t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Martin J. Dixon

Anyone have splits for this ridiculous pace?
http://216.199.31.228/ath/_ath_men_5000m_final_heat_1_official.html
Regards,
 

Martin 
 




t-and-f: www.teamdecathlon.com

2001-09-06 Thread Richard Hunter

www.teamdecathlon.com http://www.teamdecathlon.comworld double
decathlon/heptathlon champs coming up on 22-23 sept.

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Anyone have splits for this ridiculous pace?

http://216.199.31.228/ath/_ath_men_5000m_final_heat_1_official.html
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RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Post, Marty

Is this the first time in any major international competition where the
men's gold medal winning performance has been slower than the women's???

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Anyone have splits for this ridiculous pace?
http://216.199.31.228/ath/_ath_men_5000m_final_heat_1_official.html
Regards,
 

Martin 
 




Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust



Post, Marty wrote:

 Is this the first time in any major international competition where the
 men's gold medal winning performance has been slower than the women's???


Did they run two extra laps or something?

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Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread alan tobin

I'm calling BS on this one, must be a typo. Surely someone would have taken 
off? Someone not sure about his kick would have taken off sometime during 
the race.

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t-and-f: 58 year old druggie

2001-09-06 Thread Martin J. Dixon

Is this accurate?
- Kathy Jager, a 58-year-old U.S. track athlete, was reinstated following a
suspension for a failed drug test. 
http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoSports/ts.ts-09-06-0108.html
Regards,


Martin





RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Post, Marty

From an AP report on the GWG 5000:

The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the
slowest 5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.

The men's 5,000 field of five Kenyans, including world champion Richard
Limo, and two Ethiopians, including Olympic gold medalist Million Wolde,
made a farce of the race.

For the first 10 1/2 laps, they loped around the track with no intention of
trying to run fast. Then, they picked up the pace a little with two laps
remaining, before going to an all-out sprint over the final 400 meters,
which was run in 51 seconds - extraordinarily fast for a 5,000-meter race.

Two-time Olympic silver medalist Paul Bitok of Kenya won in 15:26.10, slower
than women's winner Olga Yegorova of Russia (15:12.22) Tuesday night and
nearly three minutes slower than the world record. The time of 12:52.90 for
4,000 meters was slower than Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's 5,000 world mark
of 12:39.36.


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I'm calling BS on this one, must be a typo. Surely someone would have taken 
off? Someone not sure about his kick would have taken off sometime during 
the race.

Alan
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Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Bob Ramsak

Giving Bitok prize money for a 15:26 will certainly go down as the biggest
Goodwill gesture of the year.


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 From an AP report on the GWG 5000:

 The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the
 slowest 5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.

 The men's 5,000 field of five Kenyans, including world champion Richard
 Limo, and two Ethiopians, including Olympic gold medalist Million Wolde,
 made a farce of the race.

 For the first 10 1/2 laps, they loped around the track with no intention
of
 trying to run fast. Then, they picked up the pace a little with two laps
 remaining, before going to an all-out sprint over the final 400 meters,
 which was run in 51 seconds - extraordinarily fast for a 5,000-meter race.

 Two-time Olympic silver medalist Paul Bitok of Kenya won in 15:26.10,
slower
 than women's winner Olga Yegorova of Russia (15:12.22) Tuesday night and
 nearly three minutes slower than the world record. The time of 12:52.90
for
 4,000 meters was slower than Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's 5,000 world
mark
 of 12:39.36.


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 From: alan tobin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:50 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results


 I'm calling BS on this one, must be a typo. Surely someone would have
taken
 off? Someone not sure about his kick would have taken off sometime during
 the race.

 Alan
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t-and-f: Fw: TF 58 year old druggie

2001-09-06 Thread Martin J. Dixon

I'm answering my own post here. This is a response that was sent to the Can
list.


I'm not sure about the details of her reinstatement, but here is an August
5, 2000 news release from the MastersTrack web site that provided an update
of her attempt at early reinstatement.

