Re: t-and-f: 1500 metre s'chase?

[CORA KOCH]

2000 meters is the standard steeplechase distance for the World and USA
Junior Championships as well as the USA Junior Olympics.

Ed Koch


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From: Rick Rountree [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: 1500 metre s'chase?


I've thought about this before (10 milers can get really boring).  The
closest thing I've heard of is the 2000m steeplechase that is run in some
US
high school meets.  Can't think of a world best for this event.  Is there
one?  Was this a junior competition?  If not, what's the point of a 1500m
steeple.  Just for fun?

Anyway, I would like to know if people think a sub-4 mile equivalent 1500m
(3:42 roughly, lets not get started on this thread again) could be done for
an all out 1500 steeple?  I don't think so.  Water barriers would be too
tough to deal with not to mention just plain fatigue from the other
barriers.  The stop and go would be killer, especially with some of the
steeple form the Kenyans have.  Afterall, they are just about the only ones
capable of even thinking about running this fast over barriers.  I could
see
3:50 all out.  Maybe a little faster, but not much.

Rick



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Re: t-and-f: 1500 metre s'chase?

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In a message dated Thu, 24 Aug 2000  4:00:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jason L Bunston 
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The event is usually contested in the Junior Development ranks (under 17 the
most, I believe) in British Columbia. I ran one (only one - I wore knee
socks and regretted it after the first water jump) back in 1985 in about
4:53 or so. Since I was a 4:15 runner at the time you can guess-timate  the
probably lag. Mind you...we were a bunch of  14 year olds so then again
maybe the guys in Germany would be closer to their PB/PR.

You can't do much resting in that race

___
 Jason Bunston

 

It's an easily understandable mistake, seeing as it was spelled wrong, but Karlstad 
(not Karlstadt) is in Sweden, not Germany.
sidehshow

t-and-f: 1500 metre s'chase?

[Paul Halford]

Am I seeing things, or was there a 1500m steeplechase in Karlstadt?  I've
never heard of that event before and can't find any previous times for it.

From http://www.ifgota.s.se/:

1500mSC: 1. M Kigen (KNE) 4:03.63, 2. J Boit (KEN) 4:04.09, 3. H Skoog
4:05.20

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