Clayton Murphy draws the Heat of Death for 800 semis - Rudisha, Kszczot and Souleiman!!! What should he do?

hopefully he trips nd falls, met the guy he's a total clownjob

rojo wrote:

So if you were coaching him, what would you tell him to do?

That is Lee LaBadie's job.

He should pray only. Athletes always give all credit to god.

Have you guys and gals seen the heats for tomorrow's semis?

Murphy's heat is LOADED.

We've pasted them below.

One would think that world record holder, reigning Olympic and World Champ David Rudisha would advance. One would think that last year's silver medallist Adam Kszczo , who won the European championships, would advance. 2013 bronze medallist Ayanleh Souleiman is also in the heat and he also looked great yesterday.

And there are only 2 auto qualifiers.

The problem for Murphy is he's a noted come from behind runner. Do you change your strategy and try to set the pace? Or do you hope that someone else makes it fast and you get in on time? Or do you just hope to somehow get top 2?

HEAT 1

ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2016 PB

1 2870 Andrés ARROYO PUR PUR 1:45.78 1:45.78

2 2134 Kleberson DAVIDE BRA BRA 1:45.79 1:44.21

3 2415 Pierre-Ambroise BOSSE FRA FRA 1:43.88 1:42.53

4 2009 Taoufik MAKHLOUFI ALG ALG 1:43.92 1:43.53

5 2695 Ferguson Cheruiyot ROTICH KEN KEN 1:44.05 1:42.84

6 2844 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL POL 1:44.59 1:43.72

7 2470 Michael RIMMER GBR GBR 1:44.93 1:43.89

8 2749 Mostafa SMAILI MAR MAR 1:45.05 1:45.05

HEAT 2

ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2016 PB

1 2311 Andreas BUBE DEN DEN 1:46.21 1:44.89

2 2911 Rynardt VAN RENSBURG RSA RSA 1:45.67 1:45.40

3 2681 Alfred KIPKETER KEN KEN 1:43.73 1:43.73

4 3050 Boris BERIAN USA USA 1:44.20 1:43.34

5 2204 Brandon MCBRIDE CAN CAN 1:43.95 1:43.95

6 2388 Mohammed AMAN ETH ETH 1:44.70 1:42.37

7 2005 Yassine HETHAT ALG ALG 1:45.00 1:45.00

8 2107 Amel TUKA BIH BIH 1:45.23 1:42.51

HEAT 3

ORDER / LANE BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY SB 2016 PB

1 2583 Mark ENGLISH IRL IRL 1:45.36 1:44.84

2 2595 Giordano BENEDETTI ITA ITA 1:46.47 1:44.67

3 2843 Adam KSZCZOT POL POL 1:44.49 1:43.30

4 3091 Clayton MURPHY USA USA 1:44.76 1:44.76

5 2696 David Lekuta RUDISHA KEN KEN 1:43.35 1:40.91

6 2317 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI DJI 1:44.06 1:42.97

7 2002 Amine BELFERAR ALG ALG 1:45.01 1:45.01

8 2336 Hamada MOHAMED EGY EGY 1:45.25 1:44.98

So if you were coaching him, what would you tell him to do?

I think Murphy's just outgunned and very possibly past his peak for the year. If I had to pick a strategy for him right now, I'd tell him to stick with the usual come-from-behind stuff and hope it works out.

ttc wrote:

He should pray only. Athletes always give all credit to god.

No, only the athletes who have faith in God give Him credit. I would tell him to run it like it's the final & not a semi. Balls to the walls fast

Omg, the dreaded Heath of Death!

Game over, Clayton

Lewandowski isn't in his heat, Kszczkskhcshzhfzot is. Hard to see him advancing from that but I would say now is a opportunity for a big PB

No one has actually said what they would do if they were coaching him.

I mean he can kind of hope that maybe Souleiman takes it out hard.

Those guys can't be happy to be in this heat.

I mean if you are Kszczot you aren't happy with this heat either. YOu are thinking, "Damn, I'm a near lock for a medal but i might finish 3rd in this heat and bomb out."

Is Rudisha happy? I doubt it. If I was coaching Murphy, I"d say "let's hope souleiman or Rudisha take it out but if not, we need to go out in 52 flat at the slowest. So try to run a 51.5 and hope someone is ahead of you.

Heat 2 is pretty stacked too, with 5 legit medal contenders.

He should go out fast, hold it, then kick it in.

Berian's got it worse in Heat 2. Kipketer, Berian, McBride, Aman, Tuka.

*Wheel of Fortune*

*Puzzle*

"Bo_is Be_ain"

Boris: I'd like to solve the puzzle

Pat Sajak: okay go ahead

Boris: HOT DOG!

He should run as fast as he can. If he knows he has top 2 locked up at the end he can ease up, but otherwise, run fast. Seems pretty easy.

But seriously this mid-distance and distance complaining of: the semi field is hard, noone else set the pace, what about his/her racing style... its annoying. If you're good enough, you set the pace or you out-kick. You adapt to different race senarios or you are good enough with your chosen strategy that it doesn't matter. If the officials rule the race was fair, then anything else is excuse making.

I know Murphy hasn't complained about his semi. Just saying this is the kinda stuff we hear in distance racing.

Ex: hope someone else takes it out fast so i can hit the standard....

Ledecky smashed her own 800 free WR with no one remotely close to her.

I would prefer to look at Heat 2. it has...

Kipketer

Berian

McBride

Aman

Tuka

All who should be finalists in theory...but at least 1, and possibly 3, will not.

I'm gonna say Berian makes it fast, gets third though. Kipketer and Tuka make it in auto, Berian makes it on time, McBride possible (All based on Berian making it super fast)

May as well do the other 2 heats I guess..

Heat 1

Bosse

Makh

Heat 3

Rudisha

Kszczot

Souleiman (time)

rojo wrote:

No one has actually said what they would do if they were coaching him.

Set a fast pace if Rudisha doesn't. That way if he doesn't finish high enough to get an auto spot, he can still maybe get through on time (if they're doing that). Also if the pace is fast, maybe one of the favorites might not be up for it and falter.

He should key off of one guy. I would make that guy Kszczot.

Tuck in after the break, stay in whatever position you are in through 300m, then get on Kszcot's shoulder on the straight. Stay there and hope you have enough to swing around him and finish top-2.

Who knows, you may make him nervous enough that he starts a kick from further out.

The person that could throw a wrench into everyone's plan is obviously Rudisha. If he goes 52.5 through 400m, no one is going to be in front of him, and you are looking at probably a 1:46-high heat.

Sit and kick--it's what he knows and this heat isn't going out slow, especially being the last heat. And I doubt Rudisha will let anyone else lead.

I think he should run really fast.