Ben True 13:14.44 - Unstoppable right now?

Might be stoppable by one of the guys who finished within a second of him, or the post surgery guy 10 seconds back, or one of the several sub 13 guys not in the race.

But on fire? Yes.

We'll know by Moscow if he was on fire at the right time...

A Duck wrote:

We'll know by Moscow if he was on fire at the right time...

Guys like Ben True have to be on fire right now or there is no Moscow for them.

What is True's main event? 5000 or 10000?Will he be a marathoner soon?

I would like to see him, Derrick and Jager try to break 13. I hoped Chelanga would have more.

I would imagine it's the 10,000m because he would have to outkick Rupp, Lagat or Lomong for a spot on that team. I also believe he is one of the guys who should make his marathon debut sooner rather than later. If he made his marathon debut this fall or next spring the worst thing that happens is he finds out he's not good at it; the best is he finds out that is the event he should be running.

Trollist wrote:

I would imagine it's the 10,000m because he would have to outkick Rupp, Lagat or Lomong for a spot on that team.

wouldn't*

Nothing against True. But just looking through those times it is Solinsky who stands out. It goes to show how talented he is coming off such a major injury to run that kind of time.

I really like the guys in this race..all of them! I mean look at these animals. Estrada!, True, Mead, Huling, SoLINSKY!! Jeff FREAKIN SEE! and Webb! Blasts from the past, injured greats and dudes who have finally arrived..as they should have. Man I really like to see these guys on the line. The best to all of them! "IT IS TIME"!

Damn these are the fast times for so early in the season. What's even scarier is the fact I believe everyone on this list will get faster as the season progresses.

Major Major Shout Out: Eric Jenkins of Northeastern. I don't know the kid, but to get DQ'd, stay humble, put the work in and bust a 13:18 is awesome. I remember back when Brent Vaughn ran 13:18 for Colorado; that time was so fast (particularly at that time) I nearly spilled my coffee. And now, a kid from small school NE is running just as fast in an urban city with 0 altitude. Times have changed...

yes, the top-5 should easily go sub-13 n August (Zurich, Berlin...)

Trollist wrote:

Trollist wrote:

I would imagine it's the 10,000m because he would have to outkick Rupp, Lagat or Lomong for a spot on that team.

wouldn't*

Lomong, Lagat in the 10,000??? I don't think so.

Perhaps you were talking about the 5000.

True beating Jager and the rest of the field shows how talented TRUE is. He ran at Dartmouth and didn't run during the winter. Solinsky trained with Schumacher at Wisconsin (a far better team than Dartmouth) and has run for Nike since. True is running amazing times. He also has an incredible kick. He ran the last 1000 or more of that race from the front. VERY impressive.

ryan foreman wrote:

Nothing against True. But just looking through those times it is Solinsky who stands out. It goes to show how talented he is coming off such a major injury to run that kind of time.

yyy wrote:

yes, the top-5 should easily go sub-13 n August (Zurich, Berlin...)

Are you joking? Or do you really not understand this sport.

You think that all of the top 5 should easily go sub-13 in August? Seriously?

Here's a hint for you - not a single one of these folks is going sub-13 this year. Not one.

Now please try developing some understanding of the sport.

I think Jager would be flirting with

What The wrote:

yyy wrote:

yes, the top-5 should easily go sub-13 n August (Zurich, Berlin...)

Are you joking? Or do you really not understand this sport.

You think that all of the top 5 should easily go sub-13 in August? Seriously?

Here's a hint for you - not a single one of these folks is going sub-13 this year. Not one.

Now please try developing some understanding of the sport.

I agree with you that not all 5 will do it, and that it will not be easy for any of them.

BUT...considering True was 6th at World XC (look at the PRs of the guys around/behind him in that race) and that he just PB'd in APRIL and won this race leading a good chunk of it....If he stays on track and isn't already hitting his peak, I think he can flirt with 13:00 this year. This is a guy who got 6th at the Trials last year with Lyme's disease. He's clearly just coming into his potential.

Glad someone posted a thread about True. He's really starting to run some fast times. All this talk about Webb running 13:37 has no relevance... The race was also a season opener for some of those top guys, and they're running way faster than that. Granted, it is good to see Webb running a halfway decent time this early, he won't compete for the world team running like this. There are too many great guys who can run 13:20 like it's child's play, especially come U.S. Champs.

Nice to see someone outside of the two Nike camps running well.

Is there a video of the race available anywhere? I didn't see one up on Flotrack, usually they have races available after the fact for free (not flotrack pro). This seems like the 5k of the season on U.S. soil, so if anyone has it on youtube or whatever, post a link. Thanks

Truedat wrote:

Is there a video of the race available anywhere? I didn't see one up on Flotrack, usually they have races available after the fact for free (not flotrack pro). This seems like the 5k of the season on U.S. soil, so if anyone has it on youtube or whatever, post a link. Thanks

It was up last night right after the event. If you watched the Kim Conley interview, the 5,000 showed up in the thumbnails. It seems to have been taken down as of early this morning, but it looked like True took the lead with 1400 meters to go. Jager sat on him the whole way, but True found another gear in the last 100. I was wanting to catch the splits of the final 1600 as to compare them to Solinsky's 62,60,59,&57 from 2011 USATF champs 5,000.