His strategy of leading the race at a ridiculous pace to start doesn’t work for a winning strategy. The only time it did, was a year ago at NCAAs when he won the 5k because the best distance runners were prepping for NCAAs cross Nats. He leads others out perfectly, and they crush him in the end. It happened to him in outdoor Nationals last year in both the 10k and 5k. Now, this past indoor meet, he placed 12th after doing all the work through 3k for the others to take advantage of.