Official 2019 Brussels DL Discussion Thread - Bye, bye to the 5k, Ajee goes for the 800 title, and much more

ncrecuvuer wrote:

UNC fan wrote:

Is Ben True still going to run the 5000m now that he’s on the World’s team?

Well that didn't work out. He ran 13:18, 2nd to Isaac Kimeli from Belgium. Kimeli closed in a 58.09.

https://brussels.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results-brussels/#baseFrame#__athDisciplineRoot#DisciplineInit#Brussels2019_TIMING_ATMA50101_json##main-frame_content#__athRun#RunSubFrame#Brussels2019_TIMING_ATMA50101_json

Decent race. I hope he's able to put it together to make the final, but it's going to be hard.

13:13 PB by 5 secs for Kimeli,

Great race in his home race,

Much better level on the 5000 in Europe this year with 11 sub 13:20 runners. (last year only 6)

Nice, the CBC stream just started

IAAF Brussels Diamond League 2019 Live

Live :-

http://bit.ly/2lzFgDV

Friday 6 September 2019

King Baudouin Stadium

Marathonlaan 135, 1020 Brussels, Belgium

mikecampbell wrote:

IAAF Brussels Diamond League 2019 Live

Live :-

http://bit.ly/2lzFgDV

Friday 6 September 2019

King Baudouin Stadium

Marathonlaan 135, 1020 Brussels, Belgium

Looks like it is close to a sellout.

Capacity is 50k.

Awesome.

That's because no 5K.

Norman 44.28

Centro closed in 50.6 in Rio. There is no way in hell he is only capable of 49.

Track is slooow today

Nice finish by Norman. Hopefully gets some confidence back.

XY wrote:

Track is slooow today

Dunno what actual temp is, but I'm in my jacket and chilly. No real breeze though.

Bloomfield stepped on line, surely?

DQ incoming

that was a class move giving the flowers to the lady in the wheel chair

So a guy who didn't even make it to the NCAA finals was in the DL 400 final?

Jonathan Sacoor of Tennesee. Admittedly 2018 world junior champ Jonathan Sacoor of Belgium is pretty good however. He ran 45.03 last year before getting to Tennessee but only 46.22 for Tennessee. He was 7th in 45.72 tonight.

It's worth nothing than ran another 400 just before the tv window started.

DQ? wrote:

Bloomfield stepped on line, surely?

DQ incoming

On the Diamond League live tracking website, it showed Norman with stepping on the line throughout the entire race. Showed IAAF 163.3 next to his name.

Putin is watching it here

https://ustreamix.su/stream.php?id=sport-klub-3&token=dee-154-9d0-445-32c-80b-148-3eb-780-5e5-ce

Well, have to say I enjoy the ladies LJ

not possible wrote:

Centro closed in 50.6 in Rio. There is no way in hell he is only capable of 49.

The first 2 laps in RIO were at his 8k pace. That doesn't cause any fatigue for him.

For a distance runner, flying start is a huge difference. The FAT times of many distance runners are bad/unimpressive because the acceleration phase out of the blocks takes too much power/energy. Either they accelerate slow, and lose a lot of time in the first 50m, or they accelerate fast and die on the home straight. Willis wrote a great post about this, when asked why he believes he can't break 50 in a FAT 400m despite his 48-mid relay split.

The top speed of distance runners isn't that bad, but the acceleration/start requires much stronger legs and power that distance runners with low BMI don't have. Just look at the arms and bodies of most 400m sprinters, they are closer to 100/200m guys than to 800m guys (and I'm not even talking about Kiprop).

LateRunnerPhil wrote:

not possible wrote:

Centro closed in 50.6 in Rio. There is no way in hell he is only capable of 49.

The first 2 laps in RIO were at his 8k pace. That doesn't cause any fatigue for him.

Where did you get that number from?

XY wrote:

Track is slooow today

Maybe not. 10.88!