jjjjjjjj wrote:
the reason that I say this was not like world's is that while in all three cases (five, ten at world's and ten here), he was blown away in the final lap or so, but the difference is that the pace here was much faster.
Pace is not the whole story. Daegu was hot and humid.
YEESSSS!!!!!
This is so amazing. Go Rupp!
I'm also really happy to see Bekele is back, the Olympics next year are going to be so, so epic. I like Farah but GD is he lucky Bekele didn't start his come back a few weeks earlier...
Crazy that the AR has been lowered by 25 seconds in just over a year and a half now... How long did it take to knock the previous 25 seconds off?
Craig Virgin ran 27:39.4 in 1979 and 27:29 in 1980, I believe. Before that, Pre had the record 27:43 in 1974. In 1982 Salazar ran 27:25. Then Mark Nenow ran 27:20 in 1986 before Meb ran his record 27:13 in 2001? (not sure about the year).
Congrats to Rupp of course but The....man....of... the...day...goes to Bekele! two years of injuries..no racing and then does this? at this age? forget about it, the man is totally unreal. He is a lesson in determination, will power and work.
I saw the last 5 laps on the BBC and to be honest until the last 400m Rupp looked like he was jogging. If he only had a kick...
Is Lucas Rotich, the guy that made a race of it with 26:43:98 (shaving 30 secs of his PB), chopped liver?
Bazza wrote:
I saw the last 5 laps on the BBC and to be honest until the last 400m Rupp looked like he was jogging. If he only had a kick...
He has a kick in slower races, and as he develops the ability to hold a faster pace, I'm sure he'll work with his coach to be able to kick a little better after those faster races.
Universal Sports doesn't replay the 10k. Where can I see the 10k?
I wouldn't be surprised if it all just a ploy.
Link is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwQUuAjIIPs
Thanks to "oh please" for uploading the video!!!