplechase?
the point is, he'll probably win the steeplechase, but he is going to be relatively tired. it won't be nearly as easy for him as everyone thinks. if he does decide to run the 5k, he'll have the steeple and the 10k behind him, while gleason only has two 1500s to worry about. and since gleason did outkick him before, i think he could outkick him again - this time in the 5k.
and no i don't think ruon is experienced enough to win.