hart crane wrote:
Ben True = Bernie Sanders
Communist.
Fixed it for you.
hart crane wrote:
Ben True = Bernie Sanders
Communist.
Fixed it for you.
Is someone replacing True on the 10,000 team?
reed wrote:
Just sayin... wrote:I mean c'mon, I have nothing against him or anything, and I think he will go on to be successful, but he is a guy who jumped onto the scene out of nowhere by beating Sambu in a road 10k and earning a spot on the team in both the 5/10k. I think he has potential but does anyone really think he will be able to go up against guys like Farah, Ndiku, Koech, Gebrhiwet, etc... at his first international competition. Both the 5 and 10 are gonna be loaded with tactical veterans, so I just don't see a medal coming his way this time around
he didn't just jump onto the scene by beating Sambu. He burst onto the scene at 2013 world xc (placed 6th?) then running 13:02 at payton jordan invite.
this year, people are talking about him because not only has he taken some scalps in road races, but he also won the NY diamond league 5000m. no other americans have won a DL 5k. for both world xc and that 5k, conditions were bad. ben true has proven time and time again that he can out-perform others in bad weather (cold or hot).
that's why he has a shot at a medal. conditions won't be very good in beijing probably, and galen rupp hasn't been doing well this year, so ben true and ryan hill (who in my mind is more likely to medal than true) both have a decent chance at top 5.
Lauren Fleshman won a DL 5000.
Hill has beaten True only twice. Both times at US nationals (2013 and 2015) after True ran the 10,000m earlier, and Hill was fresh.
No way Hill beats a fresh True at Worlds. True is World Class, takes down Kenyans. Hill is a fantastic US Championships racer...kudos to him, but not in the same class.
I agree with earlier poster. Farah is the only one above all others. On a good day, True can hang with anyone else in the World. Podium vs top 6 will be close and it will depend on who has positioning at final turn.
Also, ZERO chance Rupp is faster than True after running the 10,000 and the 5,000 heats. ZERO.
Mitt Romney wrote:
Hill has beaten True only twice. Both times at US nationals (2013 and 2015) after True ran the 10,000m earlier, and Hill was fresh.
No way Hill beats a fresh True at Worlds. True is World Class, takes down Kenyans. Hill is a fantastic US Championships racer...kudos to him, but not in the same class.
I agree with earlier poster. Farah is the only one above all others. On a good day, True can hang with anyone else in the World. Podium vs top 6 will be close and it will depend on who has positioning at final turn.
Also, ZERO chance Rupp is faster than True after running the 10,000 and the 5,000 heats. ZERO.
I'll remember this post when you're wrong, plus True has to run the 5k heats too
Rupp has insane recovery
Rupp >>> True
benmftrue wrote:
Ben True has no chance, but Ben MF True has a great shot.
THIS!
Mike in LA wrote:
benmftrue wrote:Ben True has no chance, but Ben MF True has a great shot.
THIS!
Ben MF True can take any scalp!
NOP Skeptic wrote:
Rupp has insane recovery
EPO is a beautiful thing.
Oh, and where was his "insane" recovery at the U.S. championships? Did he over eat on Ryan Hill and Ben True's dust?
True.......coming on strong..... but a few folks need to have bad races, be sick or fall during the race for Ben to medal.
Didn't Ben pull out of Beach to Beacon because of fatigue? How is that coming on strong?
Quietrunner wrote:
He set the American 5K road record in April. The record. Not a world record, but still. Not sure why nobody likes to mention that. Even at the BAA 10K they shied away from talking about it. The AMERICAN record. Better than Lagat, anybody in the US.
actually, it was not better than Lagat.
Lagat ran 13:19 in the Carlsbad 5000 in 2014, but after remeasurement for records, it was found that a cone was misplaced and the course was 13.5 ft short. Even running as slow as 4:30/mi, 13.5ft would take 0.69 seconds. So a conservative estimate for Lagat's true 5k time is 13:20.
Ben True ran 13:22.
Now you can all sleep at night
He has no chance! Maybe if he learned how to recover and take care of his body he wouldn't be so tired and a good race.
reed wrote:
Quietrunner wrote:He set the American 5K road record in April. The record. Not a world record, but still. Not sure why nobody likes to mention that. Even at the BAA 10K they shied away from talking about it. The AMERICAN record. Better than Lagat, anybody in the US.
actually, it was not better than Lagat.
Lagat ran 13:19 in the Carlsbad 5000 in 2014, but after remeasurement for records, it was found that a cone was misplaced and the course was 13.5 ft short. Even running as slow as 4:30/mi, 13.5ft would take 0.69 seconds. So a conservative estimate for Lagat's true 5k time is 13:20.
Ben True ran 13:22.
Now you can all sleep at night
No... we are talking REAL Americans!
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