First USATF informed the Arizona sprinter, 56, that her doctor-prescribed
menopause treatment yielded a drug positive at the 1999 Gateshead world
veterans meet, where she won six medals, including two sprint golds.

http://www.masterstrack.com/news2000/news2000aug5a.html

Regards,
Jerry Kooymans


I'm sure you all have seen it but there is a great shot of lister Kevin
Sullivan and 4 Kenyans on the IAAF site. Here it is:

http://www.iaaf.org/Multimedia/Photo/AthletesMen/NgenyN/Noah-Googwill.jpg

Regards,


Martin



- Original Message -
From: Martin J. Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Cc: Track  Field List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: TF 58 year old druggie


 Is this accurate?
 - Kathy Jager, a 58-year-old U.S. track athlete, was reinstated following
a
 suspension for a failed drug test. 
 http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoSports/ts.ts-09-06-0108.html
 Regards,


 Martin





RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread GHTFNedit

 From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
 
 The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the slowest 
5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.
 
 The men's 5,000 field of five Kenyans, including world champion Richard Limo, and 
two Ethiopians, including Olympic gold medalist Million Wolde,
 made a farce of the race.

Farce?! I'd pay good money to see a race like this any day of the week. Had far more 
going for it than any of the ludicrous rabbit-5Ks they staged on the GP Circuit this 
year. This is the essence of REAL racing; see who blinks first.

Anybody who thinks times have to be fast for a race to be meaningful don't appreciate 
the sport to the fullest.

gh



RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread philip_ponebshek





From an AP report on the GWG 5000:

Then, they picked up the pace a little with two laps
remaining, before going to an all-out sprint over the final 400 meters,
which was run in 51 seconds - extraordinarily fast for a 5,000-meter race.

Except that, of course, it wasn't a 5,000 meter race.

Didn't these guys feel the least bit silly?  I can understand deciding not
to lead at 4:10 pace - or even 4:30 pace - but at 5:00 mile pace, unless
there was one MONSTROUS headwind on a portion of the track, I'm stymied.

OK, GH and the others who praised the World Indoor jog and sprint for its
drama - does the drama still hold when it plays out over 14 minutes before
anything happens, instead of 3?


Phil







RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Mcewen, Brian T

 Farce?! I'd pay good money to see a race like this any day of the week.


Come to my local track, any weeknight.  My friends and I will be glad to
provide a thrilling 7-man duel over 12.5 laps.  We will be happy to run 2.5
minutes off our PR's, with an ungodly-fast last lap, and a winner who upsets
the formcharts every time out.

How much money is good money?

/Brian McEwen

P.S.  I thought watching skinny guys run fast over 2 laps was what the 800m
was for?

P.P.S.  Sorry to razz you gh, I enjoy racing as well, but this is shameful
from guys this good.  The essence of REAL racing should include honest
effort and pain also.



RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Kurt Bray

Garry says:

Anybody who thinks times have to be fast for a race to be meaningful don't 
appreciate the sport to the fullest.

I don't think a race has to be particularly fast to be exciting (heck, I can 
get a lot of enjoyment out of a competitive middle school girls' race), but 
I would like to be convinced that the athletes involved were at least 
TRYING.

The question I have for this particular race is: why?  What's the point of 
everyone running like that?  I don't get it.

As it is, this race reminds me of those absurd bicycle velodrome races where 
they creep around the track at a near standstill and then burst into a 
furious sprint right at the end, or those boring basketball games where both 
teams stall for the entire game.  Is this what we want track and field races 
to evolve into?  If so, count me out.

Kurt Bray


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Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Benji Durden

 From an AP report on the GWG 5000:
 
 The track and field program at the Goodwill Games witnessed probably the
 slowest 5,000-meter men's race in a major championship.
...

 
 Farce?! I'd pay good money to see a race like this any day of the week. Had
 far more going for it than any of the ludicrous rabbit-5Ks they staged on the
 GP Circuit this year. This is the essence of REAL racing; see who blinks
 first.
 
 Anybody who thinks times have to be fast for a race to be meaningful don't
 appreciate the sport to the fullest.
 
 gh


Here I would have to agree with Gary. I have been in races like this - where
no one would lead and the tension was high for who would blink first. I do
think racing is about more than time. Who wins is important too.

bd
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RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Dan Kaplan

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 Anybody who thinks times have to be fast for a race to
 be meaningful don't appreciate the sport to the fullest.

If you want real drama, skip the first 14 minutes of the fun run, play
chicken in the street with some big trucks, then come back and watch an
open 400m, which is guaranteed to be faster than 51 seconds and will have
just as many people in contention on the last lap...

