How to win Deagu 5K and 10K WC

It seems like Farah could just let Bekele do all the work at the end; starting at 4 laps out, 5 laps out, or wherever Bekele wants to......and if he can hang through 60.x pace for all those laps then he'll close faster than Bekele and win.

Seems like Bekele would benefit if Tadesse hammers the pace before the last 2k; that could take some sting out of Farah's legs without Bekele having to do all the work. With Tadesse being a distance guy without much speed that's pretty much Tadesse's only option right?

You think people can just train to do whatever they want?

Do you think training works in a way that you can train to run x pace at y stage in the race?

Sorry to be so harsh but it's clear that you don't know much about the sport.

Actually, yes. My question to the OP is, you don't think Rupp and Solinsky don't already know that? I'm betting they live and breathe with that knowledge of where they need to be every hour of every day. What will be really interesting is how Rupp deals with the inevitable mid race surge. Usually someone around the half way point makes some ungodly surge going at 60-61 sec splits for 4 laps or so. Tadesse did it in 2009. Only a handful of runners keep up and the race is all but over for the rest of the field with 4K to go. The bulk of the field is totally demoralized. Even though the leaders tend to slow the pace again for a time until towards the end. I'll be curious to see if Rupp is content to let the leader establish a gap or go with the leaders.

long dong silver wrote:

You think people can just train to do whatever they want?

Do you think training works in a way that you can train to run x pace at y stage in the race?

Sorry to be so harsh but it's clear that you don't know much about the sport.

If Tadese is fit and wanting a medal then he knows he has to make it hard and fast from a long way out. He's often the one that destroys the field and all but Bekele are left scattered around the track. As good as Farah has been if Tadese starts cranking out faster than WR pace for the last 3-4k then it's a whole different ball game. This is what happened in Berlin 2009, a fantastic race with Tadese running one of the gutsiest races you'll ever see. He cranks out 62-63 and drops everyone but sadly doesn't have that 54 last lap. This also points out how immense Bekele is, he wasn't far of PB shape in that race imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRCB-wrPIUY

- 2009 Final, brilliant race.