Letsrun.com Website Review

“if you watched the last mile of that race, i lost all form. i lost everything. it was just one step after another. there was nothing left in the tank after that. … honestly, if that crowd wasn’t here, i run 13:20.” – woody kincaid talking after running 12:58.10 for 5000m at the nike headquarters track last night to move to #5 on the us all-time. the us all-time 5000m list looks a little different this morning. lrc recap woody kincaid burns up nike’s famed wooded track with 12:58 pb for 5000 mb: woody kincaid 12:58, lopez lomong 13:00, matthew centrowitz 13:00 at nike track in beaverton ease. kincaid (#5), lomong (#9), and centro (#10) all cracked the us all-time top 10. ken goe’s recap: “woody kincaid, lopez lomong and matthew centrowitz get the olympic 5k standard on a surreal night” obviously shocked as he said, “i don’t know if i feel that i’m in 12:58 shape now.” with 1.98m. kate grace set a 1500m pb to win in 4:02.49 and ben blankenship ran 7:57.48 to beat out spain’s adel mechaal by .07 in the 3000m. amel tuka won the 800m in 1:46.77, mondo duplantis cleared 5.85m to lead a top-4 europe sweep in the pv thompson took the 1500 in 3:38.88 to beat jake wightman by .02. elise cranny and rachel schneider went 1-2 in the 3000 (9:00.70 and 9:00.77) and after an overturned dq, hillary bor (8:32.64) and stanley kebenei (8:33.65) went 1-2 in the steeple. “that’s not my style of running and i understand i ruined a chance for us to have a top time in the world for the 4×100. i am truly time is tied with haile gebrselas*ie as 4th-fastest in history. mathew kimeli took 2nd in 27:07 while bravin kiptoo set plus american craig engels becomes the 1st american to get the standard in the 1,500. non dl action: kirani james is back!!! runs 44.47 in 1st race of year (and just 6th race since 2016 olympics) in spain way to the top. they never take shortcuts, they train every day. even on their wedding days henrik and filip did their training sessions.”