Stanford 5k is LOADED

I might have to do a free trial of Flotrack pro for this

Free trial flotrack pro won't let you watch live streaming. Also, I'm surprised to see Derrick in this, especially since he has the A. Possibly pacing?

So again why is Bumbalough not in this? If he's gunning for the 5000 this summer and he doesn't have the A I don't think (wasn't that indoor failed attempt to secure the A?), shouldn't he be doing the 5000 in this loaded field? Also would think he'd want another shot at Derrick.

No one has the standard right now.

Must be achieved after Oct 1, 2012.

Should be an interesting race.

Does indoor not count?

I take that back.

I guess they can get it indoors.

So Lomong and Derrick are the only two in the world right now with a standard at 5000m.

Plus Farah as reigning champ.

Right, so why is Derrick running the 5000 and Bumbalough the 10000 unless they're thinking about switching events? It especially makes no sense for Derrick to be running the 5000 since he already has the A in that but not in the 10000. Am I missing something?

Luminosity wrote:

Right, so why is Derrick running the 5000 and Bumbalough the 10000 unless they're thinking about switching events? It especially makes no sense for Derrick to be running the 5000 since he already has the A in that but not in the 10000. Am I missing something?

Derrick will knock out the standard at USA Championships or Pre.

You usually race for the sake of racing, not just chasing standards.

But...

Derrick does have the 10,000 standard. That window opened Jan 1, 2012.

So he won't need to run one before USATF.

Bumbi will find more 5000 chances and maybe no other 10,000 chances.

The real question is how will Eric Jenkins fare? In his workout video recently posted on flotrack the kid looks GOOD.

Cam Levins not listed?

Derrick also has the 10k standard from his top 15 finish at world cross

Why is Derrick listed as Nike/Aurum? Did some Chinese kid use his phonetic pronunciation "alum" over the actual spelling? It looks like Heath also has the same tag (almost).

The qualifying window in the 10K opened on Jan. 1, 2012. So Rupp, Ritz, Teg, Derrick, and True have the A.

might be wejo wrote:

Why is Derrick listed as Nike/Aurum? Did some Chinese kid use his phonetic pronunciation "alum" over the actual spelling? It looks like Heath also has the same tag (almost).

I was also wondering what Aurum meant. I don't think Derrick is pacing. Since he has the standard, he's probably just running to compete. He's probably got it out for Jager beating him back in 2009 :)

standards wrote:

Derrick also has the 10k standard from his top 15 finish at world cross

Nice catch.

10,000m – The Top 15 athletes finishing in the senior Men’s and senior Women’s races at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships are considered to have achieved the A Standard for the World Championships.

OK, thanks everyone for clearing that up. It all makes sense now. So Derrick ran 13:11 indoors a few months ago. If they run this honestly and race it hard man I could see him at 13:05 - 13:10 or even faster if lightning strikes. I think he takes it. Jager 13:10 - 13:15, True 13:15 - 13:20, Solinsky 13:40, Webb 13:50

Luminosity wrote:

OK, thanks everyone for clearing that up. It all makes sense now. So Derrick ran 13:11 indoors a few months ago. If they run this honestly and race it hard man I could see him at 13:05 - 13:10 or even faster if lightning strikes. I think he takes it. Jager 13:10 - 13:15, True 13:15 - 13:20, Solinsky 13:40, Webb 13:50

Jenkins is gonna run 13:20.

WR could fall if Webbb doesn't run a 10K in the hour before the 5K.