Fasil Bizuneh finished third in yesterday’s Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond, Virginia; the race served as the national 10K road championship. Fasil ran 29:02 to place third behind two Olympians, Abdi Abdirahman (the winner in 28:34) and Dan Browne (28:38).
After a 4:40 opening mile on the out-and-back course, Fasil took the lead and picked up the pace, running 4:30 for the second mile. Then Abdi took the lead, Browne went with him, and the two pulled away from Fasil in the third mile. Abdi and Browne split 14:25 at 5K; Fasil was 3 seconds back.
“It was not really good, not bad,” Fasil said after the race. “I’m looking forward to the Peyton Jordan Invitational at Stanford on May 4th,” where he’ll try to get the Olympic A standard for 10,000m. “I’m looking forward to getting back to Flagstaff and getting back to work.”
