Obviously the Wisconsin invite stole a lot of the top teams, but Leonard Korir is no slouch and still "only" ran 23:55, when normally I'd have expected him to run 23:20s or 23:30s. Weather? Wet course?
Obviously the Wisconsin invite stole a lot of the top teams, but Leonard Korir is no slouch and still "only" ran 23:55, when normally I'd have expected him to run 23:20s or 23:30s. Weather? Wet course?
They ran into a very strong wind for most of the race. Probably 20 to 30 mph. it normally runs 30 seconds slower than Wisconsin without the wind.
Wisconsin had intense winds too
Pre-Nats was slow this year because there was no liberty runner in the race. McDougal started dropping fast times on that course and then sam would always make it a fast race.
I can't believe you are getting so excited about xc times, too many variables
Did you ever here a Kenyan talk about what time they ran for a xc course?