5:20 pace per mile you mean. No, he wasn't running that fast. Remember, even a 7 min/mile pace (average) for an IM is a top 5% run pace. A 6:30/mile pace gets you one of the best splits of the day. He likely dropped down to around a 5:45 -6:00 min/mile (which at that time of the race/heat IS truly moving). Stadler looked like he was suffering along at a 7:00/mile pace or so towards the end.

---

____________________________________
Fatigue is biochemical, not biomechanical.
- Andrew Coggan, PhD

It looked to me like Macca was running his race and counting on Norman blowing up. When it became apparent that that wouldn't happen. Macca dropped the hammer and tried to catch him, and just ran out of real estate. They both ran great races; Norman's was just a little over a minute Greater!

---

---------------------------
''Sweeney - you can both crush your AG *and* cruise in dead last!! 😂 '' Murphy's Law