I call shenanigans on the pacer winning. If you're a competitor you're looking out for other competitors, not the guy who is paid to run a certain distance at a certain pace.
You might run a different strategy if you know you're competing with the pacers (like throw in a surge and try to break them).
Depends on the contract. Some allow pace makers to win races if they can hang on. Its up to the elites to know that this is possible.
BTW the Kenyan mentality would be that the better man won. I don't see Kipsang complaining too much.
All pacers are listed as competitors, otherwise they are not allowed to pace.
There is no way to complain about this.
If you can't beat the person that you have been drafting off of, you don't deserve to win. Period.
This.
String's over!
Mo Ron wrote:
adfawdsf wrote:I hope the brojos post a race recap with video, sounds awesome.
Not the best highlights ever but until something better comes up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8a08M_Snws
you ain't kidding. Worst highlights ever!
article reader wrote:
Sounds like the plan was for Ronoh and Kipsang to go out fast and break Kimetto early. And they did. They were on 58'10" pace early on. Prague is not flat, is it? 60' and change is a fast time for that course, eh?
Prague is far from being flat indeed, however you should have noticed this race was held in a city called Olomouc.
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