Peter Lomong...

Geoguy wrote:

Looking at his last year of results, I’m not sure

a.) what’s been going on with him, and

b.) what his “true” event is.

This is a guy who ran a 65 second 500 in high school, but is somehow only modest as a 5/10k runner today?

Given that he has two brothers that have run sub 1:48 I know he has speed, and having ran with NAU, I know he has great strength... yet he’s only managed to run in the low 14s for 5k and just opened his track season with a 14:40 equivalent. Why haven’t any of his performances in between come together?

Thoughts?

Altitude isn't exactly great for mid distance people. It's hard to run those faster-paced workouts. There's a reason people like to "live high, train low." Maybe they don't feel like he can get in the right workload to be a great middle distance runner, or maybe he doesn't want to be one. Obviously it's possible to still be really fast, but I'm sure there's a reason Mike Smith has him in these longer events.

Look at his older brother. Lopez Lomong, first American in how many years to win the US championship in the 1500m and went on to win the US 10000m championship. His older brother has the following PRs:

800 m: 1:45.58

1,500 m: 3:32.20

One Mile (in.): 3:51.21

3,000 m (in.): 7:44.16

5,000 m (in): 13:06.99

10000m 28:21

This kid has great potential.

L. Lomong His big bro wrote:

Look at his older brother. Lopez Lomong, first American in how many years to win the US championship in the 1500m and went on to win the US 10000m championship. His older brother has the following PRs:

800 m: 1:45.58

1,500 m: 3:32.20

One Mile (in.): 3:51.21

3,000 m (in.): 7:44.16

5,000 m (in): 13:06.99

10000m 28:21

This kid has great potential.

We already know who Lopez Lomong is. Thanks for wasting everyone's time with this post.

L. Lomong His big bro wrote:

Lopez Lomong, first American in how many years to win the US championship in the 1500m

you mean NCAA champ right? otherwise you dumb

Zante wrote:

L. Lomong His big bro wrote:

Lopez Lomong, first American in how many years to win the US championship in the 1500m

you mean NCAA champ right? otherwise you dumb

he won NCAAs in '07 in the 1500. the year before it was Vincent Rono, east african. the year before that it was manzano, an american. so... 1 year.

and only US citizens compete at USAs

Zante wrote:

L. Lomong His big bro wrote:

Lopez Lomong, first American in how many years to win the US championship in the 1500m

you mean NCAA champ right? otherwise you dumb

First to win the US championship at 1500m AND THEN go on to win the 10,000m

Ask around about Peter and you'll figure it out. It's a literal miracle that he scored for the team.

ahh gotcha

sorry for calling OP dumb

NAU outsider wrote:

Ask around about Peter and you'll figure it out. It's a literal miracle that he scored for the team.

Why do you say that?

Peter Lomong 2019 1500m NCAA Champ #DONTSLEEP

Huh........? wrote:

NAU outsider wrote:

Ask around about Peter and you'll figure it out. It's a literal miracle that he scored for the team.

Why do you say that?

I’m just going to ask you. Why?

Huh........? wrote:

[quote]NAU outsider wrote:

Ask around about Peter and you'll figure it out. It's a literal miracle that he scored for the team.

Miracle that he scored 2x as an all american and top 10 once?

lol what wrote:

Huh........? wrote:

[quote]NAU outsider wrote:

Ask around about Peter and you'll figure it out. It's a literal miracle that he scored for the team.

Miracle that he scored 2x as an all american and top 10 once?

Not sure why this poster is being so crytic.

I heard lomong was a bit of a head case, but I recall Coach Smith saying they had worked mostly past that, and that was right after his 8th place in 2017.

He was doing great during the first half of XC. Did something with his health come up during the latter half? If so I give him props for holding up pretty well.