Meb Running Houston Half Next Weekend

wejo,

I dont think there is an 8k for women. Your first paragraph in your release says (men and women)

Acording to USATF website, it should say men and women's 10K and men's 8K.

No - the women's 10k has been at Tufts for years. The men's 10k was in Mobile for several years at Food Bowl, but they lost sponsorship in 2006, so the National Championships 10k was not held. NYRR held the 8k for men and women in 2005. In 2006 NYRR hosted the National Cross Country instead. In 2007 they bid on the men's 8k to host the National Championships, and also to give an opportunity for the men to preview the Olympic Trials course.

So Wejo is correct that for men in 2007 the 8k and 10k are back.

this statement is not correct:

"The good news is that the 8k championships (for men and women) and the men's 10k championships are back on the schedule."

there is no womens 8k

Okay we agree more or less - the headline is correct on the front page but the text on the press release is wrong in that it states a women's 8k when there is none. So Wejo is half right and half wrong.

who will win - Meb or Sell????

If Meb is ready, Houston is an AR course.

the record is still curp's from twenty plus years ago, right? something like 1:00:55? it's about time that one went down.

sorry, but houston is not that fast a course. rolling hills and turns the first 5 miles. and is he going to run sub 61 all by himself from the gun. i think not.

no 8k for women wrote:

wejo,

I dont think there is an 8k for women. Your first paragraph in your release says (men and women)

You are correct. I thought I double checked the list, but must not have. I guess I just assumed that since there was an 8k for men and women in 2005 they were both back this year. I'll make the correction. Thanks for pointing it out.

It was the same course when the record was set, and Meb is a hell of a lot better than Curp. He handles "rolling" just fine.

Curp's 1:00:55 is from Philly, which is certainly not a rolling course. I would be surprised with all the major competitors coming back from fall marathons if anyone is ready to break 1:01. Not to mention if they are not in optimum shape the chances of it becoming tactical inrease significantly.

Even in optimal shape, none of the runners mentioned, other than Meb, would appear to be a sub-61 half-marathoner. To me, it's just a question of whether Meb is ready and willing to time-trial a sub-61. I don't doubt that he's capable of breaking Curp's record, but I wonder if there is sufficient incentive to do it in Houston.

does meb like cash? there's certainly an economic incentive to do it. the question, as you point out, is whether he's physically ready to do it. i know he's in pretty good shape right now - hasn't had any interruptions in training. i don't think he needs to be in top shape (as he would be closer to london) to break the record but he'd have to be pretty close. should be interesting to see the result from next weekend.