Did anyone else notice this? Heck of a time for Torrence early in the year.
Did anyone else notice this? Heck of a time for Torrence early in the year.
Birmingham 1500m results 18 feb
1 Nixon CHEPSEBA KEN 3:34.70 SB
2 Bethwel BIRGEN KEN 3:34.88
3 Gebremedhin MEKONNEN ETH 3:34.89 PB
4 Bernard LAGAT USA 3:36.20 SB
5 Andrew BADDELEY GBR 3:37.16 PB
6 Augustine CHOGE KEN 3:37.61 SB
7 James BREWER GBR 3:38.03 PB
8 Lewis MOSES GBR 3:41.33 PB
Justus KOECH KEN DNF
Split Times
400 Augustine CHOGE KEN 56.43
800 Nixon CHEPSEBA KEN (58.13) 1:54.56
1200 Nixon CHEPSEBA KEN (59.04) 2:53.60
Finish Nixon CHEPSEBA KEN (41.10) 3:34.70
Bernie Lag finishes 1.5 seconds behind the winner? Yikes.
I was talking about the Sydney classic. Torrence's run was about 4 hours before this Birmingham race. Link:
http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/IWC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=63624
A great early result for David; if you can run 3:35 in Feb, one would assume you can run 3:32 in June, but it never works out that way for him. I wish this is the year David puts it all together, but up to now he has only been hitting homeruns in the first ending with no one on base.
Laffitup wrote:
I was talking about the Sydney classic. Torrence's run was about 4 hours before this Birmingham race. Link:
http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/IWC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=63624
was just noting it was a brief WL
thanks for link
Did he get the Olympic A standard?
Great early effort for DT. Will he run 3:33 this summer when it counts?!!
David Torrence? Is this guy even a pro??
He did not get the A-standard.
He sat too far back as usual.
He will now continue to complain how little opportunity he gets to get the A-standard and won't make the Olympic team because he doesn't have the mark.
Case closed.
A standard is 3:34.90????? not sure, someone confirm for me please? thanks
Great start of the season for him. I will be rooting for him to be making the Olympic Team. I have been a fan of his ever since he posted his video of running a sub 4 mile downhill to win a bet.
not a kiwifruit wrote:
A standard is 3:34.90????? not sure, someone confirm for me please? thanks
It is 3:35.50
http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/statistics/standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_entrystandards_london2012_24135.pdfDT is the man!!
TrackCoach wrote:
A great early result for David; if you can run 3:35 in Feb, one would assume you can run 3:32 in June, but it never works out that way for him. I wish this is the year David puts it all together, but up to now he has only been hitting homeruns in the first ending with no one on base.
He runs best in the spring? What year are you thinking of? He has always struck me as a consistent over-achiever. Not much to criticize -- unless you think everyone should be a medalist.
He may have run 3:26, but that was years ago. Lagat understands he can no longer beat the best in the world at 1500m, as far as a gold medal goes. No shame in admitting that. Hence why he is focusing on 5k. 3:36 is a great time for a 5k guy indoors when the indoor record is 3:31.
joecrunner wrote:
3:36 is a great time for a 5k guy indoors when the indoor record is 3:31.
How about the rare occasions when the indoor record is 3:29?
Video? Want to see Lagat.
Don't you think we're sick of hearing about L.A. Mexicans like Torrance ? Eugene is the ONLY Track Town U.S.A.
Al Sal the Mexican wrote:
Don't you think we're sick of hearing about L.A. Mexicans like Torrance ? Eugene is the ONLY Track Town U.S.A.
Way to be obvious. Al Sal is Cuban.