{"id":2353,"date":"2010-10-11T11:04:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2010-10-10T21:10:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T02:10:59","slug":"chicago-finish-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/chicago-finish-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Finish Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a gutsy finish by<a href=\"http:\/\/worldmarathonmajors.com\/US\/athletes\/athlete\/169\/\"> Sammy Wanjiru<\/a>.  It took him several tries before he was finally able to break <a href=\"http:\/\/worldmarathonmajors.com\/US\/athletes\/athlete\/183\/\">Tsegay Kebede<\/a>, but once Kebede broke, it was over.<\/p>\n<p>This flotrack video is about 6 minutes long and worth every second of it.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"image=http:\/\/videoimages.flocasts.org\/19269_chicagomenfinish_1286722487757_l.jpg&amp;logo=http:\/\/c1184532.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/flotrack.png&amp;file=http:\/\/videofiles.flocasts.org\/19269_chicagomenfinish_1286722487757.mp4&amp;frontcolor=000000&amp;lightcolor=cc9900&amp;controlbar=over&amp;stretching=fill&amp;theme=#FB0000&amp;border=0\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/videoplayer.flocasts.org\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flotrack.org\">Track and Field Videos on Flotrack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were obviously, lots of tactical moments in that 6 minutes that are important for trying to win a race.  I&#8217;ll only comment on one.  Wanjiru used a small hill (the slight incline as you cross the bridge with less than 1\/2 mile to go) to put the hurt on.  Using natural parts of the course to spur yourself on is a great strategy for any race, especially if you are trying to pass someone.<\/p>\n<p>Being strong over a small hill, using a turn to pick up the pace.  These little details can help break your opponent.  Even if it is a mental victory in the middle of the pack. Use the course for your advantage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a gutsy finish by Sammy Wanjiru. It took him several tries before he was finally able to break Tsegay Kebede, but once Kebede broke, it was over. This flotrack video is about 6 minutes long and worth every second of it. Track and Field Videos on Flotrack There were obviously, lots of tactical moments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[89,62,586,585],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon","tag-chicago-marathon","tag-running","tag-samuel-wanjiru","tag-tsegaye-kebede"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-BX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":191,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/2-million-half-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":2353,"position":0},"title":"$2 Million Half-Marathon","author":"crossn81","date":"February 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember the $1 Million Marathon in January? 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