I'm no math whiz, but last time I checked 51 flat would be even pacing for a race that had a winner at 1:42 low. So that wouldn't have been fast. Now 49 point ... that's fast.
MarathonMind wrote:
51 is slow, really? Do you happen to know the splits for Dave Wottle's '72 gold? According to him, he won because everyone went out too fast, and he simply maintained an even pace, coming from way back (dead last I believe), and he contends it was because he was able 'maintain' while everyone else faded.
And thanks for that info, I hadn't heard it before (I just remember Gray was in way over), and I am also curious what Kipketer's splits usually were. You seem to be implying that positively splitting the 800 is standard procedure.