walmsbalms wrote:
why exactly did he run the half to chase the b-standard, when he could have had a much simpler task by getting the a-standard in the exact same race?
First, there is no A standard for the half distance
Second, he wanted the challenge. He said so himself. Felt like the 1:04:00 was a much bigger challenge than running the 2:19 to get the "B" in the full.