London DL 2018

[jazzcyclist]

But . . . only one guy has the FASTEST finish, and in 2016 it was Mr. Centro.

Centrowitz didn't necessarily have the fastest kick but he did have the pole position at the bell, which is the most valuable real estate you can have in a race like that. This meant that he had to run exactly 400 meters, everyone else had to run further.

[Atticus]

Centrowitz didn't necessarily have the fastest kick but he did have the pole position at the bell, which is the most valuable real estate you can have in a race like that. This meant that he had to run exactly 400 meters, everyone else had to run further.

The 80-100 meters of the home stretch is more than enough real estate for someone with a superior kick to get him. No one did.

[jazzcyclist]

The 80-100 meters of the home stretch is more than enough real estate for someone with a superior kick to get him. No one did.

But everyone else had to run further, which meant they had to be faster than Centrowitz, not as fast as him. Furthermore, the sprint didn't start with 100m to go, it started with 400m to go, which is why even Centrowitz was tying up at the end. 400m < 401m < 402m < 403m < 404m < 405m . . . . . . It's really not complicated even for people without STEM degrees.

[Cannon]

Korir! Beats the Amos WL from Friday (and Amos himself), with Murphy a superb 1:43.12 behind him.

So glad to see Murphy back in top form!

[Atticus]

But everyone else had to run further

Not if they stayed in lane 1 most of the way.

[jazzcyclist]

Not if they stayed in lane 1 most of the way.

No, everyone, even if they stayed in lane one like Nick Willis did, because not only was he 402m from the finish at the bell, but he couldn't start his sprint on time due to being boxed in. Don't get me wrong, I applaud Centrowitz because he fought for that real estate and vigorously defended it when it was almost taken away from him on the penultimate lap. After the race Lewis Johnson asked him about his "swim" move and he said, "when you're going into the last lap, being in the inside pole is everything." According to the etrack newsletter:

• Centrowitz split 50.5 for the last lap.
  Makhlouf split 50.5 but he ran ~407m and he started the last lap 0.2s after Centrowitz.
  Willis split 50.5 but he started the last lap 0.2s after Centrowitz.
  Souleiman split 50.7 but he ran ~405m and he started the last lap 0.1s after Centrowitz.

[gh]

by mathematical definition, if you don't stay on the curb the whole way you have to run longer than 400m. Somebody smarter than I can guess at what the minimal tangent that would be required to pass somebody on the outside would be. But we know it's greater than zero.

[upchuckserious]

She called it quits for the season on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/fastelaine/statu...94371909881856

Counting the positives, but it's been quite a season where my Achilles continues to affect my results, so back to the drawing board. Thanks to you all for the support this season, it means a lot to me. See you again on the track in 2019!

Bout time!

[thedoorknobbroke]

Just a minor error: the graphic on the TV after Korir's great run in m800 listed Amos' London time (1:43 ish) as a SB...didn't he just run 1:42+ in Monaco?

[ATK]

Just a minor error: the graphic on the TV after Korir's great run in m800 listed Amos' London time (1:43 ish) as a SB...didn't he just run 1:42+ in Monaco?

Not an error. Its likely because all the start lists with SB/PB were set before Monaco occurred.

[Pakilo]

Looks like Brown illegally impeded Goule. There's no distance advantage to lane 1 in the last 100m, yet she moved from lane 2 into the middle of lane 1 and nearly pushed Goule into the grass.

Yes, she did! And wasn't even disqualified. It makes me sick when I see stuff like this without any sanction!

Cheating allowed on the circuit should be a DL motto.