London DL 2018

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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!

[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.

[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.

[Atticus]

But everyone else had to run further

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

[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!

[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.

[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]

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]

someone like Timothy Cheruiyot won't be fooled at any pace.

To paraphrase Mike Tyson, "everyone has a plan until they get [in the final against the world's best].”
Centro's win came from a tactical race that we see all the effin time at major championships. Once the field enters that first back-straight, all the contendahs are more than happy to jog, KNOWING that each and every one of them has trained expressly for a huge kick-finish. But . . . only one guy has the FASTEST finish, and in 2016 it was Mr. Centro. And it can certainly happen again. Unless you are Filbert Bayi, you go with the flow and takes yer chances.

[ATK]

Gabrielle Thomas basically stood up and did high knees in place at the start. Will likely be at 22.0x sooner than later.

Laura Roesler also got another seasons best here.

[Liuxuan_rol]

The biggest difference was 1) the amount of weight training 2) focus on top end speed, less reps at higher intensity, rather than longer runs at lower tempo 3) no cross training.

Number 1) and 2) I see as her biggest issues. 1) meant she has put too much weight on, and it doesn't all look like muscle. She supposedly did more of 2) this year than last. But I think her weight just means she cannot do it effectively. I think 3) helps her enjoy her training but hasn't made a difference.

Maybe you should coach her back to 10.8/21.6?

Maybe now she has enjoyed Nike sponsorship €€€ and heightened celebrity/earnings in Europe over the last 3 years she may be content with her lifestyle and not willing to push herself?

Or a simple theory is that her peak time is behind her

Probably way too simple, she's only 26. Go back to doing what worked when things were better, that's simply the logical thing to do. Oh and re: what Gabriella mentioned about weightlifting being counterproductive, I know that from experience. Bulk up too much and slow down drastically.