14:57 for 5000m among the women is not nearly as impressive as 12:57 for men. Also, the nature of the races was completely different, that of the women being executed in fairly equally pace (albeit incomparably more demanding tahn prevuious runs with the exception of Wang's and Radcliffe's near-solo efforts). In contrast, the pace among the men was lifted abruptly as the Ethiopians suddenly injected a 2:34.5 minute Km.
UG ============== Quoting Lee Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >OK, enough with drummond. Did you notice that the Ethiopians run > >the last 5000 of the 10,000 in 12:57? > > > The final half in the women's 10K was almost as impressive. I think > Adere did 14:57 and Werknesh did 15:00. > > Damn, I wish I could have seen both of those. Funny -- so many track > fans (especially the casual, once-every-four-years ones), especially > here in the US, can't imagine that watching people run around a track > 25 times can be interesting, and think it's all about the sprints. > But if you look at the major championships, going back at least to > the 1964 Olympics, the 10K is consistently one of the wildest races. > Remember that Helsinki 10K? I think the first 4 were only about 0.3 > seconds apart, and fifth about 0.5 behind that? > -- > Lee Nichols > Assistant News Editor > The Austin Chronicle > 512/454-5766, ext. 138 > fax 512/458-6910 > http://austinchronicle.com > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
