Bolder Boulder elite results

I think an Ethiopian won. i was at the 9k pt. and he had a good lead. J.Torres was probably in 7th place, Hall 9th, E.Torres 13th. Team Eth prob won, Mex might have squeeked by KEN for 2nd.

At 9K of the women's race, Kenyan and Ethio leading. Kastor maybe 5th. Dryer a few spots back, Gomez way back. US didn't do well in either race.

rainy wrote:

I think an Ethiopian won. i was at the 9k pt. and he had a good lead. J.Torres was probably in 7th place, Hall 9th, E.Torres 13th. Team Eth prob won, Mex might have squeeked by KEN for 2nd.

Wow, a lot of racing must have occurred in the ninth kilometer. I was at 8K, where the front group was still a solid pack of four or five; and J.Torres/Hall were 12/13 with E.Torres a few more spots back.

Because of the new format, I didn't see the women except at 8K; but miamiredhawk's description sounds about right. Deena looked like she was really struggling. I wish I knew how the early K's of the women's race played out.

Congratulations to the top 2 Colorado women who both beat Zoila. Also conratulations to the top Colorado male who beat Eduardo. I am sure that if the citizens race was included with the elite race, there would be more congrats in order.

hall 9th? wow he's way past his prime, he needs to retire, he has no shot in the olympics, he doesn't know how to race, he should just go into obscurity, i'm rooting against you ryan hall

f--- the webb naysayers

Full elite results not posted yet ... Daily Camera has this story:

Morocco's Ridouane Harroufi won his second consecutive Bolder Boulder title Monday, and three Boulder County residents won the women's team challenge for Romania in the race's 30th running.

Harroufi finished in 28:32 on a overcast, rainy Memorial Day to become the first back-to-back winner since 1992, when Kenya's Thomas Osano won in 1991 and 1992. Harroufi won in a sprint past two Ethiopians, the second consecutive time he won in a sprint.

American distance star Ryan Hall, who is coming off a stellar run at the London Marathon, finished 14th in 30:07 as he ramps up his training for the Olympic Marathon. Boulder's Jorge Torres was the top American, finishing 12th in 29:59.

The Ethiopian men won the team title, scoring 11 points to beat second-place Kenya's 20 points.

American Deena Kastor failed in her bid to win her fourth Bolder title, but she was also coming off a win in the Olympic Marathon Trials in April. She finished seventh, in 33:44, as the top American.

Kenya's Millicent Gathoni won the individual title in 32:49, beating Kenya's Amane Gobena by four seconds.

Romania won the team title with three Boulder County runners. Lumanita Talpos (third) is from Longmont, Lidia Simon (fifth) is from Boulder and Constantina Tomescu-Dita (10th) is from Erie. The trio won $15,000 for their title.

Kastor had a lead in the early miles that had evaporated by 5K.

If one is going to bother to congratulate the women who beat Gomez, how about at least bothering to list their names? They and most of us realize, though, that both Gomez and Kastor were way off their a-games having run pretty hard for a long way only about 5 weeks ago. Similarly, Ed Torres likely just had a bit of an off day. Which of the team CO guys has an OT qualifier?

cutter wrote:

Kenya's Amane Gobena

Ethiopia's -- the DC continues its fine tradition of fact-checking.

Classic:

Romania won the team title with three Boulder County runners. Lumanita Talpos (third) is from Longmont, Lidia Simon (fifth) is from Boulder and Constantina Tomescu-Dita (10th) is from Erie.

Those names don't sound local...

(and yes, I know who they are - before "cutter" gets all offended...)

Eduardo has a 28:28 which is currently not in the top 28 times (24 will be accepted). So technically he doesn't have a time that is going to get him in the trials either.

here we go again wrote:

Eduardo has a 28:28 which is currently not in the top 28 times (24 will be accepted). So technically he doesn't have a time that is going to get him in the trials either.

I guess that's a sign of progress (depth-wise). Since when hasn't a 28:28 been top 24??

Anyone know the prize money earnings for the top 5 teams?

here we go again wrote:

Eduardo has a 28:28 which is currently not in the top 28 times (24 will be accepted). So technically he doesn't have a time that is going to get him in the trials either.

That is dwelling on a technicality (a provisional qualifier is still a qualifier) that does not answer the question.

I was shocked to hear that Ryan Hall called his performance "a good start". I know that he isn't a 10k runner, but for a runner of his caliber a 30:07 should be horrible.

Horrible if it was his goal race for the year, I'll agree. But it certainly wasn't that. His two big races for '08 are London and Beijing (and London wasn't that long ago), so this was just a guest appearance to benefit Asics and his own wallet. I probably was a good showing considering he wouldn't have tapered for it and hasn't been doing 10K training.

sc runner wrote:

I was shocked to hear that Ryan Hall called his performance "a good start". I know that he isn't a 10k runner, but for a runner of his caliber a 30:07 should be horrible.

at altitude? isn't that bad, i'm sure he wasn't tapering for it.

No offense taken. As we know, the world's elite runners often live and train in Boulder. And why wouldn't they ... it's a great town.

Isn't that what you'd say, Danny?

Let's not forget that this course it at 5400ft and has some hills. I'd say there's anywhere from 1:45-2:00 conversion to a track race at sea level easy.

Why is it that Altitude slap dick always make these ridiculous comparisons? The leader ran 28:32. Do you really believe that he would of run 1:45-2:00 faster at sea level on a flat course? HELL NO.