Missed the squad setting off by 10mins so tried to catch them up. Was running sub-4's from the bottom of Ocean St onwards until I eventually caught them (MC, Russell, Geoffrey), coming back down Ocean St at the 15km mark. Then took a much needed breather for the final 4km home. Copped some abuse from a hooligan in a car in Centennial but just tried to ignore it and not respond.
All up 1:18:05 which is 4:10's despite the easy final 4km. Buggered now. I need an easy day.
Interesting stat:
Countries With Olympic "A" Qualifiers In Men's 10,000 - Sub-27:45.00
Kenya - 33
Ethiopia - 5
USA - 4
JPN - 3
GBR - 2
ERI - 2
AUS - 1
MEX - 1
FRA - 1
ECU - 1
ITA - 1
And yet Kenya haven't won Olympic gold in the 10,000m since 1968. Also puts Benny St in lofty company (ex Kenya).
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There are also 278 Kenyan men & 61 women who have category "A" times for London Olympic marathon (2:15 men & 2:37 women). Mind boggling to think that many Kenyans can run sub 2:15. Todd
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