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[ponytayne]

In his interview on Flotrack he talks about it. He said that he was going to run it this year but did not want to take the injury risk (and wished maybe he had hedged his bets). He said he has been training for it for four years and has run a workout in 8:40 -- not fast but for a first workout not that bad, considering that he is a racer.

I saw the interview...time trial in 8:40. Pretty damn good for never having raced it. Traffic is a whole different story going over barriers, but then, as you stated, he is a racer. I can't imagine getting that hulking mass over barriers...hahahaha. Oh wait, I weighed in at 165 my sr yr running steeple. :shock:

I think Solinsky would be the only runner capable of hitting the barrier and knocking it over

He's got 30-35 pounds on the Kenyan contingent...he'd be the only one capable.

[George P.]

I'll assume that the Barringer/Willard smackdown of the AR in St got it's own thread. If not, I'll go back and get the 100ths. 9.22.xx for both Guess not:

Barringer 9:22.73
Williard 9:22.76

Geez, a dominating, super-competitive 1 - 2 finish by two promising young American ladies, both a jaw-dropping 5 seconds (almost) under the AR. And what sort of attention do they get on this forum?

Well, I'll tell you what sort: Less than Webb's 6th place and Solinsky's 16th place finishes. (Not to mention way less than Mennisco's violated goat over on the Pistorius thread.) It's un-fricken' real! :evil:

[26mi235]

[quote=George P.]

I'll assume that the Barringer/Willard smackdown of the AR in St got it's own thread. If not, I'll go back and get the 100ths. 9.22.xx for both Guess not:

Barringer 9:22.73
Williard 9:22.76

Geez, a dominating, super-competitive 1 - 2 finish by two promising young American ladies, both a jaw-dropping 5 seconds (almost) under the AR. And what sort of attention do they get on this forum?

Well, I'll tell you what sort: Less than Webb's 6th place and Solinsky's 16th place finishes. (Not to mention way less than Mennisco's violated goat over on the Pistorius thread.) It's un-fricken' real! :evil:[/quote:1wzn923q]

Note also that the race had half a dozen other runners with PRs in the 9:27-29 range and only one of them even went with them; Willard did it all on her own rather than getting towed along in a fast pace. I think that both of them can run in the 9:1x range although not necessarily in Beijing -- is either of them a good hot-weather runner? It seems that Willard has probably run more in that environment than most of the other contenders, but that is a guess.

[BCBaroo]

I'll weigh in on our steeple girls.

It was definitely one of the more entertaining races in Eugene. And I think it sets up for good fun in Beijing (albeit smoggy fun)

Whooo hooo!

U-S-A!
U-S-A!
U-S-A!
U-S-A!
U-S-A!

[Dutra]

In his interview on Flotrack he talks about it. He said that he was going to run it this year but did not want to take the injury risk (and wished maybe he had hedged his bets). He said he has been training for it for four years and has run a workout in 8:40 -- not fast but for a first workout not that bad, considering that he is a racer.

I saw the interview...time trial in 8:40. Pretty damn good for never having raced it. Traffic is a whole different story going over barriers, but then, as you stated, he is a racer. I can't imagine getting that hulking mass over barriers...hahahaha. Oh wait, I weighed in at 165 my sr yr running steeple. :shock:

I think Solinsky would be the only runner capable of hitting the barrier and knocking it over

He's got 30-35 pounds on the Kenyan contingent...he'd be the only one capable.

Neither Henry Marsh nor Doug Brown were all that tiny.

[Flumpy]

Sarah Claxton, 13.28 +0.7.

Tells us a lot. Wonder what Laura Turner would have run here......

I simply don't believe it last week showed that Sarah is in terrific form. I think there's something wrong with the timing. I fully expect her to break the British record this year. Probably at the Olympics bacuse she always rises to the big occasion :roll:

[REngelhardt]

My 400m (NOT lap) splits from the men's 3000 SC:

400 59.7 59.7 (James Kosgei)
800 2:05.2 65.5 (Kosgei)
1200 3:09.9 64.7 (Tareq Mubarek Taher)
1600 4.13.8 63.9 (Taher)
2000 5:18.7 64.9 (Taher)
2400 6:23.8 65.1 (Paul Koech)
2800 7:29.0 65.2 (Koech)
3000 8:00.6 31.6 (Koech)