Gregorek just had a major breakthrough and ran 3:49.98, which .09 seconds off Lagat's 3:49.89.
Do you think he'll be able to get it this season or will this be his peak for winter 2019?
Gregorek just had a major breakthrough and ran 3:49.98, which .09 seconds off Lagat's 3:49.89.
Do you think he'll be able to get it this season or will this be his peak for winter 2019?
At least he now has the overall FR: dad ran 3:51.34!
Obviously, the way he runs so fast is a combination of Coach Gags and Asics shoes
THE POWER OF ASICS wrote:
Gregorek just had a major breakthrough and ran 3:49.98, which .09 seconds off Lagat's 3:49.89.
Do you think he'll be able to get it this season or will this be his peak for winter 2019?
Great time, but what opportunities are left this year?
Not sure there is much left, unless NJNY throws together a special meet at the Armory, or they do it at BU since that track seems to have special properties.
Gregorek almost as = as Cheserek & Lagat? Can't be.
The BU track must be short!
Wow, that is awesome. How long has it been since an American male distance runner had a major breakthrough in time?
Or a sub 3:50? Webb in 2007 ran 3:46.91 and broke 3:50 a few years earlier. I can't think of anyone other than Lagat since then.
Gregorek could take the AR in the 1500 & mile this year. He runs better outdoors. A possible 3:29 in Monaco is not out of the question.
Why wasn't Clayton Murphy in this race?
Awesome sawse wrote:
Gregorek could take the AR in the 1500 & mile this year. He runs better outdoors. A possible 3:29 in Monaco is not out of the question.
No he doesn't! He runs faster indoors than out. Before today, his indoor mile PB was over a second better than his outdoor PB. In the last ten years, he's the 21st fastest American in the 1500 outdoors, and 19th in the mile outdoors. Interestingly, his second fast mile was also at BU, in the 2017 Last Chance Meet, which was also a time trial, with great pacing and little or no traffic.
I hope I am wrong, but I think that at 27, he is what his record shows. Except in time trials at BU, he's he's a middling-elite guy, who is stuck at 3:36, 3:55/54.
Let me get my crystal ball out...
Typically when guys run crazy fast indoors they r cooked when it counts in the summer season. I hope I am wrong. We will see
SJWs wrote:
Gregorek almost as = as Cheserek & Lagat? Can't be.
The BU track must be short!
Ches ran his 3:50 on the same track.
This is super impressive... possibly more surprising than Kejelcha's time.
YMMV wrote:
SJWs wrote:
Gregorek almost as = as Cheserek & Lagat? Can't be.
The BU track must be short!
Ches ran his 3:50 on the same track.
I thought Ches ran 3:49. And also by himself
Boogieman wrote:
YMMV wrote:
Ches ran his 3:50 on the same track.
I thought Ches ran 3:49. And also by himself
So Cheserek had absolutely no pacers? Just went all out by himself at the gun?
What’s Gregorek’s training like? What kind of mileage?
Awesome sawse wrote:
Gregorek could take the AR in the 1500 & mile this year. He runs better outdoors. A possible 3:29 in Monaco is not out of the question.
NO. Stop.
3:49.98 is a hell of an accomplishment but you obviously don't understand conversions. It's 'only' equivalent to a 3:32.91.
You think he's going to run 3 seconds faster outdoors in a real race with real traffic? I don't. And the talk about the AR is REALLY insulting.
Lagat's 1500 AR of 3:27.40 is equivalent to a 3:44.04.
The mile record is much more doable - Webb's AR in the mile of 3:46.91 is 'only' equivalent to a 3:30.07.
Dude was the only American to make the world championship final, and runs sub 3:50 indoors. A lot of guys slower than him get a lot more hype.
I disagree. He’s appropriately rated. He has a good kick and the sun-3:50 will generate more buzz going forward but until now he’s been a solid US runner. Made the world champs final, 3:35 PR.
Centro has run 3:30
Lomong 3:32
Robby Andrews 3:34
Merber 3:34
Colby Alexander 3:34
Blankenship 3:34
So plenty of current US milers faster than him, many of the above have made global finals, finished higher at USAs and made multiple teams. Gregorek isn’t as young as Prakel, Wynne, Engels, Hunter, Murphy etc. and only ran a bit faster than them.