Tag: Matt Turnbull

LEADING FROM BEHIND?

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During his second term in office, President Barack Obama was vilified for his policy of “leading from behind” in Libya. Whether such a strategy is viable in the realm of geopolitics is open to argument. But can leading from behind be a winning strategy in running?

I thought about that while watching yesterday‘s IAAF World Cross Country Championships from Denmark. One of the questions asked when the very difficult race course was unveiled was whether or not somebody laying off the pace could come from behind and still win. We don’t see much of that on the track or, as it turned out, yesterday at World Cross in Aarhus. In shorter distances races, contact is everything. But the marathon is another matter because you can let someone go early with the goal of reeling him/her back in later.  But it’s more than that. (more…)

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2017 CARLSBAD 5000 – MEN’S RACE VIDEO

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Carlsbad, CA. – In the battle of Olympic 5000 meter silver medalists, Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel who won silver in London 2012 took on America’s 2016 Rio silver man, Paul Chelimo in the 32nd Carlsbad 5000, dubbed “The World’s Fastest 5K”.

Competitor Group matchmaker Matt Turnbull and I mounted the press truck while our intrepid camera man Rich Jayne clung to the back of the lead moto.  Here is how the race played out on a perfect Southern California day.

 

Carlsbad 5000 – Results

Overall Bib Name Time
1 1 Dejen Gebremeskel 13:27
2 2 Paul Chelimo 13:47
3 5 Sam McEntee 13:51
4 4 Andy Vernon 13:53
5 9 Stewart McSweyn 13:53
6 14 Jack Rayner 13:59
7 3 Collis Birmingham 14:00
8 11 Haron Lagat 14:11
9 10 Will Leer 14:14
10 6 Jesper Van De Wielan 14:16
11 12 Adam Clark 14:25
12 13 Wade Meddles 14:30
13 8 Tom Lancashire 14:31
14 7 Mac Fleet 14:38
15 16 Nick Scarpello 14:52

2017 CARLSBAD 5000 WOMEN’S RACE VIDEO

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Carlsbad, CA. – The 32nd running of the World’s Fastest 5K took to the roads of Carlsbad, California yesterday.  Competitor Group’s elite athlete coordinator Matt Turnbull and I took seats on the lead vehicle while Rich Jayne manned the lead camera.  Here’s how we called it.

Carlsbad 5000 – Results

Overall Bib Name Time
1 108 Viola Lagat 15:35
2 101 Shannon Rowbury 15:36
3 112 Aisha Praught 15:36
4 103 Dominique Scott 15:40
5 104 Brenda Martinez 15:44
6 105 Neely Spence Gracey 15:49
7 102 Lauren Paquette 15:52
8 106 Camille Buscomb 16:02
9 107 Kaori Morita 16:13
10 113 Maria Larsson 16:24
11 109 Sarah Lahti 16:34
12 111 Natasha La Beaud 16:43
13 110 Christine Babcock 16:46
14 114 Christy Cazzola 17:50

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2013 CARLSBAD FOLLOW UP

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Gebremeskel Three-Peats(photo courtesy, Competitor Group)
Gebremeskel Three-Peats
(photo courtesy, Competitor Group)

Since its inception in 1986 the now famous Carlsbad 5000 has built its reputation on world and U.S. road 5K records.  To date there have been 16 world records and 8 U.S. marks set on this ocean-side layout.  But while Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel won his third straight Carlsbad 5000 men’s title yesterday, his winning time of 13:20 was the slowest since countryman Terefe Maregu beat a young Mo Farah, 13:34 to 13:35, in 2008.

Thus, after yesterday’s 28th edition in the charming seaside village north of San Diego, it has now been seven years since the World’s Fastest 5K has witnessed a new open division record.   Meseret Defar ran her 14:46 women’s world record in 2006.  And that’s the newest of the marks.  Deena Kastor’s 14:54 American women’s record is now 11 years old, Sammy Kipketer’s seemingly unassailable 13-flat men’s mark is 12 years old, and it’s been 17 years since Marc Davis’s 13:24 American men’s record was set. (more…)