Neely Spence To Make Her 10,000 Debut This Weekend At 2012 Zatopek in Australia - Make Your Predictions Please

I will be surprised if she breaks 32.

surprised wrote:

I will be surprised if she breaks 32.

She just ran 25:2x for 8k on the road.

I say she is good for a mid to upper 31 on the track.

It is going to be shocking conditions on Saturday in Melbourne. It is going to be 37 degrees Celsius (99 degrees farenheight), with high winds, which at the venue where the race is taking place, will probably be very difficult for athletes to negotiate because the venue is extremely open to the elements. Then a cool change is going to come later in the evening and dump a lot of rain on Melbourne. Probably not the best conditions for a fast time. Nonetheless, the racing will still be good!

32:06. JK knows all.

32:15, Looks like she may have to run a lot of the race on her own. This will set her up for a sub 31:45 in the spring.

I really like Spence, but didn't she just get spanked in her leg of the Chiba Ekiden? Doesn't bode well for a 31:45.

She got beat by two people apparently better then her, both of those girls were on the Olympic team for Kenya and Japan. The predictions on here are going to range from 31:45 to around 32:30 compared to their PR's of 30:38 and 30:58.

Neely's anchor leg was 23 seconds faster then Janet Bawcom closed the same leg last year.

I think she will run around 32:20

They got Bett's time wrong in the article. Anyone notice? 26:51, not 26:15. Just a typo I'm sure, but should be corrected...

The OP noticed, which is why he pointed it out...

No records this year. With the 90 degree high on Saturday anyone within a minute of their goal will be running well.

Male winner 27:56

Female winner 33:02

33:XX

The usual tough conditions.

This is not Neely's debut in the 10k. She ran in the US ladies 10k championships last October and finished 3rd in 32:50.

I just looked up the forecast of a high of 90 so it could be in the 70's by racetime

Not only did they get Bett's time wrong, but unless I'm blind (which is possible), they also didn't say what the Zatopek record is that he's going for and, for those who don't know, they don't even say that this thing is in Melbourne.

32 seconds faster than her dad if he is allowed to run in the race.

25:22 on the Richmond course is probably closer to 25:40-25:45 on an unaided course. Then again people tend to run faster on the track than on even a flat-as-can-be road course, so there's that.

But if it's going to be 113 degrees with 74-mile-and-hour winds I say no faster than 32:11

Strangely, my prediction last night that she won't break 32 minutes was removed.

32:31.19

31:15 !