I was just wondering are women just better range-wise than men? How many sub-3:30 guys have also run 12:45/26:30/2:04? Or maybe it's something to do with shoes or training? Jakob is probably gonna end up with top 5 times in every event at least through the half marathon, and Kiplimo's at 7:26/12:41/57:31.
Women are NOT better range wise than men. This subject is somewhat complicated. The depth of women is still not anywhere near the men. Remember range is a relative concept. So depth is the primary reason for the appearance of better range among the women.
That’s the biggest reason, which could alternatively be described as 3:49-3:53 women being much further ahead of the bulk of their competition than the top 1500 men. A 4:00.00 woman who’s 7-11 seconds behind the best in the world can get a spot in a DL race, whereas a 3:37 man cannot. The 800 and 1500 are also slightly more aerobic for women due to the longer duration, which is another factor.
Jeez what was that last lap for Aregawi? He looked almost like Hocker that last 50m the way he was flailing to the line.
Only 59ish, maybe 58.xx. He’d just done enough work in the previous 3k to burn off any kick from Barega, and he didn’t really get going till the last 100m.
I think Barega tried maybe not as much if it were at worlds but Aregawi showed something we havn't really seen with a nice finish. Yismaw Dillu the surprise of the race in 3rd, I believe just under the standard and ahead of Tadese Worku