Weltklasse Rupp and Solinsky 5K Predictions

Zurich is not Rupp-approved that's why.

Did you notice Solinsky beat all the Kenyans!

Solinsky where is the hate ?

little arrogant about the 5 vs 10 bin-ness

1255 not good enough for the juiced up Solinsky ?

big socks wearing extomorphic mf

Rupp did PR however. He was with Farah in the second pack, Farah bridged the gap with about 1k to go and it turned out well for him. I'm sure he tried his best to go but did not have the energy for it.

Solinsky is the man. He returned elbows and wasn't afraid to get in the scrum. With about 650 to go he was on the outside and I thought he was going to lay the hammer down but he tucked back inside. If he had gone could any of those guys go with him?

Mo is gritty son of bitch. Congrats to him. Thats a huge PR.

kipketer wrote:

Rupp did PR however. He was with Farah in the second pack, Farah bridged the gap with about 1k to go and it turned out well for him. I'm sure he tried his best to go but did not have the energy for it.

Solinsky is the man. He returned elbows and wasn't afraid to get in the scrum. With about 650 to go he was on the outside and I thought he was going to lay the hammer down but he tucked back inside. If he had gone could any of those guys go with him?

Mo is gritty son of bitch. Congrats to him. Thats a huge PR.

Granted I was really only watching solinsky and not the others, and I did not know the pace had slowed so much, but at that point I really thought solinsky looked the best and couldn't believe he didn't try to blast them.

In hindsight I have a hard time believing Bekele Jr. would have let him go and not gone back around but maybe he could have beaten Merga down. Who knows.

No one was even close to predicting the two times.

Many were close on Solinksy but no one had both times close.

All you had to do was list their PR's and you would have had the best prediction but everyone was trying to be real savvy.

OhTeeSee wrote:

finally a bit of sense creeping in here. As mentioned on another thread I don't think Rupp has displayed the short distance credentials that would make him a lock for sub 13.

I think a 13.03-13.08 result is very likely for Rupp. I also think the chances of the race going low 12.50s again (already alot of races like that this year) is low. I hope for the Brits sake I am wrong on this.

As above.