Funny weekend in the calendar. It's about as in between two stools as it gets. But there are a few odds and sods around.
"The Ten" is a big race in the states. All the US big guns trying to knock out the Olympic standard for the 10,000m, sub 27 mins. Big TT really, Grant Fisher i would expect to win it. Nico Young won 3k and 5k doubles at NCAA indoors last week is chasing it. it would be super impressive if he gets there. Otherwise its a "show me something" race for Woody, Joe Klecker and Abdi Nur who have uniformly underperformed this year. Klecker particularly has stank out the joint. Monson will walk the womens.
Kejelcha and Cheptagai are also going head to head for 10k on the roads in Spain. I presume that'll be streamed.
Most craic for the weekend will undoubtedly be the podium 5k in Leicester. Sport shoes.com are the race promotors and they've gotten all the big brands on board for a proxy war. They are paying out decent wedge and the stream is free. They are running on a 1k cycling looped track so it'll be fast.
https://podium5k.co.uk/podiumfest/
Lineup is almost unbelievable in its diversity.
Jake Wightman - 1500m world champ
Ben Pattison - 800m world bronze medallist
Axel Veng Christensen - Euro u20 XC champion
Callum Hawkins - twice 4th place at world champs marathon
Alex Yee - olympic medallist in the triathlon
Nick Griggs - 3000m u20 European champ
Hagos Gebhriwet - world and olympic medallist with a 12:42 PB
You'd imagine Gebhriwet should win but who knows who is taking it seriously and who is doing it as a hard session
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