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RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread GHTFNedit

In a message dated Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:01:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


  OK, GH and the others who praised the World Indoor jog and sprint for its drama - 
does the drama still hold when it plays out over 14 minutes before
anything happens, instead of 3?

At the risk of waxing Clintonian, define something happening.

I would posit that one of the reasons that TV doesn't show distance races in their 
entirety is that no matter what the speed, much (even most) of the time is spent 
running at a fairly constant speed with few changes in order. So is it any more 
exciting to watch them plod at 63-second pace than it is 73-second?

At least with the slow race, you know you're going to see one heck of a mad dash to 
the tape at some point, with everybody still full of fight, rather than it being who 
dies least.

I haven't seen tape of Goodwill 5K yet, but w/ 4 guys finishing within 0.60 (and all 7 
within 4 seconds) i bet that last lap provided more excitement than the 13-flat race 
did in Edmonton (and that was great).

gh



t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Post, Marty

GWG 5000 results compared with athlete's PR. Ironically Bitok had the
slowest and only non-sub 13 minutes (barely) PR:


15:26.10/13:00.10 - 1. Paul Bitok
15:26.61/12:56.50 - 2. Luke Kipkosgei
15:26.63/12:59.97 - 3. John Kibowen
15:26.70/12:58.57 - 4. Hailu Mekonnen
15:27.94/12:54.07 - 5. Sammy Kipketer
15:28.00/12:56.72 - 6. Richard Limo
15:30.51/12:59.39 - 7. Million Wolde



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Runner's World Magazine
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RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread DLTFNedit

Too bad there were no American entrants. They could've hung on until a lap remained, 
at least. Heck, Brandon Leslie might've even been able to stay with them until the 
bell.
sideshow



Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust

Kurt Bray wrote:


 The question I have for this particular race is: why?  What's the point of
 everyone running like that?  I don't get it.

 As it is, this race reminds me of those absurd bicycle velodrome races where
 they creep around the track at a near standstill and then burst into a
 furious sprint right at the end, or those boring basketball games where both
 teams stall for the entire game.  Is this what we want track and field races
 to evolve into?  If so, count me out.


At least there is some rationale for the bicycle race evolving as it does since
the effect of being out front as opposed to drafting is so much greater on the
bike.

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Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread philip_ponebshek





Marty posted the following info:

15:26.10/13:00.10 - 1. Paul Bitok
15:26.61/12:56.50 - 2. Luke Kipkosgei
15:26.63/12:59.97 - 3. John Kibowen
15:26.70/12:58.57 - 4. Hailu Mekonnen
15:27.94/12:54.07 - 5. Sammy Kipketer
15:28.00/12:56.72 - 6. Richard Limo
15:30.51/12:59.39 - 7. Million Wolde

Two observations:
a) This doesn't happen with a more diverse field.  These guys were all
willing to run this slow because they knew that running faster wasn't going
to lose anyone.  Toss a Bernard Lagat in there makes things a bit more
interesting, although Lagat ran pretty poor in the mile.  Maybe Sully
should have run the 5K?

b) Nobody cares who takes the Silver or Bronze at the Goodwill Games (how
is the prize money structured?  I couldn't find anything out).  So there's
no incentive for anyone to take risks to split up the pack, if they think
it will hurt their chances of winning.

Finally, hell, as long as they were just jogging, they should have made it
more fun by calling out preems for the winners of certain laps, like they
do in bike criteriums.  Imagine the runners, entering the backstretch,
seeing a sign that indicated $500 to the leader of the next lap.  Now
imagine that 4 or 5 times during the race!


Phil





RE: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Mcewen, Brian T

What makes this funny to me is that this was a very high-class field.
Perhaps the best field of any event at the GWG.  This group contains a
world champ, Oly champ, indoor 2M record holder, and a bunch of general
bad-asses.

Perhaps the tiny field and unusual parity led to nobody taking any risk.

Do these guys have to go slow when there is no rabbit?

