Thanks for posting. Nice to see Mogusu finally run a big race, even if his time was a little slow.
Eight guys from 59:35 to 1:01:07, then just five guys in the next ten minutes. Apparently just a handful of invited runners, a lot of recreational participants, and absolutely nobody in between.
That's how most of these races are. If you want to find a race with lots of depth in the 62-70 minute range you need one that's offering an incentive for guys at that level. USATF champs is an example. Or some race where 1:06 can take home a couple hundred dollars.
I figured that was more of a phenomenon in present-day U.S. and British road races. In Japan, a 1:06 might put you in 50th place in a big half-marathon. I remember running a 1:06:12 in a big half-marathon in the U.S. twenty-five years ago, when there were no incentives for such a time, and I don't recall any big gaps among the guys between 1:02 and 1:10. It's just odd to me that there aren't more people in that range who really don't care about picking up a couple hundred bucks.
I just noticed that the race was in the United Arab Emirates, which explains a lot.
What does it explain?
That's true. And yes I am thinking of mainly US and Europe. Unfortunately we're in an age where 1:05 is considered professional-level. I'm young, but older people tell me about the days when recreational guys ran 1:05.
Avocados Number wrote:
Eight guys from 59:35 to 1:01:07, then just five guys in the next ten minutes. Apparently just a handful of invited runners, a lot of recreational participants, and absolutely nobody in between.
One of the guys who ran 1:12+ is Million Wolde, Olympic 5k champ in 2000.
At least some of the Emirati athletes posted relatively good results in the 1:11-1:20 range, which is not bad for this petro dollars rich country. Believe me, training and racing there is no easy task, and those with high per capita incomes, as most Emiratis have, don't feel compelled to sweat it out on the roads.
Ghost in Korea
Milli will be back ... he will take care of business ... just been training for 3 months.. once he looses the weight and starts upping the milage... theres no stopping him
One of the guys who ran 1:12+ is Million Wolde, Olympic 5k champ in 2000.[/quote]
approx how tall would you say Tsegaye Kebede is?
tigranya wrote:
What does it explain?
I don't think there's any indigenous running scene of any competitive significance there. So it's really just a very small elite race coupled with a larger, essentially noncompetitive event for foreign nationals in the area.
Was Cheruyiot just picking up the easy apperance money?
24 1 Robert Cheruyiot Kenyan 1:16:00
There's a great amateur snapshot of the finish on the IAAF website.
Why the sucky pictures ? Weren't there any professional photographers there from Getty, A.P., Reuters.
elites have tagalongs and groupies follow them all over the world at their own expense. at least i did when i was 1/2 human ;-) i am now back in the day. oh those were the days...