Men's 10k Analysis - The 10k is always a hard event to predict as a lot of the guys in the race don't race very often. We expect this race to turn into a two-person battle between Rupp and Abdi. The battle for 3rd is very hard to predict. Below we give you some insight on the 7 guys with the A standard of 27:49.00 as well as the other guys we think might hit the A standard.

Hitting the A standard is going to be a monumentally difficult task. The weather will be pretty good - 65 with a wind of less than 10 mph, but by Stanford and Mt. Sac conditions, those temperatures are high and windy. Of course, working in the athletes favor is that the 20,000 fans at Hayward will be cheering them on. You'd have to go to 20 years of distance nights at Mt. Sac/Stanford to equal that amount of spectators.

We don't think anyone will hit the A standard unless some of the gusy with the A help out with the pacing duties. We find it a bit odd that Rohatinsky didn't run a 10k this year before the Trials. Does that mean his coach Alberto Salazar has something up his sleave? Will Rohatinsky, Rupp and Goucher work together? Or at least Rohatinsky and Goucher?