Great run by Willis in the Oslo Dream Mile. 3:49.83 for 2nd behind Ayanleh Souleiman who got the win in 3:49.49.
400m into the race Willis was 2nd to last and Ethiopia's Homiyu Tesfaye was last. They would finish 2nd and 3rd with great pacing.
Centrowitz was right on the pace throughout but faded to 3rd.
Final
Pl. Athlete Nat. Birth Result
1. Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI 92 3:49.49
2. Nick WILLIS NZL 83 3:49.83
3. Homiyu TESFAYE GER 93 3:49.86
4. Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 91 3:50.72
5. Mahiedine MEKHISSI BENABBAD FRA 85 3:51.55
6. Mekonnen GEBREMEDHIN ETH 88 3:51.59
7. Ilham Tanui ÖZBILEN TUR 90 3:51.71
8. Matthew CENTROWITZ USA 89 3:52.23
9. Bethwell BIRGEN KEN 88 3:53.96
10. Johan CRONJE RSA 82 3:54.24
11. Paul ROBINSON IRL 91 3:54.77
12. Pieter-Jan HANNES BEL 92 3:55.33
- Bram SOM NED 80 DNF
- Geoffrey Kipkoech RONO KEN 87 DNF
- Chris O'HARE GBR 90 DNF
Nick Willis 3:49.83 Welcome to the Sub 3:50 Club
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Tesfaye's Ethiopian-German, running for Germany.
Centro was in great position to 1200 but didn't have it at the end.
Fine finish from Willis. Congratulations to him! -
Centro faded to third?
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It's not to late Allen!!!!!!!!1111111111
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Didn't Centro get pushed into the rail or something?
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I think to welcome someone into a club, one needs to be a member of said club.
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Don't you have to BE in the club to welcome someone in? Or are you playing the role of the bouncer?
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coffin corner wrote: Centro faded to third?
Wejo forgot a Ɛ. -
fdsadf wrote:
Don't you have to BE in the club to welcome someone in? Or are you playing the role of the bouncer?
More like the role of bar back -
wejo wrote:
5. Mahiedine MEKHISSI BENABBAD FRA 85 3:51.55
last year dude ran 3:33.12 and 4 days later went 8:00.09
I'm gonna do it: ventolin, line of fitness for this performance? This mile looks a tad slower than last years, is that good for his SC?
What about Evan Jager? Just ran 8:06.97, does he have a chance at sub 8? -
Canadian Commonwealth team wrote:
I think to welcome someone into a club, one needs to be a member of said club.
That was good timing. -
I should add he ran 3:53.33 11 days ago. Clearly Mekhissi peaked once early June '13, and again in August to get bronze at WCs. Jager might have peaked a little late last year and ran 13:02.
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Congrats, Nick, on first sub-3:50! Also, national record for Ingebrigtsen (NOR).
World 2014 Top 10 update for the Mile: http://bringbackthemile.com/history -
What was most impressive was the way in which he ran. Moving up with 500 to go and then able to go all out on the final lap. A near perfect race.
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wejo wrote:
Centrowitz was right on the pace throughout but faded to 3rd.
As long as you're focusing on the white milers, which you seem to be doing, give it up for INGEBRIGTSEN, who had a nice 3:50. That's got to be a PR, right? -
Centro got beat by a dude from NORWAY, Freaking NORWAY! Anericas best lose to a guy form NORWAY in TRACK. Jesus.
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This Willis kid is starting to seem like the real deal. Congrats, Nick. Way to show that Centro punk how it is done.
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THE ORANGE wrote:
Centro got beat by a dude from NORWAY, Freaking NORWAY! Anericas best lose to a guy form NORWAY in TRACK. Jesus.
And last year a bro from Mongolia was faster than America's best in the marathon.
http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/road-running/marathon/outdoor/men/senior/2013 -
Quickly scanned the all-time list and it looks like he is the 2nd oldest to break 3:50 for the first time. I think Mike Boit was older.
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superb run by Nick today
congrats
