Oh...I will get even! That wasn't me. It was my slow evil twin brother.
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Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 2:19 PM
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Subject: t-and-f: Bix 7 road race report
Greetings all,
Yesterday was the Bix 7M race here in Davenport, IA. Race
start conditions were 75 Fahrenheit with 85% humidity. Uggh.
Temperatures rose during the race, while humidity dropped slightly.
Nice breeze from the east cooled the runners during the first half of
the out-and-back course, with significant hills at the start and
turn-around, and another long grade at about 5.5M.
Men's winner Meb Keflezighi broke away from Abdi Abdirahman
at about 1.5M with a 4:12 downhill mile, built a huge lead of about
400M and coasted to a :52 victory in 32:36. Abdirahman was 2nd in
33:28, Kyle Baker 3rd :05 behind Abdi, then a group of contenders
between 33:50 and 34:25--Brian Sell, Jeff Campbell, Ryan Kirkpatrick,
former winner Phillimon Hanneck, Rod DeHaven, Scott Strand, and Keith
Dowling. Meb's winning margin was 3rd-largest in race history, with
Bill Rogers having the widest-ever lead at the line. Rogers won his
age group yesterday in his 23rd Bix race, BTW.
Women's winner Colleen de Reuck took command in a similar
fashion, opening an early lead and steadily cranking away to 37:44 (a
:41 margin of victory) at the line. She joins Joan Samuelson as the
only 4-time winners, male or female. 2nd went to former Big 10 champ
Katie McGregor of Michigan in 38:25, followed closely by Libbie
Hickman, Cheri Kenah, and Jeanne Hennessy (between 38:43 and 38:55).
About a minute back, covering a :40 spread, were Rosa Gutierrez,
Monica Hostetler, Nicole Kulikov, Kim Pawelek, and Faith Byrum.
The race served as the American 7-mile championship. Prize
money was available only to Americans, keeping the usual slew of
Africans and other furriners away (leading to considerable
controversy in the local media, especially post-9/11). Performances
were thus much thinner than in years past, with only two women
cracking the all-time top-100 list and only two men in the all-time
top-150.
If anyone wants more details, feel free to contact me privately.
Oh, and list member Ray Cook ran 44:27 despite waiting nearly
two minutes to get to the start line in the crowd of 16,158, and
weaving through the walk/joggers for the first mile. You're welcome,
Ray!
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