Neely Spence To Make Her 10,000 Debut This Weekend At 2012 Zatopek in Australia - Make Your Predictions Please

Spence will head out at around 32:15 pace with Zoe Buckman pacing for the first 4km.

Meet record for the men is 27.22.5 by Luke Kipkosgei in 1998

Live stream:

www.athsvic.org.au/live

PandP wrote:

I just looked up the forecast of a high of 90 so it could be in the 70's by racetime

High of 99, likely to be still 85 at race start. Very windy. Closer to 33 than 32.

Under those conditions, I think under 33 will be a miracle. I will say 33:06.

Doesn't look like there is any chance of rain in the forecast, could they push back the start time to 9 pm? This would allow the temps to drop to at least give the runners a chance to run well. If they run the races in 85 degrees it is going to be ugly. Wouldn't that be a waste of a race?

why is she going to australia to run a low key 10000 with the weather supposed to be so hot?

it is not money or else there would be a dozen or so africans in the race.

she should skip it do to the weather, and run the nittai 10000 on the track in japan in 2 weeks, there should be lots of japanese girls trying for the 31:45 A standard for worlds and many girls for spence to run with wether she runs 31:40 or 33 minutes.

spence i think will be a good runner in a few years, meaning about 15 flat for 5000, under 31:20 for 10000, and sub 2:25 for the marathon.

i just dont see what the point of this race is, unless she is vacationing there and just wanted to run a race while there.

oops, not as low key as i thought the womens zatopek 10000 was won in 31:26 last year with another girl in 31:30, 3rd was 33 minutes, so a couple of good runners, but not much depth.

anyone have this years start list?

Financially speaking time bonuses can be a huge incentive to run a late season 10k on the track.

Also due to USA's being in Iowa next year this is going to set her up for the hot and humid weather she may experience next year. Running a 10k in 31:30's next year at Standord with perfect weather is a lot different then pushing your body in less then ideal conditions.

Mid afternoon cool change coming through in Melbourne on Saturday, but possible thunderstorms.

Start list for all events

http://athsvic.org.au/images/uploads/special_events/zatopek_main_program_start_list_6.12.12.pdf

From bom.gov.au "Max 37C, Late squally cool change - Mostly sunny day. Scattered showers and the chance of thunderstorms during the evening. Winds northerly and increasing to 25 to 40 km/h in the morning then shifting cooler south to southwesterly 35 to 55 km/h in the late afternoon with possible squalls around 90 km/h"

32:25. The first 10k you run rarely meets a younger runners 5k pr. Which I don't know but if she is in 15:10 shape right now she could break 32:00.

Close - 32.16

Great run for Spence beating Tamsett who has a PB of 32:05 by nearly a minute. 72 degrees fahrenheit and winds of 18-20 mph. It is dropping 10 degrees an hour right now and the mens race temps will be much better but still rather windy.

Looks like it was worth the trip down there to race. I'm guessing that her D2 races have helped her get used to pacing races by herself. It might not have been the fastest time in the world due to the conditions, but winning must be a great boost of confidence.

Remember that she was already in Japan for the Chiba Ekiden, so while she was over 4,000 miles away, she was, I believe, in the same time zone.

here we go wrote:

Looks like it was worth the trip down there to race. I'm guessing that her D2 races have helped her get used to pacing races by herself. It might not have been the fastest time in the world due to the conditions, but winning must be a great boost of confidence.

She ran great, conditions were very slow and she gave it a real go from the front. Well done.

That's nice to know.

This young lady has a huge future. She will run under 31 minutes within the next year.

Video of the race is now online.

http://youtu.be/kMfztejnggo

And the Men's 10000m

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I7dvi9Z6uA&feature=share&list=PL0TOjn6Q5SwZ4CU3iIkIHCkmW4sTW6PBS