• rojo
      co-founder
      • Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium 8/8/2015 11:41AM
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • 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:

        Men
        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
      • RE: Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium 8/8/2015 11:53AM - in reply to rojo
      • C/M Runner
      • 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
      co-founder
      • RE: Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium 8/8/2015 10:29PM - in reply to C/M Runner
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • 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
      • RE: Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium 8/8/2015 11:33PM - in reply to rojo
      • Uii
      • 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
      co-founder
      • RE: Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium 8/8/2015 11:49PM - in reply to Uii
      • rojo
        co-founder
      • 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
      • RE: Peter Callahan 3:37 FTW in Belgium 8/9/2015 12:06PM - in reply to rojo
      • not a good miler
      • 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.