WAF w3000

[nevetsllim]

Re: WAF w3000

The pace was respectable for the first 2km but Dibaba looked quite tired down the homestraight and never looked like beating Defar.

I thought Dibaba will be fresher as it seems Defar has been racing much more this season but they both go on to the World Cup next week. I think Dibaba is in the 3000 and Defar is in the 5000.

diby has run all 6 golden leagues which defar hasn't, so i'd have expected defar to be fresher

Dibaba has run Oslo, Gateshead, Rome, Paris, London, Zurich, Brussels, Berlin, Mauritius, Monaco 5km.

Defar has done Doha, Hengelo, New York, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, Berlin, Brussels, Mauritius, Monaco 5km.

Actually, I suppose they have run the same amount of track races but Defar seems to have been racing all season and had a busier winter with Carlsbad 5km, Moscow 3000m, two more indoors and a couple of cross country.

[AS]

An explanation why this race was a whole lot faster than Saturday's 5000:

"She may have finished eighth but plenty of those who witnessed yesterday's action, were more than happy to comment on the performance of the headband wearing Australian, [Eloise] Wellings......" [large chunk of copy cut by mods: read it at the URL plz.]

From: http://www.athletics.org.au/news/det...?ObjectID=2998

[eldrick]

Re: WAF w3000

The pace was respectable for the first 2km but Dibaba looked quite tired down the homestraight and never looked like beating Defar.

I thought Dibaba will be fresher as it seems Defar has been racing much more this season but they both go on to the World Cup next week. I think Dibaba is in the 3000 and Defar is in the 5000.

diby has run all 6 golden leagues which defar hasn't, so i'd have expected defar to be fresher

[nevetsllim]

Re: WAF w3000

The pace was respectable for the first 2km but Dibaba looked quite tired down the homestraight and never looked like beating Defar.

I thought Dibaba will be fresher as it seems Defar has been racing much more this season but they both go on to the World Cup next week. I think Dibaba is in the 3000 and Defar is in the 5000.

[BruceFlorman]

I still don't see much point in watching the first dozen laps of any distance events, but I'm really starting to enjoy the last 400 meters of the Defar/Dibaba duels.