PART
IN THE HALF MARATHON.
ALSO A CHALLENGE FOR OUR LEADER,
JORDAN TROPF.
JORDAN TROPF WORKING HIS WAY
TOWARD MILE NUMBER 13 IN CLIFTON
PARK.
WE ARE JOINED BY PETE MULLIGAN
FROM FOULS RUNNING.
WE UNDERSTAND HE HAS A 2:35 LEAD
OVER DAVE BERDAN, IS THAT TOO
LARGE A GAP?
IS THAT JORDAN TROPF'S RACE TO
WIN?
>> IT MIGHT BE JORDAN TROPF'S
RACE TO WIN.
DAYS MAY BE ABLE TO CATCH HIM.
WE TALKED ABOUT LAKE MONTEBELLO
--
GERRY: NO SHADE.
>> IF DAVE CONTINUES TO DO WHAT
HE DOES BEST, STEADY PACE, HE
CAN CLOSE THAT GAP.
KATE: THIS IS AGE AND
EXPERIENCE.
>> I THINK THAT COULD COME INTO
DAVE'S ADVANTAGE.
HE HAS RUN THE RACE SEVERAL
TIMES.
HE HAS WON THE RACE SEVERAL
TIMES.
HE KNOWS HIS COURSE AS WELL AS
ANYONE.
HE KNOWS WHERE TO HOLD STEADY
AND WHERE TO PUSH IT.
GERRY: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
FROM THE LEADER'S PERSPECTIVE.
JORDAN TROPF DOES NOT KNOW HE IS
LEADING BY 2:50.
HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU ARE
DOING QUESTION HOW CAN YOU GET
AN ESTIMATE -- HAVE YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
HOW CAN YOU GET AN ESTIMATE OF
HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING?
>> NO, UNLESS HE IS GETTING
ADVICE FROM SOMEONE ALONG THE
ROUTE, OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO GO
BY THE WAY YOU FEEL.
RUNNING BY YOURSELF IS A LITTLE
HARDER THAN WHEN YOU ARE IN A
GROUP OR CHASING SOMEBODY.
GERRY: LAST YEAR, DAVE BERDAN
WAS THE GUY BEING CHASED.
HE IS THE CHASER THIS YEAR.
HE CAN GET THE LEAD RUNNER IN
HIS SIGHTS.
AT WHAT POINT IN THIS RACE -- HE
IS LOOKING AT MILE 17, 18 RIGHT
NOW, AT WHAT POINT DOES HE HAVE
TO START RUNNING AGAINST THE
LEADER AND NOT HIS OWN CLOCK?
GERRY: -- >> PROBABLY A 20 OR
21.
HE PROBABLY HAS FRIENDS ON THE
COURSE THAT WILL LET HIM KNOW
WHERE THE GAP IS TO RID THAT IS
PROBABLY WHERE HE WAS TO DO IT,
AFTER LAKE MONTEBELLO.
KATE: I WAS GOING TO SAY, HE
WOULD HAVE HIS STUDENTS ALONG
THE COURSE, AND HE SAID THAT
THEY PLAN TO YELL THE STUFF AT
HIM THAT HE YELLS IN PRACTICE.
STUFF LIKE "DON'T STAY STILL!
KEEP PASSING, KEY PASSING!
--KEEP PASSING!"
GERRY: THEY SAW THIS TEACHER ON
THE BACK HALF OF THE COURSE, AND
THEY WERE SAYING "GO, TEACH,
GO!"
IT SOUNDS LIKE DAVE HAS A MORE
STRATEGIC COURSE NOW.
>> EXACTLY, HE WANTED TO TAKE IT
EASY.
WITH HIS STUDENTS OUT THERE, HIS
STUDENTS ARE TEACHING HIM AND
GETTING HIM INSPIRATION THROUGH
THOSE LATTER STAGES OF THE RACE.
THAT COULD WELL WORK TO HIS
ADVANTAGE.
KATE: WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO BE
SPECTATING IS ALONG MILE 21.
I WONDER IF THEY WILL SEE THEM
PASS EACH OTHER AS THEY GO UP
AND COME AROUND.
GERRY: THAT IS THE HEEL OF THIS
RACE, EITHER THE HEEL THAT
PROPELS YOU OR THE ACHILLES HEEL
THAT DENIES YOU.
>> CORRECT, IT IS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEAT.
BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN AT THE
FRONT AND EVEN THE WOMEN, THE
LEAD WOMEN RUNNERS, THEY HAVE
ALL DONE THIS BEFORE.
THEY HAVE GREAT RACE MANAGEMENT.
GERRY: PETE, AS YOU WATCH THE
REST OF THIS RACE WITH JORDAN
TROPF, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT
IN TERMS OF HIS TRIBE, HIS
PHYSICAL EXPRESSIONS.
WHAT TELLS YOU IF HE IS HOLDING
UP OR STARTING TO FADE?
>> IT'S A COUPLE THINGS.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HUNCH OVER
A LITTLE.
THEY ARE JUST NOT AS UPRIGHT.
IT COULD BE ANYTHING.
IF THEY START GRIMACING, YOU
COULD GET SIDE STITCH.
AGAIN, IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF
THINGS WITH TODAY'S HEAT.