Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium

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  • rojo
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    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:41am CDT
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    Now that everyone i coached at Cornell should have graduated (key word is should), as a Princeton alum, I guess its time for me to lead the Callahan bandwagon. I saw in Race Results weekly he won a B heat in Europe in 3:39 on August 1 and thought to myself, "I wonder how faster he'd run if he got some competition."

    Looks like he raced again.

    From August 4th in Oordegem, Belgium:

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    1500 m
    1 Peter Callahan USA 3:37.88 PB
    2 Julian Matthews NZL 3:38.72
    3 Jeremy Rae CAN 3:39.82
    4 Tom Lancashire GBR 3:40.64
    5 Zak Patterson AUS 3:40.73 PB
    6 Hamish Carson NZL 3:43.99
    7 Luc Bruchet CAN 3:46.32
    8 James Hansen AUS 3:47.36
    9 Jan Adriaansen BEL 3:51.87 PB
    10 Cédric Van De Putte 3:54.91

    Not bad. Still got the win. I wonder how fast he'll run in Portland. Of course it will be the equivalent of running at like 3 in the morning.
  • C/M Runner
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    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:53am CDT
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    Kudos to him! I saw him on a results sheet sometime in July where he was DNF (I forget which meet... maybe London?) and I thought he was acting as a pacer for that race. Wish him good luck tonight.
  • rojo
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    4 years ago 08/08/2015 10:29pm CDT
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    bumping this back up.

    If only i wasn't too lazy. As i was watching the Os game about 90 minutes ago, i thought to myself. "You know couldn't callahan beat rupp. It will be a slow race. how do you beat those wheels?"

    Admittedly, I still am suffering PTSD from watching callahan always outkick my guys at Cornell and outkcking rupp is another matter, but rupp is a 10k guy. All of these morons who think Rupp could be a world class miler simply because he ran a fast time indoors in a time trial don't get it. It's about acceleration.

    BUt i dont' look like a genius as I was too lazy to pull out my computer and predict it. My favorite pitcher was pitching and had a nohitter goign and I didn't want to jinx hiim by pulling out my computer.
  • Uii
    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:33pm CDT
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    rojo wrote:
    . All of these morons who think Rupp could be a world class miler simply because he ran a fast time indoors in a time trial don't get it. It's about acceleration.



    It's not about acceleration. It's about finishing before your opponent. Waiting until a late sprint is only one of several ways to accomplish that. I can't tell if you are just trolling or if you really believe that.

    As for being a 10k guy, if he switched to the mile then his acceleration and top speed would increase.
  • rojo
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    4 years ago 08/08/2015 11:49pm CDT
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    Uii wrote:

    As for being a 10k guy, if he switched to the mile then his acceleration and top speed would increase.

    Not enough. People think cause he ran 3:50 he'd be a good miler. No he would not. Mo Farah? yes. The acceleration you need shows up in the 5000.
  • not a good miler
    4 years ago 08/09/2015 12:06pm CDT
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    rojo wrote:

    Uii wrote:

    As for being a 10k guy, if he switched to the mile then his acceleration and top speed would increase.

    Not enough. People think cause he ran 3:50 he'd be a good miler. No he would not. Mo Farah? yes. The acceleration you need shows up in the 5000.


    Very funny. If you can run 3:50, you're a good miler.
  • whipporwhill
    4 years ago 08/26/2015 9:16am CDT
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    Plus he is a cutie :)