Official 2015 Payton Jordan Live Discussion Thread

Ahmed still pressing hard, True moves into second and is stalking Ahmed, grimacing a bit. No big gaps for the top 7: Ahmed, True, Mekashaw, Vernon, ?, Landry, ?.

I was afraid that gap was going to grow, but True has turned it around and is now running strong in 2nd behind Ahmed and both have gapped the rest of the field.

Mead, McNeil, and Stinson haven't lost much off that 7th guy though. Ahmed and True with a slight gap, but Ahmed's pace has slowed slightly. True is going to wait, though he looks good coming up on Ahmed's shoulder. Ahmed might have spent it. Vernon making contact again, and the rest of the pace. McNeil moving up. 2 to go 25:39. It's Ahmed, True, Vernon (?), Ben St Lawrence (?)

True still waiting on Ahmed's shoulder coming down to a lap to go. True grimacing a bit but looking good. 26:44-5. It's still those 4 up front coming to 300 to go.

still a pack of 4 with a lap to go, 26:45

Vernon takes it in 27:42

Vernon with a big move, True is grimacing. True can't handle it. St Lawrence. McNeil made it back up to the pack!

Vernon, St Lawrence, True, McNeil, Ahmed. It's Vernon down the stretch with a killer kick! St Lawrence, True, McNeil, Ahmed!

Nice kick for Vernon! It was True in second, then St Lawrence, both 2744. 1408, 1338 5k splits. McNeil 2745.01.

15 guys sub 28. Abdi, Mead 2749, Witt, Stinson.

Sounds like the rabbit really shot everyone trying to get the standard in the foot in this one

~40 second pr for stinson going sub 28 for the first time in what I believe was his first race as a professional.

Another great last lap with lead changes on the backstretch in this one. It seemed like True was stalking Ahmed with both having a gap on everyone else, but the slowing pace let a bunch of others back in it, and True never really made a move. On the backstretch, it was Vernon moving strongest but a bunch of guys going with him, but he ran away from the rest in the last 150. True held on well but never looked too strong or in control.

Men's 10k Section 2 is now running, 2k split was 5:47 so not exactly burning up the track. A bit bunched, 2 abreast for much of the pack.

A pace pickup in this section 2, 11:27 at 4k. Now picked up to 28:40 pace, which is more like it. A big long strung-out pack, probably 20 guys, then a small gap, and 5-10 more strung out.

The pickup in pace continues, Ritchie just made a pretty big move up through the pack into 5th to stick with the lead group, Colley in 6th. Will try to get more names. Bit of a gap threatening to form as the pace is more like sub-4:30 now than 4:40 as previously.

1416 at 5k by the leader, did they say it was Spisak? The pack has now let him go, about a 15m lead. Pretty big pack behind him. 11 laps to go, 15:57 for the leader, about 16:00 for the pack.

1416 at 5k by the leader, did they say it was Spisak? The pack has now let him go, about a 15m lead. Pretty big pack behind him. 11 laps to go, 15:57 for the leader, about 16:00 for the pack. I think they said LaRosa leading the chase pack. Spisak still looks pretty smooth, definitely starting to hurt just a bit but pace is steady.

Chase pack now down 6-7 seconds, at about 1932 with 3200m to go.

Spisak still out there on his own, 9 guys in the chase pack which is not really very far back, same guy leading it. Then quite a bit of a gap to everyone else, who are all really strung out. Spisak hits 4 laps to go at something in the ballpark of 23:50 low. Chase pack Larosa, Moen, Richie.

Peterson in 5th. Spisak fighting through it, still looking ok, but his gap has shrunk slightly. Coming up to two laps to go, still a 6 second lead.

Quite a bit of carnage with runners strung out all the way around the track. Spisak looking to find another gear as he hits the bell. Larosa breaking away with one other runner, but it looks like Spisak is too far out. Larosa and Moen kicking really hard though, Spisak not much of a sprint.

But Spisak's lead is far to big, flailing a bit, he comes across in 28:20. LaRosa, Moen, Peterson, Ritchie all around 28:25, also Porras, Crain.