IAAF Fantasy League

dna_leri

Anyone else entered the IAAF Fantasy Diamond Race?

http://fantasydiamondrace.com/

If there is enough interest we can setup a local league.

Deadline is Friday 1:00:00 PM(UTC)

Sacksian

Hadn't noticed this - will try and put a team together tonight!

NetwerkErrer

Sacksian wrote: »

Hadn't noticed this - will try and put a team together tonight!

+1 me too.

dna_leri

Boards AR League pin is 1482202

Only first 100 entrants accepted :pac:

Sacksian

I've entered.

I have no confidence in my team.

But they don't know that so, hopefully, it won't affect them.

Oregano_State

I'm in too. I'm excited.

NetwerkErrer

Yep, in too.

lukeeman

im in,

dna_leri

Six track fans entered.

Anyone else want in before this afternoon's deadline, please PM me so I don't miss it.

Sacksian

Fair play to the Track Fairies on Tour team who put national pride before their own points total in the men's 400h!

I probably should have avoided the women's 110h for tactical reasons - it really is stacked.

NetwerkErrer

Sacksian wrote: »

Fair play to the Track Fairies on Tour team who put national pride before their own points total in the men's 400h!

I probably should have avoided the women's 110h for tactical reasons - it really is stacked.

seen that alright, you never know!

I'm feeling confident in my bunch. They're young but talented. Aman and Vesely are the only ones I'm having second thoughts about.

Can't wait now! It really is a savage card.

Sacksian

Sacksian wrote: »

Fair play to the Track Fairies on Tour team who put national pride before their own points total in the men's 400h!

I probably should have avoided the women's 110h for tactical reasons - it really is stacked.

Well, egg on my face there! Great run from Barr.

Track Fairies on Tour get 17 points from that race for 2nd AND 3rd!

Pearse AC get 15 for the winner.

I get none, because the guy I had in that race couldn't even be arsed to turn up.

NetwerkErrer

Ah balls! Aregawi and Aman leaving me down badly.

What time did Barr run?

Wottle

NetwerkErrer wrote: »

Ah balls! Aregawi and Aman leaving me down badly.

What time did Barr run?

3rd 48:99

Sacksian

That 800 was fierce!

I don't think Aman was expecting them to go out at that pace - clever race by Souleiman.

NetwerkErrer

WOW!!!!! Unbelievable jump by Pichardo

Sacksian

NetwerkErrer wrote: »

WOW!!!!! Unbelievable jump by Pichardo

And a great response by Taylor!

3rd & joint-4th longest jumps of all time.

Some great performances in there. Over to Shanghai!

average_runner

Sacksian wrote: »

That 800 was fierce!

I don't think Aman was expecting them to go out at that pace - clever race by Souleiman.

Kiprop asked for that pace, so they all knew.

average_runner

Gatlin reminds me more of Johnson each day

ThisRegard

Surely you're not so cynical so as to believe a cleaner and older guy can't run faster then his younger and doped up self could ever do?

dna_leri

Did not get to see it live but happy with captain Pichardo !

Gatlin :mad: and Perkovic did the business too.

Let down by Mo, Mo, Sofia, Sifan.

lukeeman

well i cant go any lower, onwards and upwards.
Good bit of fun.

Oregano_State

Sacksian wrote: »

Fair play to the Track Fairies on Tour team who put national pride before their own points total in the men's 400h!

I probably should have avoided the women's 110h for tactical reasons - it really is stacked.

Sacksian wrote: »

Well, egg on my face there! Great run from Barr.

Track Fairies on Tour get 17 points from that race for 2nd AND 3rd!

Pearse AC get 15 for the winner.

I get none, because the guy I had in that race couldn't even be arsed to turn up.

That's me.


Tom is very consistent when he's in good shape, I was confident he'd have a good race so it wasn't just a case of national pride. A mixed bag overall though; I had four second-placers. Aman and Aregawi really screwed me over, but Gatlin, much and all as I loathe the man, was my saviour. Over the past year and a bit he's been an absolute beast on the track.

NetwerkErrer

A slow start to the night but picked up nicely.

That triple jump was insane, never seen an 18m+ jump live before and then along come two in a night.

Stowers, Gaitlin, Pichardo and Perkovic all done the buisness but Aman, Aregawi and Lisek really let me down.

Top of the table so I'm happy out!:p

Sacksian

average_runner wrote: »

Kiprop asked for that pace, so they all knew.

That's true. I'm sure he knew what the rabbits had been asked to do but Hassan asked for 62s/64s for the first two laps in the women's 15 and I think they asked for approx 60s laps in the 3k but no one went with that.

The start just looked a bit ferocious to me (and I haven't watched it back). Som really had to sprint to get to the front, and Aman was nowhere.
Having said that, he did look like he was working harder than he should have been from the start, so I wonder if there's another explanation for his race. He did move training groups earlier this year.

Oregano_State wrote: »

That's me.


Tom is very consistent when he's in good shape, I was confident he'd have a good race so it wasn't just a case of national pride. A mixed bag overall though; I had four second-placers. Aman and Aregawi really screwed me over, but Gatlin, much and all as I loathe the man, was my saviour. Over the past year and a bit he's been an absolute beast on the track.

Well, the Barr selection was a really good call.

The only choice of mine who I thought underperformed, apart from possibly Kiprop, was Ruth Beitia. And I thought Ayalew was a very solid choice in the 3k sc, thwarted only by a 36-second pb by the pacemaker!

dna_leri

League standings after first round:



Second round transfers need to be completed by 9am tomorrow so get busy.
Only Aregawi and Hassan are down for both meets, hard to believe they will compete.

