Thought the women were shooting for the world record as well, which I think is just under 67.
Though I heard there was a problem finding some men to pace them for that goal.
Thought the women were shooting for the world record as well, which I think is just under 67.
Though I heard there was a problem finding some men to pace them for that goal.
douglas burke wrote:
Vermonster wrote:Just misses Geb's 15k WR of 41:22+ that was set en route to the 10M WR. Merga is flying, very impressive after running a marathon a month ago.
iaaf.org said merga ran a 15k time trial at altitude in 42:16, 2 weeks ago, so far this year he has run
2:07:54 houston marathon
3 weeks after the marathon, 42:16 for 15k at altitude in addis ababa.
and now whatever he runs today.
3 good races in 5 weeks, kind of destroys or at minimum challenges, the theory that it takes months to recover from a marathon.
Doug Burke do you have a link to that IAAF article? Thanks.
Makau 55:38
Merga 55:42
Gonna take a sprint!
58;41 pace
GO MAKAU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch, Merga kinda blew up there. WR looks unlikely. 58:41 pace at 20k.
5852
1 1 Patrick Makau 0:58:52
Wow, that is fast.
Makau 58:52
Kiprotich 58:59
Merga about :20 back. just blew up in the last k.
Makau - 58:52
Kiprotich - 58:59
Merga - 59:18
merga blew up. makau ran one of the best halves of all time, and one of the best 20ks
5 guys under 3600 seconds, nice
Only 5 break 60, a bit disappointing
Top 5 under 1 hr.
the dude with the funny hat wrote:
douglas burke wrote:iaaf.org said merga ran a 15k time trial at altitude in 42:16, 2 weeks ago, so far this year he has run
2:07:54 houston marathon
3 weeks after the marathon, 42:16 for 15k at altitude in addis ababa.
and now whatever he runs today.
3 good races in 5 weeks, kind of destroys or at minimum challenges, the theory that it takes months to recover from a marathon.
Doug Burke do you have a link to that IAAF article? Thanks.
Here it is...
http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=49362.htmlDoug
thanks for the link, I thought a good race, a real race, Makau slowed down the least.
Dire Tune gaps the women's field by 30 seconds from 15 to 20k!
unofficial 20k world record for makau?
http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=O/discType=5/disc=20RR/detail.html
Dire Tune way out in front at 20k. On pace for 67:12. 3 more around 30 sec. back.
Tune wins in 67:22
She really embarrased those other ladies