Kiwi steeple record holder Geordie Beamish to run 5000 at Worlds? Why?

Have you ever steepled then come back and gone flat?

You feel so much faster with no barriers in your way.

Honestly probably just an oversight on the publishers part. He’s made it very clear on his podcast that steeple is the goal as he feels like he has an outside medal chance with no clear favorite for 3rd.

beamish is the sit and kick master. 5k is more likely to be strategic.

he probably cares more about breaking the 5k national record, his indoor best is only 2 seconds off the record of 13:10.

when Beamish is at his best, he's at least as good as Nur the USA champ. he's run 3:51 and 7:36 and clearly is in sub 13 shape.

You have run the steeple rojo hasn't. My guess is that given the two races, the 5000 is a race he can just hang on. The same with the steeplechase, except that the concentration level goes through the roof, times 35.

A mishap in the steeplechase is bloody.

I believe in the initial ANZ selected team back in April he was picked over 5000m before he even started dabbling in the steeples. However I agree he should double if the selectors allow it as his stronger event the S/C is first on the program. Maybe he wants another year of prep at the steeple since he has qualified for Paris already.

Even if the 5k is strategic, it'll still be faster than his 5k PB. There's half a dozen 12:40 guys right now, and there's only 2 sub-8 guys.

I think Beamish's real issue is that he doesn't handle heat very well. I remember after Worlds or one of the DLs last year, he was saying that he was dumping water on himself before the race to stay cool, while Barega or someone was warming up in full sweats. He also talked about how awful the heat was in Eugene and how his vision was going blurry by 3k, even though it wasn't fast. The steeple is shorter and has built in cooling stations every lap, so I think it might be better for him.

He still always falls off the pack and then kicks past a bunch of people on the last lap, and the shorter the race, the less that matters. Hopefully he gets past that, because I think if he really attaches himself to the leaders (like Monson in the 5k last weekend), he could really surprise himself. Idk how realistic a medal is this year, but the experience would be invaluable for him going into the Olympics.

That'd be silly, Tanner will smash the NZ record when he's ready to step up.

I think he doesn’t have a good shot in either, but better in the steeple. The 20 year old Kenyan looks like a lock for bronze

All he talks about on the coffee club is the steeple, improving in the steeple, trying to get the wc standard in the steeple. This makes no sense and must be an error. He must be running the sc AND the 5000. After 1-2 in the steeple, who knows what might happen. He probably has no shot to medal, but it’s not completely beyond the realm of possible. In the 5000…..well he might pr if it’s not too hot…

Obviously, Rojo did zero homework on this.

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How would he even get into the World's 5000m? Am I missing something? He doesn't have the standard in the 5000m (13:14 PR), and world ranking is like 37.

Nevermind. I see he's as of today in qualifying position 38. Interesting teammate Morgan McDonald would also get in on ranking as of today as well, despite being injured most of the last year and just racing for the first time last week.

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Morgan McDonald once again beating grant Fisher

I don’t think the article is accurate or the guy actually talked to Beamish. For ex - Article says Beamish is in Germany right now which he is def not. Bet it’s old info or just incorrect.

I don’t think this take will age well.

An outside medal chance? Wtf? Yeah, about as much as the guy that puts out the orange cones on a road repair crew. You people lap up that coffee club podcast trash like it’s some kind of authority. Gimme a break. Dude will be lucky to make the final.

that is interesting!

a) I wonder if McDonald gets picked, I hope he goes

b) I can't believe ky robinson doesn't have the time or ranking in either 5 or 10. Hasn't he wanted to go to worlds? surely he'd have been able to get either time or rankings in either, given shape he's in

Looks like athletes are selected for teams in NZ. They don't have a choice of which event they compete in.