NetwerkErrer

Struggled to pick a team for tomorrow. No real single standout athletes and a load of Kenyans so not fully confident in my picks

Some great head to head matchups though so it should be a crackling meet!

YFlyer

Was that Cram on Eurosport that said 'whatever Gatlin is doing he should keep it secret.'

NetwerkErrer

Liking your tactic of picking two HJers Sacksian, regretting not doing the same myself now. One of them is bound:rolleyes: to take down the meeting record so 40 points is nearly certain.

Only 3 teams entered this week!

Sacksian

NetwerkErrer wrote: »

Liking your tactic of picking two HJers Sacksian, regretting not doing the same myself now. One of them is bound:rolleyes: to take down the meeting record so 40 points is nearly certain.

Only 3 teams entered this week!

Shamelessly stole the idea from what Track Fairies on Tour did in the 400mh in Doha! Didn't cop on that you could do that before then.

dna_leri

Need to improve my knowledge of field events to do well here.
Picked Rypakova instead of Ibarguen in W-TJ (WTF).
Went for Captain Barshim in HJ - doubling up is a good idea.
Hope no one picked his brother Barsham !

Sacksian

Good win for Kiplagat - wasn't sure he'd hold everyone off, they were really lining up behind him, and a good race by Blankenship

This league has been great for my knowledge of field events so far!

NetwerkErrer

Bondarenko looks in great form. Come on Barshim!

dna_leri

Awesome by James

NetwerkErrer

dna_leri wrote: »

Awesome by James

Wasn't expecting him to dominate like that. Savage run!

3 out of 3 for 45pts so far. Good start!

dna_leri

down to the last 2 in HJ
Early fail for Barshim might be critical
238 up next

NetwerkErrer

Don't think Bondarenko felt confident in clearing 2.41 with only 2 jumps. I'd say he wanted to clear 2.38 and get 3 shots at 2.41. That's the only reason I can think of anyway.

Some performance from Birech. Absolutely dominant.

NetwerkErrer

Malachowski won with 64.45

Ibargeun won the TJ with a 16.85. Rypakova 3rd

dna_leri

A few winners with Birech, Sum, Oliver, James and Barshim.
More second and thirds in field events.

NetwerkErrer

7 winners,1 2nd and a 3rd for me.

Aires Merritt and Schwaintz were the only ones who didn't win.

Some performance from Ayana.I thought the World record was in danger with a lap to go.

Picked up 197pts. Wasn't expecting that.

Sacksian

Six wins and 3 2nds - really thought the LJ might have been another win, but Menkov's 5th round jump took it by a cm.

Ayana's 5000m was immense.

Think there's another men's steeplechase in Eugene too.

NetwerkErrer

NetwerkErrer wrote: »

7 winners,1 2nd and a 3rd for me.

Aires Merritt and Schwaintz were the only ones who didn't win.

Some performance from Ayana.I thought the World record was in danger with a lap to go.

Picked up 197pts. Wasn't expecting that.

167pts actually, my mistake.

dna_leri

Standings after 2 rounds:

dna_leri

Next Diamond League Event is this weekend in Eugene with some events on Friday evening and most on Saturday so make your team changes by Friday. New participants welcome.

I see Anaya has withdrawn from a head-to-head with Dibaba but still lots of hard to call events.
The 5K and 10K events on Friday are not part of Diamond League but will be worth watching, including Farah up against seven sub-27 runners.

Notwork Error

Phew! Cut that tight for a team.

dna_leri

Some great events there last night.
Meeting records for Dibaba, Barshim, Gatlin, Lavillenie, Kemboi and Womens TJ.
Be interesting to see how points get assigned for Ibarguen - she beat the meet record but wind was not legal so probably no bonus points.
I had Birech in 3KSC who broke MR but only got 2nd.
Had Dibaba captain so was hoping for successful WR attempt.
I could not bring myself to pick Gatlin again - would have had to change my team name again too.

NE - I don't see you in Letsrun league? I see "the stars of T&F" there.
I'm in top ten there - just goes to prove how little those guys really know or care about T&F.

Sacksian

I think I got my selection right, apart from the women's javelin but I was let down by Birech, and the wind in the triple jump.

Where can I appeal the wind readings?? Ibarguen was my team captain so the difference between legal and illegal wind makes 30 points difference to my score.

I'll just have to bide my time until you guys forget to update your teams at some stage. Anyway, both of you can relax now and there's certainly no need to check or change your teams in the next week.

Notwork Error

7 winners, a 2nd and a big fat 0 from Sunnette Viljoen. What was I thinking, did she even bother showing up!?

All in all, pretty happy with my team but there's a sense of what could have been. Missed out on getting into the top 20 in the world because of picking her. Extra training for her this week me thinks! Barshim, Lavillanie and James look invincible at the minute as well as Gaitlin. Always feel guilty picking him but he took care of business.

I didn't even know letsrun had a league going, don't really go onto the forum much anymore but mostly check out the main page dna_leri.

Notwork Error

Stuck my name in the letsrun league there. Waiting for approval.

dna_leri

Notwork Error wrote: »

Stuck my name in the letsrun league there. Waiting for approval.

But did you update your team?
Looks like you missed the deadline but should still get a few points from Gatlin :eek: and Lavillenie. So don't give up yet.

I had disappointments from Stowers & SAFP.
Should have captained Pichardo instead of Renaud LaV.
I am trying to avoid Gatlin but if you want to win it's hard to avoid the PEDs.

BeepBeep67

Missed this tonight, but my feed is all about some 17 year old (allegedly) winning the 5 in sub 13?