Derrick, Rupp and Lagat Will Represent the US in the Olympic 5K

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    oldoldrunner

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    12 years ago 02/15/2012 8:50pm EST
    re: slow; fat

    slow; fat wrote:

    oldoldrunner wrote:

    It is an Olympic year...runners who have not run well or have been hurt seem to be able to get it together in the Olympic year.

    Can you give another example of Viren like ability to be invincible during Olympics and be mediocre to bad the rest of the time? Because, I've seen strong cases made that Viren was one of the first distance dopers, who only doped during Olympics.

    Kipchoge lost to a bunch of his countrymen between 2004 and 2008, but was the top Kenyan in both Olympics.

    Thxs for helping me out......I was not going to go do research for the last the 40 to answer that question.

  • Joe Mama

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    12 years ago 02/16/2012 8:01pm EST
    re: oldoldrunner

    So is it safe to say that there is a consensus here that says Derrick will probably make the 10K for the OT, but the 5K is a long shot... not that I agree, because frankly look at the score board (this year n00bs)

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    12 years ago 02/16/2012 8:39pm EST
    re: Joe Mama

    No. Derrick will not make it for either this go around. Next time, he will make the 10,000.

    This year's 10,000 will have Rupp for sure, Ritz for sure, and either Solinsky or Teg or both, plus other talents like Bobby Curtis. Derrick might be able to take Bobby Curtis, but he will not beat the others.

    In the 5000, it sounds like Ritz is out. Not sure about Rupp. Lagat's in. Rupp is probably in (definitely in if he runs), I would guess Teg or Solinsky will run. At least one of Teg/Solinsky/Rupp I would imagine will run and qualify. Probably two of them, which will complete the team. If only one runs, then Derrick will have to beat Bumbalough, Jager, Hill, Estrada, Fernandez (ha), Heath (who bangs better off of championship pace than Derrick does), etc. I think Derrick would take all of these except Bumbalough, who beat him handily at last year's USATF, and Jager, who is something of a wild card but crazy talented and supposedly healthy.

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