I wonder how many Kenyans or Ethiopians will be stuffed into the top 10 in the elite field this year? How many will be in the mid to high 13's? How will the great Henry Rono do in the 55-60 age group this year? Has he closed the gap on the top -55-60 age group-US runner Nolan Shaheed since last year? Should be a great race!
yeah, I remember some eye-popping times from that race back in the 80s. It must be a blazing course!
I predict that the winner will be from either kenya or ethiopia, for the men and either kenya, ethiopia or russia for the women.
the race is one week after world cross country, so if people who run world cross run carlsbad fast times are certain, one thing though the ethiopian national championships are april 2nd-april 6th so some ethiopians who might want to come may be obligated by the eaf to run the national championships. please list the elite field as they become available.
maybe grace Momanyi can run in the 19 and under race.
Mr Momanyi wrote:
maybe grace Momanyi can run in the 19 and under race.
they would put her in the elite race if she wants to run, top runners like tirunesh dibaba, meselech melkamu, werknesh kidane, meseret defar have run the elite race when they were 17-20 years old, also i think sammy kipketer ran a world 5k road record at carlsbad when he was 18 in the elite section.
if momanyi ran the open race it would be interesting also as the non elite men could pull her to a fast time.
Henry said he can't afford to go. He said he doesn't have a job and goes to bed hungry every night.