Weini Kelati SMASHES Manchester Road Race (Ben Flanagan as well)

meme_man_69_420 wrote:

Dude I was top 25, paid my own way, not in the elite field, no COVID vaccination proof and got my prize money no problem

Interesting. perhaps they've changed it but didn't used to be that way, used to be that you were *only* eligible for prize money if you were part of the accepted elite field. Nice of them to loosen things up, if true...

for what it's worth, money only went 10 deep when I raced it and it was also frowned upon to accept the gift certificate if you were in the elite field, but not top 10, so we would always decline and ask that it be passed down for those of us who didn't finish top 10. Considering almost all of us received an appearance fee, travel money, and meal stipend, I had zero problem with it and thought it was a good move on their part to encourage that from us.

tooEZ wrote:

Ben F training on Strava looks mediocre at best. I'm perplexed.

You dense bro?

Hejendo76 wrote:

Weini’s course record is insane. She beat Ari Klau(ik he’s in tri training) but she destroyed the field

Weini ran quicker (4:50/M) than the Athlete Special's Turkey Trot (4:51/M) this past week.

With Ari also posting constantly about how he's burnt out and his "running sucks" atm, I wonder what TAS is thinking rn seeing as they ran the same pace in their respective races, but he's been focused on his running.

Replay of the broadcast available here, race footage starts at 59 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBMOZQySBFA

Another record broken with super shoes. Whoopdy f-ing doo

asddfadsf wrote:

Imimpresssed wrote:

C list. Tough judge. I guess A list is world major podium, B list is Olympians.

You're right. A list is world major podium. B list is Olympian. C list hit the Olympic standard but did not make their nation's team. So Flanagan is actually D list as he has never hit the Olympic standard.

So by your definition she is C list and he is D list. So I guess her 5k win was more impressive since she was even closer to Chelimo who by your standards is def A list

She's a pro with the EPO!

To be fair, Ari and Spencer are two totally different runners with different strengths. Ari has talked before about how he was able to do threshold/tempo work with the Beasts last winter because that's his strong suit, and they weren't touching real speed workouts yet.

Nonetheless, a very impressive day from Ari. Got to think he'd have a pretty solid showing in any race on fresh legs giving 100% effort.