New Posts For Thread: Brownlee`s 10,000 metreshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metresApparently very quick after the swim and the bike ride. Would it be too late to swap to the track?Got until 2016 to make up the difference donnyhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522769963#522769963Got until 2016 to make up the difference donnyWed, 08 Aug 2012 07:06:12 -0500i am about a minute behind usain bolts world record for 100mhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522769465#522769465i am about a minute behind usain bolts world record for 100mWed, 08 Aug 2012 06:50:11 -0500Alistair's 10k PB is 29:15. As I said yesterday, a minute difference in the top echelons of sport is massive. Alistair is a fantastic triathlete but he simply wouldn't compete on the track. Neither does he want to.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522769223#522769223Alistair's 10k PB is 29:15. As I said yesterday, a minute difference in the top echelons of sport is massive. Alistair is a fantastic triathlete but he simply wouldn't compete on the track. Neither does he want to.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:41:29 -050010k road record is 26.44, by komonhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522769123#52276912310k road record is 26.44, by komonWed, 08 Aug 2012 06:38:01 -0500anywherebutchelt: not sure how you could say that.... quoting one race from 3 years ago!?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522769107#522769107anywherebutchelt: not sure how you could say that.... quoting one race from 3 years ago!?Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:37:26 -0500Cross country running has a lot more relevance than a triathlon. Every runner in the 10k final will have a background in cross country. Injuries or not, he has never shown the talent to be a top class runner. He wouldn't have a hope in the marathon ehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522768751#522768751Cross country running has a lot more relevance than a triathlon. Every runner in the 10k final will have a background in cross country. Injuries or not, he has never shown the talent to be a top class runner. He wouldn't have a hope in the marathon eWed, 08 Aug 2012 06:22:55 -0500and that was 3 years ago (he's still a young man now) and he wouldn't necessarily do the 10km, he could do the marathonand cross country has nothing to do with track racinghttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522768429#522768429and that was 3 years ago (he's still a young man now) and he wouldn't necessarily do the 10km, he could do the marathonand cross country has nothing to do with track racingWed, 08 Aug 2012 06:08:27 -0500Wasnt that after a really bad injury though?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522768155#522768155Wasnt that after a really bad injury though?Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:57:30 -0500Alistair Brownlee ran in the 2009 European U-23 cross country championships in Dublinand finished 48th. He wouldn't have a hope of even qualifying for the Olympic 10k.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522768095#522768095Alistair Brownlee ran in the 2009 European U-23 cross country championships in Dublinand finished 48th. He wouldn't have a hope of even qualifying for the Olympic 10k.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:54:39 -0500Even if the running course is measured within AIMS road running standards it will be shorter than a 10,000m track race. Becoming a world class 10k track runner you also need a vicious 400m kick, lacking it you end up like the Eritrean Tadesse never whttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29293373/brownlees-10000-metres?post_id=522766587#522766587Even if the running course is measured within AIMS road running standards it will be shorter than a 10,000m track race. Becoming a world class 10k track runner you also need a vicious 400m kick, lacking it you end up like the Eritrean Tadesse never wWed, 08 Aug 2012 04:34:55 -0500