Unless there’s a better second pacer I don’t think more than 900m of pacing is happening. Sowinski is very good to a point but Munguti/Kiprugut are better as 3:33/4 guys who can go 1,000 or even 1,100 meters. That would be my fear for a 3:27 race that Jakob and Girma (if he’s there) ease off from 900-1200. Granted, Reynold Cheruiyot if he’s feeling it is crazy enough to surge by which could be insane.
I don’t see Jakob easing off at 900 should Sowinski step off at that point, but it’s always better to have less work to do. Hopefully another pacer gets added to the field in the next week, ideally someone capable of taking him to 1k in 2:18. I wonder if Boaz Kiprugut would be up to the task.
I think Julian Ranc, from France, who paced Jakob in his 1500m indoor world record and in the Rabat diamond League, was originally planned to pace them.
But he recently dropped an unexpected 3:33 , likely qualifying him for worlds, and he said he had a lot of races planned but is now probably not going to pace them, so he can prepare for worlds.
Girma vs Jakob is exciting. I'll give him a 15% chance of running under 3:30, which is great considering he's definitely a 3k/5k guy and most steeple runners barely even approach 3:30. Have any elite level (sub 8:10) steeple runners even gone under 3:30 before?
Lol. Jakob vs Girma?? What are you smoking? It will more like be Girma vs last place guy. Jakob wont even know he's in the race
Have any elite level (sub 8:10) steeple runners even gone under 3:30 before?
Nope, but no other steepler has run 7:23.81 or 7:52.11 either! His 3 races this year have all been incredible and indicate a fast 1500 is almost inevitable.
I'm hoping for a Jakob PR and W but can you imagine if Wightman won oh my god I would lose my sht and the stage would be set for Worlds.
Excited to see what Ky can do in the 5k, although I doubt he's gonna be very close to Kiplimo/Cheptegei/Barega. I wonder if the pace is gonna be anywhere near as hot as it was last week. Kiplimo obviously wasn't expecting Kejelcha to be able to stick with the pace, and I'm not sure anyone in the field can stick with it if he tries again.
I’m not sure why Kiplimo would bother trying to run so fast again unless he’s trying to break the wr. I think he should try and see how he’d do off a much slower race. Can he crush everybody with a crazy last 1-2K even if the race up to this point is slow. Maybe he/they can try and figure out if the have a chance to hold off Jakob over the last 1000 even in a 13 min race?
That’s exactly what happened last time. He ran 12:41 yes, but was on pace for 12:55+ through 3k. No DL race is going to go much slower than that, there’s simply no point in having a pacer run 63-64. I would much rather see him try to run 7:35 or better through 3k and take a shot at the WR than be paced through 7:45+ again and crush the field in the last 2k.
Looks pretty great, though some notable withdrawals:
800W: Keely vs. Moraa who is targeting sub-1:56; bunch of 1:58 SB athletes as well, deep field 110H: Izuyima (13.04) first DL I think, not much top-end talent but good Europeans like local star Jason Joseph 3KST W: Almayew (9:00 SB) looks like the future of the event, but Beatrice Chepkoech is rested and looks in her best form in years, Abebe looking to rebound, and Chemutai in the field as well 100W: Kambudji opens up vs. Luckenkemper and Neita 5000M: Kiplimo vs. Cheptegei vs. Haile Bekele vs. Barega vs. Aregawi; smart withdrawal from Kejelcha IMO, Katir also out of this meet, youngsters Kuma Girma (younger brother of Lamecha) and Boka Diriba (U20 XC bronze) bear watching in their first time in the big leagues 100H: Dream matchup with Camacho-Quinn, Amusan, Alayshia Johnson, Tia Jones and Nia Ali 200M: Battle of the second tier...Tebogo vs. Richards vs. Fahnbulleh vs Aaron Brown vs. Mena 400H W: Femke Bol vs. the sub-52 barrier 1500: Event of the meet with the 100m hurdles; Jakob, Wightman's return, Girma (1500 DL Debut), Reynold Cheruiyot DL debut (skip the 3:30s?), Kerr, Farken and Arese (DL Debuts), Heyward (welcome back)
Should be a great meet with the W100 and M200 only events kind of looking like duds.
As far as pacesetting goes... the 1500 has Akbache and Sowinski. My lone concern there is I'm presuming Sowinski is the second pacer and he is unlikely to be able to reach 1,000 like the pacer in Oslo did. The 5,000 has Callum Davies, but it's unclear who the second pacer will be.
Boki Diriba will be busy this week if he runs the Ethiopian 10k trial tonight.
Girma vs Jakob is exciting. I'll give him a 15% chance of running under 3:30, which is great considering he's definitely a 3k/5k guy and most steeple runners barely even approach 3:30. Have any elite level (sub 8:10) steeple runners even gone under 3:30 before?
Lol. Jakob vs Girma?? What are you smoking? It will more like be Girma vs last place guy. Jakob wont even know he's in the race
Are you stupid? Girma ran 7:23 indoors. 3k/5k or 15/3k, he's gonna have some speed.
Girma did make that massive rocket fueled Ethiopian special sauce improvement in the last year but I'm still skeptical he's running a 3:28. Bit more longer distance focused it seems, but hey, even Farah went sub 3:29
Girma did make that massive rocket fueled Ethiopian special sauce improvement in the last year but I'm still skeptical he's running a 3:28. Bit more longer distance focused it seems, but hey, even Farah went sub 3:29
I think it’s light years more likely Farah is doped than Girma for what it’s worth. Also Girma’s improvement is nowhere near the top of most suspicious in recent years.
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