3rd place new AR
3rd place new AR
A great run by Jager and Birech.
Jager's last 3 laps.
65.2
64.2
62.1
He was very close to 525 at 2k. He ran almost exactly 2:40 for his last 1, maybe a little under.
A great close for Evan.
Birech went 62.74
63.45
62.00.
RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT
1 BIRECH Jairus Kipchoge KEN 07:58.41 WL
2 MEKHISSI BENABBAD Mahiedine FRA 08:03.23 SB
3 JAGER Evan USA 08:04.71 AR
4 HULING Daniel USA 08:15.61 SB
5 KIPRUTO Conseslus KEN 08:16.72
6 KIPRUTO Brimin Kiprop KEN 08:16.90
7 SAFIULIN Ilgizar RUS 08:20.29 PB
8 YEGO Hillary Kipsang KEN 08:20.35
9 KOECH Paul Kipsiele KEN 08:24.11
10 ZALEWSKI Krystian POL 08:24.83
11 KIPYEGO Barnabas KEN 08:26.19
12 BAYER Andrew USA 08:29.44
13 LUKYANOV Ivan RUS 08:29.81
14 KESKISALO Jukka FIN 08:31.21
15 KEMBOI Ezekiel KEN 08:35.35
16 NGANGA Bernard KEN 08:36.56
CHAVKIN Nikolay RUS DNF
LAGAT Haron KEN DNF
Intermediate times:
1000mLAGAT, Haron (KEN)2:38.41
2000mBIRECH, Jairus Kipchoge (KEN)5:21.31
Beat his old record by just over 2 seconds.
Glad I didn't almost run him over with my car at the Pre Classic this year.
Awesome!!!!
That's worth a reply.
Nice!
Faster than the great Henry Rono.
Umm.. Ezekiel Kemboi... ?
mar828 wrote:
Glad I didn't almost run him over with my car at the Pre Classic this year.
So you did run him over?
Ha, I see what I did there
It was kind of close, he was running on the sidewalk, pretty fast obvs, and I was coming out of a parking garage
mar828 wrote:
Beat his old record by just over 2 seconds.
Glad I didn't almost run him over with my car at the Pre Classic this year.
I'm glad that I also didn't almost run him over with my car at the Pre Classic. Good thing I was thousands of miles away or else I might have almost got him.
Why isn't Huling better?
That is the best set of scalps Huling has even gotten.
Great job by Jager. He just needed someone to follow, rather than having to do all the work, as previously this year. And he stayed very tough. I thought Benabbad was going to be stronger at the end but Birech went away from easily and Jager closed on Benabbad. To get under Henry Rono's 1978 WR is a great achievement.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
irech went away from easily and Jager closed on Benabbad. To get under Henry Rono's 1978 WR is a great achievement.
How? Rono hasn't been a WR holder since the mid 8os.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
Great job by Jager. He just needed someone to follow, rather than having to do all the work, as previously this year.
You make it sound as if 'doing work' is something meaningful and in fact disadvantaheous. If you definition of 'doing work' is a synonym of 'running when no one is in front of you' then you are as misguided as the great commentator Dwight Stones. He constantly refers to this concept during distance races on NBC. Is there some law of physics that says less energy is required to run when someone is 2 seconds ahead of you as when that same person is not in the race. If you are close enough (less than 0.1 seconds) and going fast enough (greater than 20 mph) then wind resistance is a real factor IF Jager was RIGHT BEHIND one of those guys. In this situation there was no physical advantage to being in 2nd or 3rd place although there may be a (probably disadvantageous) psychological difference.
I'll just ignore the obvious, drafting helps, and look at your next claim, that following people is not advantageous. If it is not, then why do Americans only run fast times in the distances in Euro races? Why don't they just time trial with weak fields back home? Have you ever trained with anyone? You see it there as well. There is a very significant psychological advantage from running with or near people (being crushed is another thing).
explain to me wrote:
jjjjjjjjj wrote:irech went away from easily and Jager closed on Benabbad. To get under Henry Rono's 1978 WR is a great achievement.
How? Rono hasn't been a WR holder since the mid 8os.
Rono's time is slow for a Kenyan now, but still fast for the rest of the world. And super fast for Americans. I agree with the OP. It's a great achievement despite the time since. How many Americans have done it? Ummmm, super few. I'll let you look it up.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
I'll just ignore the obvious, drafting helps, and look at your next claim, that following people is not advantageous. If it is not, then why do Americans only run fast times in the distances in Euro races? Why don't they just time trial with weak fields back home? Have you ever trained with anyone? You see it there as well. There is a very significant psychological advantage from running with or near people (being crushed is another thing).
While I agree, that may also be part of why championship 1500s are always so slow. No doubt it too often works against someone to lead. Unless you are Tom Byers and sneak out ahead as a race rabbit and stay in the race.
Will Jager break 8:00 at some point in his career??
The rabbit business is a scam.
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
I'll just ignore the obvious, drafting helps, and look at your next claim, that following people is not advantageous. If it is not, then why do Americans only run fast times in the distances in Euro races? Why don't they just time trial with weak fields back home? Have you ever trained with anyone? You see it there as well. There is a very significant psychological advantage from running with or near people (being crushed is another thing).
jjjjjjjjj wrote:
I'll just ignore the obvious, drafting helps, and look at your next claim, that following people is not advantageous. If it is not, then why do Americans only run fast times in the distances in Euro races? Why don't they just time trial with weak fields back home? Have you ever trained with anyone? You see it there as well. There is a very significant psychological advantage from running with or near people (being crushed is another thing).
Sometimes it's good to draft. Sometimes drafting on purpose is terrible.
- Jager spent a good portion that race not drafting, & demolished his AR.
- J.Simpson ignored drafting many of her races, & won the DL.
- El G won 1500M Gold by leading much of his race.
- El G won 5K Gold, because those faster purposely drafted.
- Joan Benoit raced arguably (& I said arguably, not 100%) the best US distance performance ever- by ignoring drafting.
- Ritz made the 2012 Olympic 10K team, by ignoring drafting.
- Ryan Hall's best races ignored drafting.
- D.Cabral led most of his 2012 Olympic semi & final, to advance & then majorly overachieve to 8th in the final, only 2 spots behind Jager. Oh let me guess: Everyone expected Cabral to be top 8. Sure.