Nick Wills wants to run sub 3:50 in Oslo Mile, Will he do it?

Person Who Runs wrote:

''Goal for Oslo mile: finally take down Sir John Walker's NZ record of 3.49.08 I'm sure he wants it finally gone too.''

From his twitter.

He recently took a third in a race in 3:35ish, which is a long way off from 3:49

You mean 3:34.29 first real race rust buster? Where he didn't attempt to go with leader. 2.35 seconds off converted, and maybe less as Willis is more of a strength than speed guy at this point in his career.

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Person Who Runs wrote:

''Goal for Oslo mile: finally take down Sir John Walker's NZ record of 3.49.08 I'm sure he wants it finally gone too.''

From his twitter.

He recently took a third in a race in 3:35ish, which is a long way off from 3:49

If it is a quick race, I am pretty sure he could get it. The only exception might be if Kiprop goes 3:45 and nobody else chases him - although I think Willis could probably hang on for 3:47-3:48 if he chased Kiprop through 1200 in a crazy fast pace.

Also, he should also have Mottram's 3:48.98 Oceana mile record in his sights. Not that it is a terribly different goal to aim for, but it would be a little frustrating to get the NZ record but manage to miss out on the Oceana record.

Yes, he will.

good luck for him. he may have to follow the pacers to do it if Kiprop, as in most of his mile races, is targeting 3:50-51 with a fast last lap. I would love to see a very fast circuit mile. There hasn't been a sub 3:47 since Webb in 2007 and none for several years even before that.

Looks like he wants sub 3:49.

Mrr82 wrote:

Person Who Runs wrote:

''Goal for Oslo mile: finally take down Sir John Walker's NZ record of 3.49.08 I'm sure he wants it finally gone too.''

From his twitter.

He recently took a third in a race in 3:35ish, which is a long way off from 3:49

You mean 3:34.29 first real race rust buster? Where he didn't attempt to go with leader. 2.35 seconds off converted, and maybe less as Willis is more of a strength than speed guy at this point in his career.

Where do people pulll these bs assesments from? He posted a video of himself last summer running a 300m pr.

Keychain go jangalang wrote:

Mrr82 wrote:

You mean 3:34.29 first real race rust buster? Where he didn't attempt to go with leader. 2.35 seconds off converted, and maybe less as Willis is more of a strength than speed guy at this point in his career.

Where do people pulll these bs assesments from? He posted a video of himself last summer running a 300m pr.

What does that have to do with anything?

Yes, he Willis.

Hahaha, I'm the absolute best.

I hope so

It means he's still got wheels dawg. People on this board just like to call old white guys "strength runners" for no good reason.

I want to know why he doesn't go after Snell's record. I know he is more of a distance runner but surely a sub 3.30 man could run a 1.43?

I mean he ran 3:51 at Milrose vs. Centrowitz. 3:49 outdoors in the summer with Kiprop in front of him seems to be worth the two second difference IMO.

Calling 3:49 low for him. Kiprop runs 3:46.

Snell? wrote:

I want to know why he doesn't go after Snell's record. I know he is more of a distance runner but surely a sub 3.30 man could run a 1.43?

Doesn't Snell still hold the NZ 1,000 meter record? 2:16 WR in 1964.

He's run sub 3:30 two seasons in a row now right? He's obviously confident in his fitness to post that goal on twitter of sub 3:50. So yeah, I think he can do it.

800m 1:44.3 Peter SNELL AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH 03 Feb 1962

1000m 2:16.57 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 01 Jul 1980

1500m 3:29.66 Nicholas WILLIS HUTT VALLEY H & AC MONACO, MON 17 Jul 2015

Mile 3:49.08 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 07 Jul 1982

2000m 4:51.4 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 30 Jun 1976

3000m 7:36.91 Nicholas WILLIS HUTT VALLEY H & AC OSTRAVA CZE 17 Jun 2014

5000m 13:10.19 Adrian BLINCOE AUCKLAND HEUSDEN BEL 20 Jul 2008

10000m 27:41.95 Dick QUAX AUCKLAND LONDON, GBR 09 Sep 1977

http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/records_con

800m 1:44.3 Peter SNELL AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH 03 Feb 1962

Gotta love when your national record is so old it's still in hand time not on a synthetic track!!

I believe Snell's record was on a grass track (with lime markings and posts to mark it). Might have been one of his mile records though.