coach wrote:
do you really think it will be a slow tactical race. It might start out slow but the Ethiopians will start winding it up and might run the last 5000 under 13:10. Could any American go 14:00--13:10 ?
27:10 would be a slow, tactical race. That is 53 seconds off the WR. How many global championship 10k's have been 53 seconds off the WR? Even the Mexico City final was close to that. Nearly every 10k championship ever run has had a crescendo last 5k or 3k, it doesn't mean that it is a fast race when they run the last 3k under 8:00. It means it was a fast, last 3k.