Is Levins really running the 5,000 and 10,000 at Conference, Regional, NCAA AND Canadian Chps?

F U C K C A N A D A wrote:

F U C K C A N A D A

No, no my dear good man... it's BLAME CANADA.

Even if he were to burnout and never race again after this season, he has already accomplished more than 99.9% of people on Letsrun. His conference meet will be a tempo 10k in trainers, a sit and kick 1500, and a tempo 5k in trainers. He is also scheduled to run the 800 which may be the most difficult to win as there are several 1:50 guys that will make him run hard plus there are prelims. My guess is he wins the 10 and 5 easily not going until the last 800 or so. He wins the 1500 from about 500 out and he gets first or second in the 800 in a very close race. Basically he will be racing an 800, and a 1500, and running a moderate 800 to qualify for finals. He will only be running the 10 as a small portion of his mileage for the day and the 5 he will not run if the team battle is already decided. The rest of the way through the Canadian trials is a two week rotation which gives him plenty of recovery time and he most likely will not have to run the 10 at the trials.

I know you were trying to help those who are concerned, but you just made me more concerned. I guess I forgot about the 800s and 1500s also.

Hopefully he will not race in trainers, as they could cause knee problems on a rubberized track.

While there are a number of Canadians who have run fast times at the 5,000 and 10,000 lately, not all of them show up to nationals and the races are not typically anywhere near fast.

Here's last year's 10k:

1 *kangogo, Kip 79 Running Room 29:01.60 31:28.78

2 Coolsaet, Reid 79 Speed River Tfc 29:14.63 31:36.38

3 Leboeuf, Maxime 87 Running Room 30:00.00 32:57.59

4 Diehl, Graham 82 Ucac 33:00.00 34:29.57

5 Cummings, Travis 85 Unattached Alberta 32:42.00 34:55.52

6 Bryden, Jordan 86 Unattached Alberta 32:16.44 35:38.32

Last year's 5k:

1 Coolsaet, Reid 79 Speed River Tfc 13:51.23 14:09.83

2 Hubers, Ben 88 Ontario Unat 14:08.00 14:11.07

3 Wiebe, Kelly 89 Excel Athletica 13:56.68 14:12.16

4 Britt, Barry 90 Saint John T 14:08.90 14:50.41

5 Kazuta, Kerry 85 Point Grey T 14:34.76 15:02.10

6 Colle, Stephane 88 Fleur DE Lys 14:15.32 15:08.20

7 Nixon, Andrew 91 Speed River Tfc 14:12.97 15:15.71

8 Hunt, Theo 88 Point Grey T 15:04.36 15:30.39

9 De Silva, Matthew 87 Unattached 14:22.35 15:36.43

10 Galea, Matthew 93 Caltaf Athle 16:01.90 15:56.03

The 5k/10k from 2010:

1 519 Wykes, Dylan Physi-Kult 14:03.26 10

2 628 Dekker, Kyle Tri City T. C. 14:27.66 8

3 625 Nakluski, Derek Toronto Olympic 14:32.02 6

4 352 Majock, Nyial Caltaf Athl. A. 14:33.53 5

5 634 Kerr, Geoff U OF C Athletics 14:38.29 4

6 404 Colle, Stephane Fleur De Lys 14:42.13 3

7 685 Campanelli, Joseph U Toronto TC 14:42.22 2

8 653 Brockerville, Ryan Unattached - NL 14:49.32 1

9 406 Noel-Hodge, Ryan Fleur De Lys 15:07.15

10 525 Boisvert, Emmanuel Qu�ec Endurance 15:11.44

11 526 Lapointe, Jean-Sam Qu�ec Endurance 15:23.44

12 405 Mcelligott, Steven Fleur De Lys 15:28.92

1 528 Bairu, Simon Queen City S. 28:49.25% 10

2 598 Coolsaet, Reid Speed River T&F 29:14.63% 8

3 599 Gillis, Eric Speed River T&F 29:35.82 6

4 691 Kitz, Robert U Toronto TC 31:39.78 5

5 604 Parrott, John Speed River T&F 32:39.33 4

6 714 Monette, Sebastien Vaudreuil-Dorion 32:56.76 3

In 2009, third place finishers ran 14:09/29:45 respectively. I don't think Levins has much to worry about at the Canadian trials, even if the talent is there.