Another Crappy Race wrote:
Popwarandrun1 wrote:Solinsky...not only can he run fast but he knows how to race.
Huh, what part of the race did he race exactly.
Everytime he accidently moved up, he slowed down and moved back. Bekele went to the front and he won.
The old american strategy of not taking the lead until the race is over doesn't work.
Yeah, and I am a "clown," for pointing out how that worked out for Solinsky.
I watched Solinsky the whole way (of what was shown), focusing on his form, position of his shoulders and legs, efficient moving forward in space or no, moves, specifically paying attention to if he would get boxed, jostled, or any other thing that could result in the loss of time that might be critical in getting the AR.
It's not like with 3 laps to go, or 1k to go CS and Rupp did not know what pace they were on.
CS might have assumed if he stayed with the leaders he'd get pulled to the AR; but really he needed to hear the splits and dictate his pace to insure either the record, or GFTW... He did not have that go for it attitude that he had in breaking 27:00
It may not seem like a difference to old prunes like Malmo, it might seem a nuance or splitting hairs to some, but at that pace in that short of a race...it killed what could well have been an AR run, and CS taking down two major AR's in one year.
Malmo's just happy to have a white guy in the top 5, lol. Gives him a woody.
I wanted to see the guy take down Record # 2 this year. Time's running out!
...At that pace, it has to be the little nuances that make it or break it. Tough quibble, but true.
CS will perhaps rewatch the race himself and see where he could have gained the nuggets of time that would have given him the AR.
Would have been sweet bonus money for him to get another AR.