The day before the World Cup final, it would be understandable if Dutch sports fans had their minds on something other than athletics. Nevertheless, the KBC Nacht meet in Heusden had plenty of excitement.
The most impressive result was David Rudisha's time of 1:41.51 in the 800. Running behind two pace maker through a first lap of 49.xx, Rudisha went through 600 in a reported 1:14.5, and stayed strong in the home stretch to become the second-fastest man ever at 800m, trailing only world-record holder Wilson Kipketer. The video of the race is well worth watching:
Newton North fans will take note that Chris Barnicle ran a very solid 13:42.17 to take 5th in the "B" heat of the 5000m, just ahead of former MA rival Sean Quigley. This was Barnicle's second race in a series of races in Europe. On Saturday July 3rd he placed 5th in the 3000 at the Cork City Sports meet in Cork, Ireland in a time of 8:07.0.
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Need a post on WHEATING
http://www.eagletribune.com/sports/x1037667196/Still-full-of-energy
hey jon, i thought u would like this...i know u also have a long streak of daily running
Scott O
Methuen XC
Thanks, Scott. That's a great story about a great guy. When I started out racing NE road races, Paul was at the top. I always remember his great races at Newburyport.
I can totally relate to that 11:30 p.m. run!
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