Portland Track Festival adds two meets including the "Portland 10,000" on August 8 - Will any big pros show?

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9 years ago 11/13/2014 3:31pm EST

We came across this press release today:http://www.portlandtrack.com/portland-running-news/two-new-meets-2015The press release is interesting.

Portland Track wrote:
The second meet, the Portland 10,000m, is scheduled for Saturday, August 8, staging one men’s and one women’s 10,000m race. After the Memorial van Damme meeting in Brussels canceled their 10,000m race in 2014, agents and athletes spoke for the need for another mid-to-late season 10,000m event. What better way than to stage a one hour event with many of the world’s best 10k runners, in the United States.

Since it's before Worlds, we imagine they won't get any world beaters.

That reminds us. At LetsRun.com, we've long kicked around the idea of staging events

LetsRun I

LetsRun II

One idea would be to have a Stanford type time trial but in the US but after the world championship season. Try to get the world's best, put a ton of money for a WR and see what happens.

We would rely on the LetsRun nation to find the best weather in the country say on September 10. Is Stanford still totally calm and ideal that type of year? Any meterologists out there? What would be the best place in the US to host a 10,000 in the US. No wind and cool temps.

9 years ago 11/13/2014 3:49pm EST

re: LetsRun.com

SF in the summer has the cool winds and fog. Don't know affected Stanford is for that.

So Cal would be the best option. You can deal with warmer temperatures as long as it's dry. You can run it at night if you're worried about the heat. Main thing you want to avoid for fast times is wind, humidity, and rain.

9 years ago 11/14/2014 10:07am EST

re: LetsRun.com

The second meet, the Portland 10,000m, is scheduled for Saturday, August 8, staging one men’s and one women’s 10,000m race. After the Memorial van Damme meeting in Brussels canceled their 10,000m race in 2014, agents and athletes spoke for the need for another mid-to-late season 10,000m event. What better way than to stage a one hour event with many of the world’s best 10k runners, in the United States.[/quote]

Since it's before Worlds, we imagine they won't get any world beaters.

Rojo is correct in that we won't get any world beaters in Portland in August, but we would be targeting those runners who didn't make their national squads, and want to run a fast race. We'd love to get a few fast Africans and fill in the bulk of the slots with north American Pros who don't make it to worlds. The timing is such that it falls after the break from the European meets and before Worlds.

August weather at 9 PM, the tentative startng time, in Portland should be pretty good for fast times.

9 years ago 11/14/2014 10:19am EST

re: LetsRun.com

An evening race at Stanford in September likely would be very good. However, always a chance of a freak heatwave making race time temps in the 70s or 80s.

9 years ago 11/14/2014 10:25am EST

re: LetsRun.com

Alaska. Specifically in Fairbanks. Perfect weather that time of year. Expect fast times.

9 years ago 11/14/2014 3:03pm EST

re: Cronje

Cronje wrote:
SF in the summer has the cool winds and fog. Don't know affected Stanford is for that.
So Cal would be the best option. You can deal with warmer temperatures as long as it's dry. You can run it at night if you're worried about the heat. Main thing you want to avoid for fast times is wind, humidity, and rain.

You really can't deal with warmer temperatures if you actually want a fast 10k.

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