National record 9:37.50 at 4,400 feet altitude. What can Jane Hedengren run outdoors at sea level? Sub 9:30?
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Consider the Simplot track, shorter straight aways, tighter curves, and altitude and the type of athlete in Jane. I'm not interested in 3200m but I'm pretty certain she can approach 15:10 to 15:15 for 5000m for outdoors
National record 9:37.50 at 4,400 feet altitude. What can Jane Hedengren run outdoors at sea level? Sub 9:30?
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Consider the Simplot track, shorter straight aways, tighter curves, and altitude and the type of athlete in Jane. I'm not interested in 3200m but I'm pretty certain she can approach 15:10 to 15:15 for 5000m for outdoors
You will find out if you're right in April when Jane runs a 5k at Bryan Clay.
I'm not sure she can run 15:10 to 15:15 but she should certainly be able to break the 15:25 national record.
about as good as the announcer who couldn't understand how fast she was actually running, oops a record, how that happen
That announcer is clueless about running. He has said a lot of strange things during the races that he's called.
With a few laps to go he thought she wasn't close to the record but he thought that she could probably break 10 minutes. His math skills aren't very good.
Didn't build one ounce of hype. Jane goes through 800 at 2:21 and he says "good start". Not anything like "woof, that was fast" or "she's on well under 10:00 pace here"
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