Is it just me or are global 1500s boring now?

Agreed, it's like watching baseball without Bonds or cycling without Lance

Agreed. Pace for first 3 laps is invariably slow.

I'd almost rather see the best runners time trial for the best time, because a lot of the 1500's now are 3 lap jogs + 300m run.

Last Olympic final winning time was *24 seconds* slower than the WR. Ridiculous.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Without the GOAT Asbel Kiprop racing these global 1500s are really boring. It’s like watching the JV races at high school meets.

1500s have always been boring, like the rest of track

Reality is real wrote:

Last Olympic final winning time was *24 seconds* slower than the WR. Ridiculous.

Yes, that was rediculous - But a simple solution would be "no medals awarded at all unless the winning time is at least better than the olympic standard B-qualifier time".

I mean, what's the point of sometimes real high qualifying times if the slow winning time could be run by a good high schooler?

the point is the Olympic 1500 is tactical, the odds of winning by starting fast are lower, because youd rabbit an Olympic field. Centro got lucky there was no challenge from anyone else to push the pace faster that year. Manazos silver the previous Olympics was more of an exciting win for USA. Since it was won in a laborius kick. Suspicions about Maflouki for ducking the 800, whatever I thought it was an exciting race. Manzano was only challenged to perform greater by the showdown at the endof that, no loss for his showing, regardless of the fairness of skipping a race.

I dont just watch every race and every track event, I find select events that have some sort of interestive competitive dynamic to them. Someone like Christian Coleman, best 60 meters ever, top 1-3 in the world in the 100 right now depending on how much good his break did him. This creates drama and excitement, more than if the feild is generic specialists, all running one event with the same tactics, without outliers to the event.

It's just you!

They ran 3:33! What kind of attention span do you have if you get bored in 3.5 minutes!

They're racing- too many people are used to seeing time trials. I prefer races.

I think there are too many runners in the races. I like 12 in 1500.

Look at some old video- races had fewer runners.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Without the GOAT Asbel Kiprop racing these global 1500s are really boring. It’s like watching the JV races at high school meets.

Lol. That doper was boring as hell. Yesterday's 1500 was the most exciting race of the meet yesterday. Loved it!

Would love to see more like it.

all races should be 1v1 16 man tournament style

or at least that should exist once

In general, men's distance in track and field is boring right now. No 10,000 races, 3000/5000 always fall off the pacers and everybody waits for the last last, every 1500 without Timothy C. is slow. The men don't race with guts.

The women's actually get after it and race, and I'm not just talking about the 800.

Nah, that Rabat 1500 is just what the world needs. Cheriyot has run most of his fast races at 3:31, so not appreciably faster than the 3:33 that they just ran. The Rabat race was the most exciting of the year in my eyes.

As was said earlier the 1500 has turned into a 1200 warmup and a 300m sprint.

Someday someone will say F that and take off after dawdling 62 second first 400m and get after it.

good talent worldwide goes into football. (soccer),

the african talent does not have a paycheck option for football.

you're going to see the sprint heros emerge when they perfect the next line of PED drugs.

longjack wrote:

good talent worldwide goes into football. (soccer),

the african talent does not have a paycheck option for football.

you're going to see the sprint heros emerge when they perfect the next line of PED drugs.

Yes, football (soccer) is where it's at worldwide. Track and Field is for those that don't have much skill and can't do anything else.