1:47:26 35K 16:10 7th 5K big slowdown
1:47:26 35K 16:10 7th 5K big slowdown
last 5k 16:09
I am with you there, though I also think maybe Tergat is just going to sit back and watch them surge the starch out of each other for a few more km. Possibly he has not been responding not because unable but out of veteran wiles.
zatopek wrote:
I think Asmeron will just sit on Shimizu and out kick him in the end
Wow..Tergat moved to the lead for the first time
There goes Tergat, pressuring Asmerom.
I think maybe he juked them into surging again, he just tucked in behind again.
But then he fell to the back of the pack and now is in 3rd
It has to make them all nervous to see Tergat pull up beside them.
Even if it does not pay off in a win for Tergat, he is looking crafty out there and the front three seem a bit panicked.
The same five in the lead pack.
last K 3:15
Rios looks at his watch every five seconds; is he late for a lunch date?
lots of maneuvering (sp?) but they are running relatively slowly
Guta seems to be relying on his wiles, too. Tergat is just playing little mind games with the other three, conserving his energy as he induces them to surge away.
They are not getting away from Tergat, not at all. The wind was his friend today.
With 4K to go, Shimizu pushes the pace but now Tergat in definite 3rd place.
I didn't realize Tergat is 39. Just a year away from being a Masters runner
Tergat stalking in 4th.
Rios is throwing in a surge
Masters WR is his if he wants it. Until Geb wants it, anyway. ( ;