The Sound Running men's 10,000 is packed with talent. Is anyone gunning for the Olympic Standard? Or will they just settle for the trials standard? Hopefully they've got pacers. The field includes:
Pat Tiernan
Frank Lara
SamChelenga
Diego Estrada
Marty Hehrir
Joe Klecker
Hassan Mead
Morgan Mcdonald
Ben Flanagan
Clayton Young
Conner Mantz(only NCAA athlete)
Who wins in this field and what's the time?
Klecker. 27:16
5 unique NCAA xc champions in one race.
Chelanga, Lalang, Tiernan, McDonald, and Mantz. Most ever in a single race?
Klecker, 27:25
Coach ranker wrote:
5 unique NCAA xc champions in one race.
Chelanga, Lalang, Tiernan, McDonald, and Mantz. Most ever in a single race?
Plus Flanagan and Young who are D1 10,000 Champs. Its so rare to see a field like this in the US. Hoping to see some blazing times.
My money's on one of the aussies, probably Tiernan. He's been on a tear lately, just set the Australian record in 27:22. Honestly I'm surprised he is even doing the race since he has the Olympic standard. Maybe he's pacing?
runnER/DR wrote:
My money's on one of the aussies, probably Tiernan. He's been on a tear lately, just set the Australian record in 27:22. Honestly I'm surprised he is even doing the race since he has the Olympic standard. Maybe he's pacing?
I was just about to say I wouldn’t be surprised if Tiernan was pacing for Mead, like you said he ran the standard already so makes sense if he didn’t race another 10k!
Tiernan might stay in longer, but Parker Stinson is definitely pacing thru 5k
Trackfan55 wrote:
runnER/DR wrote:
My money's on one of the aussies, probably Tiernan. He's been on a tear lately, just set the Australian record in 27:22. Honestly I'm surprised he is even doing the race since he has the Olympic standard. Maybe he's pacing?
I was just about to say I wouldn’t be surprised if Tiernan was pacing for Mead, like you said he ran the standard already so makes sense if he didn’t race another 10k!
Plenty of people capable of the standard in that race, and I wouldn't even be picking Mead to win. He hasn't done much the past year.
People who I imagine will be committing to the OQ pace are Klecker, McDonald who have very good shots at it. Mead will probably commit to the pace since a 27:40 wouldn't get him anywhere. Flanagan and Lara will probably try to hang on, their new 5k PRs show they could be close to sub 27:30 if the stars align. Chelenga will try to hold on but hasn't shown that form yet. Clayton Young ran well at 15k US championships, but his track speed hasn't been anywhere close to OQ pace. Not sure if Mantz will be able to hold on, but I imagine he can be sub 28.
runnER/DR wrote:
The Sound Running men's 10,000 is packed with talent. Is anyone gunning for the Olympic Standard? Or will they just settle for the trials standard? Hopefully they've got pacers. The field includes:
Pat Tiernan
Frank Lara
SamChelenga
Diego Estrada
Marty Hehrir
Joe Klecker
Hassan Mead
Morgan Mcdonald
Ben Flanagan
Clayton Young
Conner Mantz(only NCAA athlete)
Who wins in this field and what's the time?
Where?
messi wrote:
runnER/DR wrote:
The Sound Running men's 10,000 is packed with talent. Is anyone gunning for the Olympic Standard? Or will they just settle for the trials standard? Hopefully they've got pacers. The field includes:
Pat Tiernan
Frank Lara
SamChelenga
Diego Estrada
Marty Hehrir
Joe Klecker
Hassan Mead
Morgan Mcdonald
Ben Flanagan
Clayton Young
Conner Mantz(only NCAA athlete)
Who wins in this field and what's the time?
Where?
Sound Running Track Meet, in "Los Angeles", but I'm not sure where specifically.
It will cost 6 bucks.
https://www.soundrunning.run/live
This is a pretty good deal for 2 nights of racing and 90% of it goes directly to the runners.
if 90% goes to the runners, no reason NOT to pay
Agreed. Six bucks is less than the price of admission, parking and gas to get there. Plus, the video of it is probably better than watching from the stands - and there is probably decent commentary.
Totally worth it, but it would be even better if free!
Coach ranker wrote:
5 unique NCAA xc champions in one race.
Chelanga, Lalang, Tiernan, McDonald, and Mantz. Most ever in a single race?
Impressive. We had a pretty deep Turkey Trot field a few years ago...
5 returning separate age group champions, HS XC State Meet Individual Qualifier, D2 Natty 1500 Qualifier, Community College Conference Steeple Champ, New Years Midnight 2mile age group placer, New Years Hang Over Cure winner, Shamrock 8k winner, Firecracker 5k course record holder, Halloween Trick or Treat downhill mile winner, D1 Club Runner doing a tempo run...1st mile went out in like 5:15, huge pack! After that it was a total grind...
McDonald or Tiernan aussie's are rolling at the moment.
Greg Hill wrote:
Agreed. Six bucks is less than the price of admission, parking and gas to get there. Plus, the video of it is probably better than watching from the stands - and there is probably decent commentary.
Totally worth it, but it would be even better if free!
They should figure out a way to put a reasonably sized sponsor banner at the corner of the screen to cover costs.
Turkey_Trot_5k_Memories wrote:
Coach ranker wrote:
5 unique NCAA xc champions in one race.
Chelanga, Lalang, Tiernan, McDonald, and Mantz. Most ever in a single race?
Impressive. We had a pretty deep Turkey Trot field a few years ago...
5 returning separate age group champions, HS XC State Meet Individual Qualifier, D2 Natty 1500 Qualifier, Community College Conference Steeple Champ, New Years Midnight 2mile age group placer, New Years Hang Over Cure winner, Shamrock 8k winner, Firecracker 5k course record holder, Halloween Trick or Treat downhill mile winner, D1 Club Runner doing a tempo run...1st mile went out in like 5:15, huge pack! After that it was a total grind...
9.5/10
Turkey_Trot_5k_Memories wrote:
Coach ranker wrote:
5 unique NCAA xc champions in one race.
Chelanga, Lalang, Tiernan, McDonald, and Mantz. Most ever in a single race?
Impressive. We had a pretty deep Turkey Trot field a few years ago...
5 returning separate age group champions, HS XC State Meet Individual Qualifier, D2 Natty 1500 Qualifier, Community College Conference Steeple Champ, New Years Midnight 2mile age group placer, New Years Hang Over Cure winner, Shamrock 8k winner, Firecracker 5k course record holder, Halloween Trick or Treat downhill mile winner, D1 Club Runner doing a tempo run...1st mile went out in like 5:15, huge pack! After that it was a total grind...
My small town's July 4 5K one year had:
A neighboring town's 3200 meter state winner from 12 years earlier.
An old dude who ran on a record-setting collegiate DMR.
A two-year-gone HS teammate of mine who was running D3 steeple.
A HS freshman who had run sub-5 in middle school.
Two teammates of mine who could hang with me in minor meets.
Me, who would go on to win state XC in about four months.
And about two dozen spaz kids from the town who would go out in 59 up a hill.
We ran 4:50 low going out, and the 12-year-removed guy ran a 14:40-high to win.
This one time, we had this Turkey Trot 5K and this is who showed up:
- NCAA Champion
- World silver medalist
- A mountain goat that won the Canada mountain running title
- Jesse Quick (Liberty Belle)
- Two flying monkeys from Oz
- One of the aliens from A Quiet Place
- Malcolm Gladwell when he was younger
First mile (uphill) went out in 3:40 low with a huge pack, and the winner was a masked man in 11:35. No one knew who he was, or his horse. The course was not certified so it didn't count as a record.