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To: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)
Subject: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results


GWG 5000 results compared with athlete's PR. Ironically Bitok had the
slowest and only non-sub 13 minutes (barely) PR:


15:26.10/13:00.10 - 1. Paul Bitok
15:26.61/12:56.50 - 2. Luke Kipkosgei
15:26.63/12:59.97 - 3. John Kibowen
15:26.70/12:58.57 - 4. Hailu Mekonnen
15:27.94/12:54.07 - 5. Sammy Kipketer
15:28.00/12:56.72 - 6. Richard Limo
15:30.51/12:59.39 - 7. Million Wolde



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Runner's World Magazine
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Re: t-and-f: NCAA-I men's XC poll

2001-09-06 Thread Ryan Grote

Dull...boring...The Grote Poll is done, be patient and check letsrun.com and
hopefully those wiseguy Ivy Leaguers will post it.  For what its worth,
Arkansas #3 is a total slap in the face.  I don't care who they lost and who
they return.  If Oliver Miller is in their top 5, I don't care, they have
won 3 straight.  They'll find a way to compete for the win.  At least start
them at #1 until they get knocked off.  They have some decent guys back in
Lincoln and Travis.  Look at their roster, some dude from Eldoret, Kenyan
named SILVERUS KIMELI, he might not suck.

Grote
adiRP/MMRD

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 THE MONDO NCAA-I MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLL
 (pre-season poll-9/5/01)First regular season poll: Sept. 25
 Conducted by the UNITED STATES CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION

 Ranking Team (first place votes)Points

 1   Colorado (13)   397

 2   Stanford (3)379

 3   Arkansas342

 4   Providence  334

 5   Notre Dame  327

 6   Wisconsin   315

 7   Villanova   289

 8   Northern Arizona253

 9-tie   Arizona 237

 9-tie   Georgetown  237

 11  North Carolina State216
 12  William  Mary  200
 13  Oregon  194
 14  Iona College148
 15  BYU 145

 16  Indiana 138
 17  Portland128
 18  Weber State 115
 19  Michigan107
 20  Minnesota   100

 21  Arizona State 94
 22  Alabama   92
 23  Wake Forest   68
 24  Air Force 59
 25  Oklahoma State56

 Also receiving votes: Eastern Michigan 52, Dartmouth 36, Ohio State 26,
 Michigan State 24, Penn State 20, Texas 16, Colorado State 8, Duke 6,
 Northern Iowa 6, Washington 6, Florida 5, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 3,
 Missouri 3, Nebraska 3, Iowa 2, Princeton 2, St. Francis (Pa.) 2,
Cal-Irvine
 1.

 Sponsored by Mondo.  Voting panel consists of members of the executive
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Compiled
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Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread Alan Shank

Wayne T. Armbrust wrote:
 
 Post, Marty wrote:
 
  Is this the first time in any major international competition where the
  men's gold medal winning performance has been slower than the women's???
 
 
 Did they run two extra laps or something?
No, they read the thread on this list about Harold Norpoth winning a
European Cup in 15+, got nostalgic and decided to match it!
Cheers,
Alan Shank



t-and-f: Goodwill Prize $

2001-09-06 Thread Chapman, Robert

Prize Money: 

Individual and Relay: Women's Steeplechase:
1st - $20,000 1st - $4,000
2nd - $12,000 2nd - $2,000
3rd - $8,000 3rd - $1,500
4th - $5,000 4th - $1,000
5th - $4,000 5th - $600
6th - $3,000 6th - $400
7th - $2,000 7th - $300
8th - $1,000 8th - $200

Bonuses*: 
World Record - $100,000
2001 World Best Time/Mark (outdoors) - $7,500
National Record - $5,000
Goodwill Games Record - $2,000
Personal Best - $1,000
(non-cumulative, non-wind aided)

*Not including Women's Steeplechase. Women's steeplechase bonus is world
record only - $5,000






t-and-f: humor

2001-09-06 Thread GHTFNedit

from Tom Fitzgerald's nationally syndicated column:

A field of seven runners made a farce of the 5,000-meter race at the Goodwill Games 
in Australia. The runners loped slowly around the track for most of the race, then 
picked up the pace a little with two laps remaining before going into an all-out 
sprint in the final 400 meters. Athletes 
colluding in a ridiculous contest with an exciting finish? In this country, that's 
called professional wrestling.



