Fam To Go For American 10k Record of 27:13 Tonight

He will run 27:48

will i find this race on tv???????

"at the inaugural NYRR Distance Carnival at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkley, California."

what?

when did Brutus get so damn good? Personally, I feel like all those good people are wasting the effort, Cal's stadium is a f'n wind tunnel. Unless they are running at midnight the city by the sea is not the place to chase a fast time.

Going from out of the top-10 all-time US to 1st would be quite a jump. Didn't he finish 3rd behind Webb and Ritzenhein a few years ago?

However, based on his 13:11.93 PR for 5,000 he might have a shot. Also, he ran 13:17 at Mt.SAC. Back-to-back 13:36 or so could happen if he is on. Too bad Rupp won't be running.

YEAH FAM!!! I hope he gets it. Our 10k record is soft as shit. Then I want to see it keep dropping.

This is not a criticism, but an honest question. If Cal's stadium is so bad for wind being "by the sea" as you say, how is Stanford's stadium so good? Some quentissential design difference? They're both pretty close to the bay right?

The New York Road Runners apparently have provided financial support for this endeavor.

I doubt he'll drop the record by a whole lot if he gets it, but I would love to see him get it. He does have a history of having really good races over random distances (ie not steeplechase) so who knows. Hopefully he breaks it and that inspires Rupp or somebody to begin the push to be first American in the 26's.

if he breaks the record it wont last very long cuz Galen Rupp can easily break it considering he ran 27:33 a long time ago and has made some huge strides since

Then again, I guess it would be sweet if Fam did eventually break 27 one day. He is my favorite runner just 'cause he seems so atypical. After Meb, Abdi, Rupp, etc it would be sweet if weirdo Fam became the best 10ker in America.

mighty porn stache wrote:

YEAH FAM!!! I hope he gets it. Our 10k record is soft as shit. Then I want to see it keep dropping.

This is not a criticism, but an honest question. If Cal's stadium is so bad for wind being "by the sea" as you say, how is Stanford's stadium so good? Some quentissential design difference? They're both pretty close to the bay right?

Stanford is quite a bit farther inland than Cal.

Fam ran 27:38 a long time ago too (in a race with Webb, Ritz). It's not like Rupp is astronomically better or something. Rupp was sharp and ran 13:18 indoors. Fam said he wasn't sharp and ran 13:16 in a kick race and leading the whole way.

mighty porn stache wrote:

This is not a criticism, but an honest question. If Cal's stadium is so bad for wind being "by the sea" as you say, how is Stanford's stadium so good? Some quentissential design difference? They're both pretty close to the bay right?

They are probably both about the same distance from the Bay (on different sides), but Berkeley is higher up and looks straight down the hill to the bay, through the GGB, and into the ocean. Stanford is 30 miles further down the bay and thus more protected.

Go Bears.

he's dreaming

There's a decent interview with the NYRR's Sam Grotewold on the US Distance Runner blog. He talks about the meet tonight and how it came to be among other things.

http://www.usdistancerunner.com/2009/04/interview-with-nyrr-sam-grotewold.html

The SF Bay Area has many different micro climates - temperature can easily vary 30 degrees within 45 miles.

As someone has already noted, the cal track is closer to the bay and more exposed than Stanford's track. In fact, Stanford's track seems to fit in a "magical" place in the Bay Area where any time after 7:30 PM during the spring, there is nearly no wind guaranteed.

Never been to the bay area, eh?

This map should explain it.

http://www.ca.sandia.gov/casite/about/assets/images/bay_area_map.gif

thanks for the info. I've never been to that area, so really didn't know.

Isn't Berkeley the place where Rono set all those world records?