Pretty good 10K

[tafnut]

1 SIHINE, Sileshi ETH WL 26:39.69

2 GEBRSELASSIE, Haile ETH 26:41.58

edit: as Larry Rawson is wont to say:

OK, you HS runners, go down to your neighborhood track and run an 8:34 2-mile . . . 3 times in a row without stopping.

[Cyril]

Re: Pretty good 10K

>1 SIHINE, Sileshi ETH WL 26:39.69

2 GEBRSELASSIE, Haile ETH 26:41.58
>

Pretty good? I'd say. I guess its all relative. No WR so its "pretty good". But, in my book two under 26:42 is very, very good.

Geb got beat! But, the OGs are what he is looking forward to. I'm sure he wanted the win but still has a couple months before he REALLY wants to win.

It again looks like Ethiopia has clearly taken over.

[kuha]

Re: Pretty good 10K

Great times. What's amazing is not that Geb got beat, but that he's running 26:41 this early in the season, and a full decade (or more) after hitting the world class level.

Yes, the Ethiopians are at the top of the heap now. And it's a sign of how great they are that Geb is their "third" guy!

[EPelle]

Re: Pretty good 10K

Geb did not look himself -- no rythm (didn:t find his comfort zone anywhere in the race). Sihine blasted Geb over the final 150m - after both traded pacing chores the entire race. Ran 13.20 at the 5k -- tv looked like Sihine must have closed in about 13-high the final 100m.

[RBrunner123]

Re: Pretty good 10K

After seeing time for the meet (5, 10) would have to say that Geb is no longer "King" of distance, but i still think that he will win his thrid OLy gold... after that i think he will start to think about the 26.2 race again...

[EPelle]

Re: Pretty good 10K

>After seeing time for the meet (5, 10) would have to say that Geb is no longer
>"King" of distance, but i still think that he will win his thrid OLy gold...
>after that i think he will start to think about the 26.2 race again...

He may not be king, but he was hoisted aloft by the Ethiopians, and was honored for his 2nd-place finish...(or to celebrate the passing of his wr to Bekele). Bekele did not receive any such honor tonight.

[Tinman]

Re: Pretty good 10K

Geb is doing well, but the level of 10k running has improved. It is amazing that 26:41 isn't good enough to win now. Wow! I hope Geb backs off the training. I suspect he has been working extra hard on his speed and his legs aren't sharp. Tinman

[mike renfro]

Re: Pretty good 10K

That makes Sihine 7th performer, 9th performance AT. 7th sub 27 for Geb. If the 5K was WOW, this was at least wow, if not Wow.

[Tvarish]

Re: Pretty good 10K

>1 SIHINE, Sileshi ETH WL 26:39.69

2 GEBRSELASSIE, Haile ETH 26:41.58
>

edit: as Larry Rawson is wont to say:

OK, you HS runners, go down to
>your neighborhood track and run an 8:34 2-mile . . . 3 times in a row without
>stopping.


Possibly the second funniest thing I have ever read here.

[gh]

Re: Pretty good 10K

I had a beer (ok, actually, he drank chardonnay, i had a sapphire tonic) after the meet today. He was much funnier.