Re: t-and-f: NCAA-I men's XC poll

2001-09-06 Thread DLTFNedit

In a message dated Thu, 6 Sep 2001  2:53:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Ryan Grote 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Dull...boring...The Grote Poll is done, be patient and check letsrun.com and
 hopefully those wiseguy Ivy Leaguers will post it.  For what its worth,
 Arkansas #3 is a total slap in the face.  I don't care who they lost and who
 they return.  If Oliver Miller is in their top 5, I don't care, they have
 won 3 straight.  They'll find a way to compete for the win.  At least start
 them at #1 until they get knocked off.  They have some decent guys back in
 Lincoln and Travis.  Look at their roster, some dude from Eldoret, Kenyan
 named SILVERUS KIMELI, he might not suck.
 
 Grote
 adiRP/MMRD

Good observation, Grote. Silverus Kimeli is a transfer from Cloud CC, where he won a 
nifty 1500/3000 indoor double and also placed 3rd in the 5K. 
sideshow



t-and-f: Re: Goodwill Men's 5k (fwd)

2001-09-06 Thread Richard McCann


Forwarded results for men's 5000 at Goodwill Games...

--  Forwarded Message:  -
1  KEN 1082 Gold Medal  BITOK, Paul   15:26.10
2   KEN 1089 Silver Medal  KIPKOSGEI, Luke   15:26.61
3   KEN 1087 Bronze Medal  KIBOWEN, John   15:26.63

Maybe Entine was right.  I didn't realize that the Kenyans had reached such 
dominance that the rest of the world literally takes it lying down. ;^)

Richard McCann





Re: t-and-f: Re: Goodwill Men's 5k (fwd)

2001-09-06 Thread WMurphy25

from my TV notes
BATTLE OF THE AGENTS
  The seven African runners are represented by two of the sport’s major 
agents/managersa purse of $55,000 is up for grabs in each event. 
KIM  McDONALD   
  Sammy KipketerKEN  12:54.07   
Luke Kipkosgei  KEN  12:56.50   
John KibowenKEN  12:59.97   
Paul Bitok  KEN  13:00.10
JOS HERMENS
Richard Limo12:56.72  KEN
Hailu Mekkonen  12:58.57  ETH
Million Wolde   12:59.39  ETH

Whoever was in charge of the stadium music deserves a gold medal...late in 
the race, when the pace was still painfully slow, they put on the theme from 
Zorba the Greek, the song that starts off slowly, then picks up. As if on 
cue, the pack started to sprint just as the music got faster.

And thank goodness that play-by-play man Tom Hammond has good eyes and was 
able to pick up the hip numbers as five Kenyans, all wearing the National 
uniform, came screaming down the straightaway.

Walt Murphy 



Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-06 Thread koala

 The question I have for this particular race is: why?  What's the point of
 everyone running like that?  I don't get it.

 As it is, this race reminds me of those absurd bicycle velodrome races where
 they creep around the track at a near standstill and then burst into a
 furious sprint right at the end...

At least there is some rationale for the bicycle race evolving as it does since
the effect of being out front as opposed to drafting is so much greater on the
bike.

Actually, that strategy has begun dominating velodrome racing so much that
the races themselves have become ridiculous.
I remember watching some of the '84 Olympics races.
The desire to NOT be in the lead (and keep in mind these are head-to-head
2-person-only races) is so strong that they train for months on how to ride
as slow as possible without the bike falling over (their feet are strapped
to the pedals) on the highly banked track, so as not to be forced into
the lead.
The ultimate winner more often than not in the one who can go SLOWEST without
crashing,- seemingly the opposite of what one would expect in a race.

This is comparable to a World War II aerial dogfight, a tactic which
continued right up 'til Vietnam-
if the enemy got on your tail and you knew you could fly slower without stalling
than the enemy aircraft was capable of, you hit the airbrakes, let the enemy
slide by you, and then gun him down.
Modern day Sukhoi pilots have perfected a technique to raise the
aircraft nose at a very high angle- something they call a 'Cobra maneuver',
sort of 'planing along' for a short period on thrust-to-weight ratio alone in
a controlled stall, so that their relative forward speed is almost nil, knowing
that western aircraft couldn't do this in close air combat..  Very impressive
at airshows, but of course American and French pilots said they'd never get
that close with western over-the-horizon air-to-air missile technology.
For those interested, here's a compressed video:
http://www.angelfire.com/ia/livremanobrar/aeronaves/su27/cobra.zip

Anyway, it does seem kind of weird for a track distance race.

RT