50th Cherry Blossom 10-mile this weekend w $50,000 bonus pool. Official discussion thread.

You can't evade the Kincaid.

WOULDEEE!!! Think FULL MARY if the 10millr is a fun ride... Or FULL 10k...or the natural LRC triple at the trials.

Bill Rodgers is running this race <3

So, you're saying he'll be able to sit and kick? This is great! Hope Bill keeps it honest.

If bill is out running 4:30s, I hope they test him😁

This is a weak record set during a HM. Good weather and a fast pace and it is should be doable.

34 degrees, perfect.

16 mph winds? Ouch.

I love that he's runninga road race.

I hope the weather cooperates.

I hope he does it!

Does he get $50,000 if he breaks the AR and finishes in 2nd or 3rd?

“Only 28:30 pace”…with another 4 miles to go after….

I sometimes wonder if people that post here have ever even been runners.

28:30 pace is a good deal slower than 27:06… That seems like a pretty reasonable half marathon pace, let alone 10 mile pace for Woody. Although you’d want similar weather conditions for it to be a fair comparison.

Yes. New American Record by Kincaid, at least it seems probable for him.

Temps in the low 40s at gun time, and a bit breezy. Most of the course is pretty exposed. But he's got a fast field to help him. He'll get the AR.

Yeah, a 28:30 10k is fast, way faster than I could ever hope to run. But Kincaid’s run 12:51/27:06 this year, and 28:30 is 1:00:08 half pace for ~3/4 the distance. Doesn’t that seem achievable for someone of Kincaid’s caliber? Offering that opinion doesn’t mean that poster isn’t a runner…

Hopefully he can sit on someone through 9.6 miles at 45:58 pace.

"45:53 is only a 28:30 10K Pace" he says.....28:30 10k pace....with 3.8 miles to go at the same pace..Letsrun'ers crack me up.

And on the roads, not a track.

I think it's too far for him and he won't break the record.

Agreed this will cost him the record. All DC runners know Hains Point is the windiest part of DC - whatever the wind is elsewhere in DC, add 5-10 mph for Hains Point. Based on the forecast it also looks like it'll be a headwind the last 2.5 miles, which isn't when you want to be running into a headwind when the race is strung out.

I look forward to the post-race interview where he (fairly) talks about the brutal headwind the last 2.5 miles and how that made it hard to keep up the pace.