Why on earth wouldn't there be a "Pre 5k" in the Prefontaine Classic? Those are some pretty impressive folks they've got in both the mile and the 2, but this just doesn't make any sense to me. It was his event, on his track, in his stadium... they can obviously attract the best, now lets see them run actual Olympic races.
yes.
I vote "all of the above."
nice, quality burns to a dumb question. How bout a speculative answer to the real question.
I'm asking because I can really think of no reason why, at this time of year, it wouldn't be nice for the elites to be toe'ing the line in an olympic event (5k) rather than a high school 2 mile.
Maybe it's the Olympics that's messed up and not the high school. Did you ever consider that?
maybe they can't get the top 5k guys to do an all out 5k at this time of year? They'd rather run an underdistance to prep for the 'money 5k's' in a month or 2 in Europe?
He was a drunk driver.
So the rest of the world is wrong and the US high school system is right? The answer to your question is, no.
u might be wrong wrote:
Maybe it's the Olympics that's messed up and not the high school. Did you ever consider that?
joking? wrote:
So the rest of the world is wrong and the US high school system is right?
The answer to your question is, no.
which was contested first...the 2 mile or the 5K?
joking? wrote:
So the rest of the world is wrong and the US high school system is right?
Actually, most U.S. high schools run 3K or 3200m, not 2 miles.
u might be wrong wrote:
Maybe it's the Olympics that's messed up and not the high school. Did you ever consider that?
Neither is "messed up". They're just different. I don't think the op is saying that the 2 mile is inherently a bad distance to run. What he's saying is that it would make sense for them to run a 5k because that is the race that they will be competing in at the olympics. This doesn't imply that one is better than the other, just that it makes sense to run your specialty. I would agree with the answer that most 5kers probably don't want to run an all out 5k on the track this early.
The 10K was his event!!!!
With his guts and his gas tank, Pre could own the 3 mile!! And he made it his damn plaything!
No $hit.
I hardly feel that an "all out 5k" would be detrimental to anyone's European performances this summer. A 5k does not have the same consequence to your body, in my estimation, as some of the longer distances. If some people want to race down, have them run the mile (I understand running the mile on American soil because American's are infatuated with that distance), but it would be logical to me to run a mile and a 5k rather than a mile and a 2. My opinion but I'm just a random anonymous nobody runner.
Pre was a drunk driver. Fortunately, his poor decision did not result in his taking of someone else's life. I still find his running to have been inspirational.
He was all of the above.
The reason he was so much is because "he went for it."
You should go for it too.
They've run the 5000 at that meet before. I don't know if it's been more recent than 2003, but I know for sure they ran it that year. Perhaps it may be redundant to call it that since the meet is named after him? Who knows, they do have the Bowerman Mile.
FShorter Did NOT Kill Pre wrote:
Be a whole lot cooler if he did.
The majority of high schools run 3200 meters, not 2 miles. I'd like to see a truly elite 5000 on American soil too, but I suspect the elites like to participate in these "unorthodox" events because they'll have plenty of opportunities later on in Europe to race 1500s, 3000s, and 5000s.
Am I the only one who likes to see the 2 mile? It is a rarely run distance, only recently returning to meets (wasn't Pre 2005 the first time it had been run in a while?). I like to see it because it's just more interesting IMO. Nearly every meet has a 5000 and 1500. I think the mile and 2 mile is what actually brings in some athletes because they want to run a distance not typical of a European meet.
To me, it's kind of like half marathons. Sure a half mary isn't an olympic distance, but it's still cool to watch and read about guys like Hall, Wanjiru, Geb, etc.