2020 Outdoors

[LuckySpikes]

I've watched the Men's 10,000 in LA now and it seems like Sam Atkin only started the race as a pacemaker. He had hip number 2 and each race had 2 lead pacers with hip numbers 1 & 2.
Obviously he was feeling so good when he dropped off the pacing duties at 5k that he decided to carry on and see what he could do.

[Occasional Hope]

Very good run by Atkin. His first 10K since 2016 too. And it puts him ahead of Mo in this year's rankings.

[LuckySpikes]

Good week for current or former (Sam Atkin) NAIA athletes.

Emma Wilson (USA), who pushed Amy-Eloise Neale so hard on the country 4 weeks ago, ran 32:38 in a mixed 10,000 tonight.

[Occasional Hope]

Kevin Mayer is back!

[trickstat]

Kevin Mayer is back!

No need to chase after an Olympic qualifier any more.

Meanwhile, in Brisbane, 20 year old Ash Maloney, set an Australian record of 8492. Highlight was a 45.82 400, the 3rd fastest ever in a dec behind Ashton Eaton and Bill Toomey.

Cedric Dubler also got the qualifying score in 2nd place.

[MBChristie]

Amazing how the season has gone, when was the last time a world lead was set so late in the year? Today Stewart McSweyn just ran a Mile in 3:50.61 for an Australian all comers record, winning by 19 seconds in Tasmania.

[Occasional Hope]

McSweyn has had a good year.

[LuckySpikes]

Getting settled in for an afternoon of top-notch road racing on the live streams! A nice treat to end a rotten year that had so many cancellations of road races.

1pm BoClassic Women's 10km
1.45pm BoClassic Men's 5km
3pm Cursa dels Nassos 5km
3.30pm Cursa dels Nassos 10km
5.30pm San Silvestre Vallecana Women's 10km
6.30pm San Silvestre Vallecana Men's 10km

[LuckySpikes]

At the BoClassic in Bolzano, Yeman Crippa didn't succeed in his bid to break Jimmy Gressier's European Record (13:18). In fact the first European was Belgium's Robin Hendrix who pulverised the Belgian NR running 13:19 in 2nd behind Oscar Chelimo (UGA), 13:18.

Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi won the Women's 10km in 30:42.

In 50 minutes' time Gressier is attempting to improve that ER in Barcelona where Genzebe Dibaba will attack Hassan's 14:44 WR.

[LuckySpikes]

No records at the Run Of The Noses in Barcelona.

The winners were Gressier 13:39, Dibaba 15:00 approx, Amdouni 27:42 PB & Obiri 30:53. Gressier doubled back from the 5k to get 3rd in the 10k in 28:15.

Contrary to what I initially stated in the Live Streaming Links thread, the Madrid course coming up might be record-eligible (for the Spanish men?) - I'd forgotten that they have changed the course for this year I think.

[LuckySpikes]

Daniel Simiu (27:42) and Yelamzerf Yehualaw (31:16) were the comfortable winners in Madrid. Ruth Chepngetich 2nd in 31:49 and in the men's Paul Chelimo (28:14) outdipped Mike Foppen for 3rd.