Kenya trials 10000 m - Karoki

WHAT!?!?!

You can't make a thread like this without giving us more information, man! What happened?

Sorry, dude, I figured it would already be all over the boards.

They went out at 27:30 pace. At 6000 m Karoki took off just like at Stanford, running 2:39 in each of the next two km (26:30 pace). At 9000 m he had a lead of almost 100 m, then with a few hundred m to go he fainted and collapsed. There was chaos when he dropped the field and insanity when he went down. This kid is going to be big.

Must be his lack of acclimation to altitude?

I love this kid already. Wanjiru was my favorite contemporary distance runner before he passed (RIP) now it may be Karoki. Thanks for the update. Do you have the overall results at hand?

That's what I was thinking. The pace was pretty similar to Stanford so we already know he can get away with that kind of surge at that speed, but since he's based in Japan he can't be that used to racing at altitude. Still a baller for trying a move like that against all those big boys, though, and I don't think anyone who was there doubts that he is a giant even in a field like that.

I don't have official results, but Peter Kirui won in 27:31 just ahead of Wilson Kiprop. They both make the WC team. '07 bronze medalist Martin Mathathi was 3rd so I imagine they'll put him on the team. Geoffrey Mutai was 4th and Paul Tanui 5th in about 27:44.

Much appreciated, dude. I haven't seen results anywhere else as of yet.

This deserves a bump. Why is this race not getting its due attention?

kikaas wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmPyF9lLGbY

Just past the one-minute mark in the video, the announcer says, "Sally Kipyego, a little-known athlete from the United States . . . ."

1) Vivian C has the trippiest hair of any top runner.

2) Sally's navel adornment is now lionized for posterity.

high hematocrit levels due to ehh...?

Karoki thought he was running with boys so that he broke away with around 2 miles remaining he should have waited till like a mile to go. He forgot he was racing big names and emerging athletes where time did not matter but position did!

Avocado's Number wrote:

kikaas wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmPyF9lLGbY

Just past the one-minute mark in the video, the announcer says, "Sally Kipyego, a little-known athlete from the United States . . . ."

Do you think they debate if she is a "real Kenyan" or not?

I like how they all run for the POLICE, whereas in america we blacks run from the POLICE.