{"id":282,"date":"2010-03-04T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2010-03-04T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T00:53:00","slug":"rudisha-sizzles-in-800-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"Rudisha Sizzles in 800 Opener!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=david rudisha&#038;iid=8159940\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/c\/f\/6\/1\/IAAF_Melbourne_Track_6735.jpg?resize=380%2C547\" width=\"380\" height=\"547\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"IAAF Melbourne Track Classic\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>David Rudisha opens season with a sizzling 1:43.15 run in Melbourne Australia! Coming off of his 45.50 400 PR in <a href=\"http:\/\/theviewfromthefinishline.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/david-rudisha-next-super-star.html\">Sydney<\/a>, Rudisha blazed to a 1:43.15 to start his 800 season off in fine style. Rudisha reportedly easily followed the leader through a first lap of 50.0 before demolishing the field over the second lap. Rudisha appears on pace to run under 1:42 and perhaps seriously challenge Kipketer&#8217;s  twelve year old WR. For more information on the Melbourne meet click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaaf.org\/WCM10\/news\/kind=100\/newsid=55748.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Rudisha opens season with a sizzling 1:43.15 run in Melbourne Australia! Coming off of his 45.50 400 PR in Sydney, Rudisha blazed to a 1:43.15 to start his 800 season off in fine style. Rudisha reportedly easily followed the leader through a first lap of 50.0 before demolishing the field over the second lap. Rudisha appears on pace to run under 1:42 and perhaps seriously challenge Kipketer&#8217;s twelve year old WR. For more information on the Melbourne meet click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-4y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":409,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=409","url_meta":{"origin":282,"position":0},"title":"Male Athlete of the Year \u2013 David Rudisha","author":"CHill","date":"October 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"With the 2010 season now officially over in my book with the closing of the Commonwealth Games, I think it\u2019s safe to dole out major accolades for the season. 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