Holy [sheesh]. They are going to break 13:00 despite JOGGING in the middle.
Just being a bit of a prick here but not crazy whatsoever. 2:36 is 13:00 pace and the kilometer splits were 2:35-2:36-2:38-2:37-2:24 - actually probably ideal for getting the max number of sub-13s. Only that one 65.x that Grijalva led was truly “slow.”
This is actually what I expected from Bowerman. They’ve been training in EUGENE all spring at SEA LEVEL…whereas Mike Smith Elite/OAC is coming down from altitude.
Remember worlds is a little under THREE months away! Grant, Mo and Teare are about to hit an altitude camp with a massive 12:56/3:32 strength base and then will sharpen up.
Is it crazy to wonder why he can't just maintain contact if he's got enough in the tank to kick like that?
I’d say it’s a different system. Some people always have the kick in them regardless of how the rest of the race feels to them. More of a matter of explosiveness vs endurance
It's a tradeoff. If he maintained contact that final 150m sprint would not be there. We've seen it in major competition when they blast the pace, his kick is irrelevant.
Had Kiplimo been in this race I would have bet on him. Faster than JIngie in the 3000 and has the half marathon record and is defending Cross Country champion. I think he's the best runner in the world right now.
Kincaids last lap was insane, off the back with 400 to go and almost runs down Luis!
Is it crazy to wonder why he can't just maintain contact if he's got enough in the tank to kick like that?
He said in an interview with letsrun after his crazy race in boston that it’s kind of muscle memory for him at this point and he doesn’t panic when he gets dropped. So his mindset is almost “this hurts and they’re getting away but I’ll get them when the bell rings”
The guy that wrote that Krop, Barega, Cheptegei were the best kickers made me laugh all the day. He already made a bad prediction about Nuguse kick on Jakob.
You've not watched that many races with those guys, have you?
it looks like usa has at least 3 guys who are top 10ish in the world on a lot of days, haven't been able to say that in a while, beat barega ahmed and others
