Official 2017 Lausanne DL Discussion Thread - How Will Centro Do In His 1st DL Race in 2 Years?

7:51 at 3k (so 2:40 3rd km slowed a lot).

Need to get going again for a sub 13:00.

4 guys up front. 8:54 now at 3400

9:55 at 3800 so that was a good lap.

10:57/58 at 4200

Johua Cheptegei the guy who pushed it at Worlds XC is leading, Edris, Barega, Alamirew

Cheptegei is becoming one of my favorites

Cheptegie first, Edris on his shoulder, their going to break 13

So Eithiopian team is Edris, Barega, and ?

Finally Farah's slow 13:00 WL has been shattered. I hope they run like this in

The WC, this way Farah doesn't stand a chance

55.14 final lap for the 12:55 win.

impressive by Edris. Barega was world junior champ and Cheptegei gets rewarded with a sub 13:00.

As Hutchings noted Farah closed in 52 in Rio and ran 13:03. Hard to believe it was that fast in Rio but idea he can't close in a decently fast race isn't true.

Who was the guy rolling around on the home straightaway?

12:55.24 by Edris. He might be Farahs closest challenger in the 5k, he really has a kick. Barega becomes the next random east african to break 13, also running 12:55 at the alleged age of 17. Cheptegei break as well in 12:59. I like cheptegei because he's not afraid to push the pace unlike so many other athletes *cough* *cough* mo farah *cough*

How did True only run 13:28 a week after 7:35 3k in Paris?

ben true shits himself in 13:28

Perhaps because he ran a 7:35 5 days ago?

Picardo beating Taylor at the moment in the tripls jump, remember the rivalry they had in 2015 where they both went over 18 that culmulated with that huge 18.2 by Taylor?

the kid looked kinda young tbh

jhfgi04 wrote:

How did True only run 13:28 a week after 7:35 3k in Paris?

Not sure. He's clean, so super-human performances in rapid succession are pretty difficult.

CDA wrote:

Meh........ wrote:

She was already tying up but in the last 25 meters she purposefully eased up when she saw she was way off. It could have been a 4:15 flat

Yeah, I don't really see her do that after replaying it, but it doesn't matter.

It's funny that if Dibaba had just started jogging her victory lap right after running 3:50, she would have gotten to the mile mark on the backstretch before the time that she did full out today. Dibaba is a strange athlete.

A little incident in Sabadell wouldn't have anything to do with that "strangeness", would it?

That was kinda quick 800 m.

My dream for WC in the 5k. Chemilo jumps on the first 2k in 5:09. Cheptegei then takes over and leads them through 3k in 7:42 and 4k in 10:15. Farah went out towards the back of the Pack and slowly moved his way up to the lead group by 3k. At 4k farah seizes the lead and tries to slow it down like the p*ssy he is, but cheptegei dosen't allow it and keeps moving. At 600 left farah moves to the front, but with 500 left some random kenyan or ethopian comes out and drives all the way to home finishing in 12:44

It's not going to happen but I can dream.

Well thats rare in the diamond league. Perfect pacemaking going 56.5 exactly

All ten finishers under two minutes.

jdfkerg wrote:

That was kinda quick 800 m.

Better take advantage before the testosterone blockers become mandated. Is it any shock that intersex athletes win the race EVERY TIME?