Pre Classic 2019 (6/30) - official discussion thread

He’s likely capable of it, but he doesn’t push the pace. There “is no Daniel Komen” i.e. no one willing AND capable of pushing the pace. Kejelcha sometimes occupies that role, but not Barega.

And pushing the pace does require more work, so it’s not a foregone conclusion that Barega could win a fast race or run a record if he were required to do all of the pushing.

We are discussing the pace set for the pacing, and you seem to be fine that Barega is capable of following the pacers at the pace announced. Then we agree.

I have no opinion about the final result, but the pace setting is just fine at 60s/lap.

FIFY wrote:

Misquoting and lying.

Reported.

Saturday Long Run? wrote:

With the paces for the men’s two mile I’m not expecting much. I doubt they’ll go with the rabbits. I doubt the second rabbit can even hold pace for that long.

You’re wrong on that last point.

Dibaba ran 8:15 indoors and beat the doped Chinese and Eastern European 1500m bests to run 3:50.

1. Muir 3:57.4

2. Tsegay

3. Arafi

4. Stafford

5. Nanyondo

6. Embaye

7. Houlihan

8. Kipyegon

9. Efraimson

10. Chebet

11. Hailu

12. Hull

13. Hall

14. Grace

1. Barega 8:07

2. Kwemoi

3. Cheptegei

4. Balew

5. Chelimo

6. Ahmed

7. McSweyn

8. Kiplangat

9. Knight

10. Molla

11. Yator

12. Jenkins

13. Erassa

14. Soget

15. Tanui

16. Mengesha

1. Dibaba 8:16

2. Hassan

3. Obiri

4. Gidey

5. Tirop

6. Kipkemboi

7. Ayana

8. Kipkirui

9. Rengeruk

10. Teferi

11. Klosterhalfen

12. Worku

13. Feysa

14. Weightman

15. Schweizer

16. Schneider

17. Scott

18. Chebet

19. Kelati

1. Kejelcha 3:46.9

2. Cheruiyot

3. Manangoi

4. Murphy

5. Souleiman

6. Gregorek

7. J. Ingebrigtsen

8. Engels

9. F. Ingebrigtsen

10. Tefera

11. Bergen

12. Blankenship

13. Kaazouzi

14. Centrowitz

15. Willis

Good to see you

Lost to follow up wrote:

Oh ohhh wrote:

Samba dropped out of the 400H. This is the 2nd time in a row. Beginning of the end?

Major rumours swirling on this right now, along with Makwala and Arafi.

What happened to Ronnie Baker this year? He dropped off the face of the earth. No reports of injury on his social sites. Amazing how confident he was last year winning races easily with a big smile on his face.

Anyone else stuck in the 30 minute line to get in the stadium. Horrible planning.

mmmm wrote:

Anyone else stuck in the 30 minute line to get in the stadium. Horrible planning.

If there is only 1 line to get in that is a huge mistake. They should have set up 3 or even 4 entry areas to distribute the load.

Why isn't Josh Kerr in this? A 3:33 1500 not good enough to get him an invite in a 17 man field for an American based runner?

nope

Sorry if this has been posted but is there any other way to stream it besides NBC gold???

Yes

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/live-at-4-00-pm-et-2019-iaaf-track-and-field-diamond-league-series-on-cbc-stanford-1.5183370

VPN like Windscribe works fine, not Hola though.

Gorgeous weather over there as usual, I ran on that track a few times ;-) They block lanes 1/2 (and possibly 3/4) outside of competitions though.

Coevett wrote:

Why isn't Josh Kerr in this? A 3:33 1500 not good enough to get him an invite in a 17 man field for an American based runner?

Who is his sponsor? That is the answer to your question.

Most all the events here are stacked but Rai Benjamin had no one to run with. Stellar time though for sure! 49.19, just inside Top 10 all time.

kmaclam wrote:

Most all the events here are stacked but Rai Benjamin had no one to run with. Stellar time though for sure! 49.19, just inside Top 10 all time.

47*

official stream but only works in certain countries and not USA

https://youtu.be/2TTIM0JEHI8

NBC stream not working? Any advice?

Thought Rai Benjamin had a shot at sub 46 there but just missed it.