¶'09 WC m10K: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 26:46.31 MR

[bhall]

THE FORMCHART
1. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) .......26:17.53 (’05)
2. Micah Kogo (Kenya) ...................26:35.63 (’06)
3. Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) ............26:39.69 (’04)
4. Ali Abdosh (Ethiopia) .................27:04.92 (’07)
5. Moses Masai (Kenya) .................26:49.20 (’07)
6. Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) ..........26:37.25 (’06)
7. Galen Rupp (USA) ......................27:33.48 (’07)
8. Bernard Kipyego (Kenya) ..........26:59.61 (’07)
9. Abebe Dinkesa (Ethiopia) ..........26:30.74 (’05)
10. Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) .........27:35.65 (’06)

[Alan Shank]

Re: 2009 WC: m10,000

THE FORMCHART
1. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) .......26:17.53 (’05)
2. Micah Kogo (Kenya) ...................26:35.63 (’06)
3. Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) ............26:39.69 (’04)
4. Ali Abdosh (Ethiopia) .................27:04.92 (’07)
5. Moses Masai (Kenya) .................26:49.20 (’07)
6. Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) ..........26:37.25 (’06)
7. Galen Rupp (USA) ......................27:33.48 (’07)
8. Bernard Kipyego (Kenya) ..........26:59.61 (’07)
9. Abebe Dinkesa (Ethiopia) ..........26:30.74 (’05)
10. Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) .........27:35.65 (’06)

A little optimistic re the Yanks, it seems to me. Rupp had a long, hard season with lots of doubling. Too bad Sihine is hurt.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
Woodland, CA

[bman]

Rupp hasn't raced since the trials, right? Or am I forgetting something?

[ed gee]

Hip problem.

[AS]

Hip problem.

Rupp or Sihine?

[K.I.R.]

Rupp or Sihine?

I think the main reason Rupp hasn't been racing is due to an attempt to recover a bit from the NCAA season. The hip thing is a more recent occurrence that merely delayed his departure to St. Moritz but otherwise had no impact on the schedule.

Sihine has a 'leg injury.' What is this, hockey?

[Brian]

Sihine has a 'leg injury.' What is this, hockey?

Check for spaces in the front teeth.

Was always hard to tell with the older Kalenjin Kenyans.

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[Vault-emort]

1 1137 Martin Toroitich UGA 27:57.11
2 415 Imane Merga ETH 27:33.87 27:33.53
3 344 Teklemariam Medhin ERI 28:20.92 27:46.50
4 611 Surendra Kumar Singh IND 28:02.89
5 1092 Fabiano Joseph Naasi TAN 27:19.72
6 618 Martin Fagan IRL 27:58.48 27:58.48
7 368 Ayad Lamdassem ESP 27:52.04 27:45.58
8 950 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah QAT 26:38.76
9 941 Rui Pedro Silva POR 28:01.63 28:01.63
10 1091 Dickson Marwa Mkami TAN 27:38.58
11 1227 Galen Rupp USA 27:52.53 27:33.48
12 820 Juan Luis Barrios MEX 27:40.10 27:40.10
13 1211 Tim Nelson USA 27:36.99 27:36.99
14 380 Manuel Ángel Penas ESP 27:58.76 27:58.76
15 407 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam ETH 26:52.33
16 735 Moses Ndiema Masai KEN 27:44.88 26:49.20
17 402 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 26:17.53
18 143 David McNeill AUS 28:03.02
19 734 Micah Kipkemboi Kogo KEN 26:35.63
20 404 Abebe Dinkesa ETH 27:17.49 26:30.74
21 132 Collis Birmingham AUS 27:29.73 27:29.73
22 346 Kidane Tadasse ERI 27:06.16
23 825 Juan Carlos Romero MEX 29:11.63 27:47.46
24 690 Yuki Iwai JPN 27:58.03 27:58.03
25 730 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego KEN 27:44.80 26:59.61
26 1093 Ezekiel Jafari TAN 27:39.92 27:39.92
27 1221 Dathan Ritzenhein USA 27:58.59 27:35.65
28 1013 Anatoliy Rybakov RUS 28:19.39 28:06.54
29 347 Zersenay Tadese ERI 26:37.25
30 358 Carles Castillejo ESP 27:48.80 27:39.79
31 956 Nicholas Kemboi QAT 27:41.99 26:30.03

[bman]

The renaissance of American distance running is set to begin... I am sooo pumped for this race.

[26mi235]

Nine guys have 26s, so it will be hard to get in to the top six, but champ races are all always a bit hard to read and the 10,000 especially, since racing is so 'thin' and a 27:30 run alone might be as good as a 27:10 in a time-trial parade in great conditions with no pushing and shoving.

[odelltrclan]

I hope I am wrong but without any racing since USATF and with hip problem, I doubt we will see the same Rupp. When he goes for that extra gear I don't think it will be there.

A 27:30 may win the race, but we may see a 13:00 to 13:10 final 5k that will blow the race open. Of course, that will probably be by Bekele.

[bman]

At once, he is burned out and hasn't raced enough...

[dl]

Ritzenhein has been training very well, according to his blog (http://dathanritzenhein.competitor.com/). I hope it'll be an honest pace!

[K.I.R.]

Ritzenhein has been training very well, according to his blog (http://dathanritzenhein.competitor.com/). I hope it'll be an honest pace!

Did you just make $0.05 for that plug?


Regarding the start list: is Fagan actually declared? He was down on the track with a bad Achilles at Irish Nationals just a few weeks ago.

[bman]

The Eritreans going straight to the front.