Just saw Leo Manzano in NY hotel lobby, he's been added to adidas GP 800 as has Brannen, Rutt and Lalang

predictions now? scherer will probably run 49.8-50.5 and i bet rudisha will be on him. he tried out his "hang back" tactic and now he probably wants to go back to leading from the gun.

i'd like to say that leo has a chance for top 3, but i don't see it happening now. andrews will kick too late and be a couple seconds behind rudisha.

i REALLY hope sowinski does well in this race. his PR is weak, and i bet he could run 1:45low

If you saw Manzano why didn't you just ask him directly?

He's pretty easy to talk to.

reed wrote:

i REALLY hope sowinski does well in this race. his PR is weak, and i bet he could run 1:45low

I'm usually the one to lobby run for place not time-let the race dictate the time...

but businesswise Sowinski does need a shorter PR on the resume.

As a fan of this young man a good honest race would please me. One with a good placing more so but race conditions permitting a run at a sub 1:45 is needed with 1:45low a fine result if he comes up a little short.

and Fam was just entered into the 5k

I predict that Scherer will do use usual and blast ou to the front thinking he is Charles Jock but will fade a little after a quarter and will probably drop out after the first guy passes him. He is the Craig of the 800m- when did the guy last finish a race.

In all seriousness what would happen if Jock was in a race with a pacer? Would there be a battle for the front and they come through in 47?

Pizzaguy wrote:

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If you saw Manzano why didn't you just ask him directly?

He's pretty easy to talk to.

He probably thought he only spoke mexican.

Most elites won't talk to the Brojo's. When they do it is in the mixed zone and the elites are talking with ALL the reporters at one time.

And you guys claim to be running journalist???? He's only been posting on twitter about it for a couple days now.

Also why not ask him. Too afraid?

Sorry to be a dick but this is old news Rojo.

The revised list was up as early as Tuesday I believe and the Willis dropping out was news on this message board earlier this week

Is 1:48.9 good Leo or Bad Leo?

Based on the condition, i'd say good. Everybody else seems to have run 3-4 seconds off their PRs, so Leo's performance was right in line with that.