We saw in the indoor 5,000m it him taking it out fast and early worked out. I am curious to see if he can pull it off in the 10,000m for outdoors. Thoughts?
We saw in the indoor 5,000m it him taking it out fast and early worked out. I am curious to see if he can pull it off in the 10,000m for outdoors. Thoughts?
He will try just like he did at XC nationals. Nur and Mantz have both run better 10k times than he has this year so will be interesting to see how fast he sets the pace. I'm sure Mantz, Nur and Wildschutt will all let Kiptoo go out ahead, but only to a point. The difference at XC than in races Kiptoo has won is keeping him within a certain range. Mantz caught Kiptoo with a lot of race left and then just left him well off the pace at XC nationals.
Kiptoo won't be coming off another race 72 hours prior so I'm sure he won't get beat by a minute, but I would expect a similar type strategy with a close finish between the 4 above
Mantz will eat him alive like he did in XC. I think his tactics may work better in the 5k since there is less time to make up ground. If he can get a big enough lead, even with Hocker and Grijalavas closing speed, they may just not have an enough time to run him down. He ran 13:24 solo indoors after all.
mark22b wrote:
He will try just like he did at XC nationals. Nur and Mantz have both run better 10k times than he has this year so will be interesting to see how fast he sets the pace. I'm sure Mantz, Nur and Wildschutt will all let Kiptoo go out ahead, but only to a point. The difference at XC than in races Kiptoo has won is keeping him within a certain range. Mantz caught Kiptoo with a lot of race left and then just left him well off the pace at XC nationals.
Kiptoo won't be coming off another race 72 hours prior so I'm sure he won't get beat by a minute, but I would expect a similar type strategy with a close finish between the 4 above
Kiptoo ran 27:38 on the track in December so he's actually run faster than anyone in D1 recently. Don't under estimate the fact he has a teammate, the 2019 cross champ Kurgat, in the race. Whatever tactics they employ will be designed to get them a 1,2 finish which I think is likely to happen.
Yes.
foe sho wrote:
Mantz will eat him alive like he did in XC. I think his tactics may work better in the 5k since there is less time to make up ground. If he can get a big enough lead, even with Hocker and Grijalavas closing speed, they may just not have an enough time to run him down. He ran 13:24 solo indoors after all.
See above. Mantz will be lucky to be 3rd. He has the worst finishing speed of all the top guys.
Kiptooooo wrote:
foe sho wrote:
Mantz will eat him alive like he did in XC. I think his tactics may work better in the 5k since there is less time to make up ground. If he can get a big enough lead, even with Hocker and Grijalavas closing speed, they may just not have an enough time to run him down. He ran 13:24 solo indoors after all.
See above. Mantz will be lucky to be 3rd. He has the worst finishing speed of all the top guys.
He ran 3:37 this year in the 1500. He has better finishing speed than Kiptoo.
Watch out for Robert Brandt as well
Mantz has had 10 or 11 other tries at the 10K national win, so maybe he'll be okay.
Kiptooooo wrote:
foe sho wrote:
Mantz will eat him alive like he did in XC. I think his tactics may work better in the 5k since there is less time to make up ground. If he can get a big enough lead, even with Hocker and Grijalavas closing speed, they may just not have an enough time to run him down. He ran 13:24 solo indoors after all.
See above. Mantz will be lucky to be 3rd. He has the worst finishing speed of all the top guys.
He just ran 3:37
I really hope so. If there is anything LRC hates it is front running as a tactic. The only acceptable tactic is sit and kick. I love to see someone take a flyer and hold on for the win.
He gets the same amount of eligibility as others, no more, no less.
blamb61 wrote:
He gets the same amount of eligibility as others, no more, no less.
For This is Jim Kiler
Kiptooooo wrote:
foe sho wrote:
Mantz will eat him alive like he did in XC. I think his tactics may work better in the 5k since there is less time to make up ground. If he can get a big enough lead, even with Hocker and Grijalavas closing speed, they may just not have an enough time to run him down. He ran 13:24 solo indoors after all.
See above. Mantz will be lucky to be 3rd. He has the worst finishing speed of all the top guys.
Did you watch the XC race? He had the fastest finish out of everyone. And not to mention, he has run 3:37. This illusion that Mantz doesn’t have a good finish has been destroyed this year.
I don’t think that’s true.
Mantz used to get out kicked at shorter distances by some really fast guys, but I think he worked on that and anyway I doubt that a 10k race w premature acceleration + grinders like mantz and nur could turn into a last lap showcase of pure speed