Leo goes 3:50!!!

for 1500?

1 CHOGE, Augustine KEN 3:50.14 PB 11 2

2 GEBREMEDHIN, Mekonnen ETH 3:50.35 6 3

3 MANZANO, Leonel USA 3:50.64 PB 2 6

4 LAALOU, Amine MAR 3:51.51 4 5

5 GREGSON, Ryan AUS 3:52.24 PB

6 KIPLAGAT, Silas KEN 3:52.32 4 4

7 GATHIMBA, Gideon KEN 3:52.81 1 7

8 MOUSTAOUI, Mohamed MAR 3:53.06 SB

9 LANCASHIRE, Thomas GBR 3:53.39 PB

10 LOMONG, Lopez USA 3:54.55

11 BADDELEY, Andrew GBR 3:57.50 SB

12 BIWOTT, Yusuf KEN 3:59.08

13 VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Peter RSA 4:05.52

CHEBOI, Collins KEN DNF

KRUMMENACKER, David USA DNF

The enigmatic Manzano strikes again.

A bomb at Pre and Monaco but two 3:33's, two 1:45's and this 3:50 plus a second at USATF.

Pretty big hitters he beat in this race.

And don't forget Gregson--for a 20 year old, 3:52 is a pretty ridiculous talent!

Very good run...almost 3 sec. PB, beat Laalou and Gregson and young star Kiplagat and arch-nemesis Lomong.

toro wrote:

The enigmatic Manzano strikes again.

A bomb at Pre and Monaco but two 3:33's, two 1:45's and this 3:50 plus a second at USATF.

Pretty big hitters he beat in this race.

Not much of an enigma unless you're a moron. You just described a guy who consistently races well, and yet has had two poor showings out of many.

Good race for Leo, but it's not surprising given his 1500 pr.

Now 8th fastest american miler of all time, behind Webb, Scott, Maree, Spivey, Harbour, Holman, and Falcon.

It's fair to say that Leo is hot/cold, running 3:33 one week and 3:45 the next.3:50 is dead on his 3:33 times, so he is very consistent on his "on" days.Makes me wonder what Torrence can do, given the track session they ran for Flotrack (where Leo left his lunch in the grass).

agpoisagjaposigj wrote:

toro wrote:

The enigmatic Manzano strikes again.

A bomb at Pre and Monaco but two 3:33's, two 1:45's and this 3:50 plus a second at USATF.

Pretty big hitters he beat in this race.

Not much of an enigma unless you're a moron. You just described a guy who consistently races well, and yet has had two poor showings out of many.

Forgot Lagat.

poor? thats an understatement.

If Leo had longer legs he might well be a 3:44 miler - Alas, he is shortie but still America's best miler

I am the biggest Manzano fan around but it is a mystery how he may perform.

After the USATF battle he runs very bad at Pre.

After coming back with a 1:45 he runs 3:42 at Monaco, way back of the leaders.

After a brilliant semis at Worlds last yeay he zig zags in the final to finish at the back.

After making the Olympic semis he DFL's in 3:50 in the semis.

Perhaps Leo runs inconsistent because he is probably not on drugs and his is human. Many of you guys act like a human being is not capable of having a bad race and if they do "OMG...what's wrong? There goes his career".

DickGregory wrote:

Perhaps Leo runs inconsistent because he is probably not on drugs and his is human. Many of you guys act like a human being is not capable of having a bad race and if they do "OMG...what's wrong? There goes his career".

What do drugs have to do with it?

Yeah he's like the guys before drugs like Herb Elliot and Peter Snell, who would constantly swing between winning easily and DFL.

DickGregory wrote:

Perhaps Leo runs inconsistent because he is probably not on drugs and his is human. Many of you guys act like a human being is not capable of having a bad race and if they do "OMG...what's wrong? There goes his career".

cmurph wrote:

What do drugs have to do with it?

Um...being able to recover faster/race every week without blowing up.

I though this was a sarcastically titled bash thread about a horrible 1500m time Leo ran, so relieved to read it was a mile race.

since when was herb elliott anything but first?!?

[quote]Last Lap wrote:

Yeah he's like the guys before drugs like Herb Elliot and Peter Snell, who would constantly swing between winning easily and DFL.