The 7k run at the Games was a brutal mental and physical challenge. The top time was Chris Spealler, who finished in 37:43. Six men finished sub-40 (Speal, Mikko Salo, Russell Berger, Blair Morrison, David Millar, and James FitzGerald). The top female time was Sarah Dunsmore at 41:44, over a minute faster than number two Lauren Erwin (43:03).
The run, as expected, favored the smaller athletes. The bottom 10 finishers averaged a full 12% heavier than the top 10 finishers (169lbs to 189lbs for the men, and 130lbs to 146lbs for the women).
This video from Sevan Matossian has a series of interviews about the run right after the event finished, including with Graham Holmberg (pictured) ... [wmv] [mov]
5 comments on this entry.
1. butte wrote...
September 13, 2009 7:57 AM
Picture looks like a clip from Fight Club...
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2. Tim Evans wrote...
September 13, 2009 8:51 AM
I thought this was Fight Club?! ;) Cool video, thanks Sevan!
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3. pukenmike wrote...
September 13, 2009 3:19 PM
The first rule of Fight Club is...
Yeah great vid, keep em coming!
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4. Kim Malz~FitMom wrote...
September 13, 2009 4:27 PM
I am drawing a blank on which athlete described the woods part of the run as an "adventure run", but I agree. The road part of it was awful...running in the woods, bear crawling, coming down on all 4's was a blast..definitely an adventure!
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5. Q replied to comment from Kim Malz~FitMom...
September 14, 2009 4:29 PM
Kim,
That was Jeremy Thiel. The beast himself.
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