Yared Nuguse 3.33.69 Big Win in Madrid

I'm really hoping this is his last race indoors this season. No point in racing anymore, he's proven all he needs to prove with his fitness, it's time to start building again.

Let's see...

1] subtract 2 seconds for uneven pace

2] subtract 2 seconds for altitude

3] subtract 2 seconds for being bumped and jostled

3:27. Does that sound fair... if everything had gone perfectly and race was at sea level?

[ where's ventolin?]

Although you are correct Kejelcha ran 3:31.25 enroute to a 3:47.01 indoor mile so he certainly could have run 3:30xx that day.

I've been critical of the Goose in the past but man, he's making me eat my words. Absolutely on fire. He's gonna embarrass some fools at USAs this spring if he stays healthy.

OAC is going to be well represented at The TEN on March 4th.

YG may very well be a rabbit in one/both of the 10k races . . . or, could jump into the 1500 race as a rabbit or competitor . . .

How many times did Kejelcha beat a world bronze medalist with a 3:28 PR? I’m not one of the people handing Nuguse a medal, but his indoor performances have been really impressive, and there’s no reason to think he won’t be mixing it up with the big dogs outdoors.

The road is still long and spiky for Nuguse.

Don't forget it's only indoor competitions.

Yeeeeeeh I came here to comment (not a backward fighter)

and full glory to Ethiopia our mother lands.

Mechaal the 30+ aged beating Fisher (the smart runner) this should ne written in the annals.
BTW I had a bad day (not because of this race but things related to my work).

Nuguse looks very, VERY, good right now. That was a rare job of sub-par pacing by Sowinski, a poor job of getting off the line by Nuguse, and far from the fastest track he'll race on this year -- after a long flight to Madrid. ARs are in jeopardy this year.

Clearly Fisher hadn’t adapted to the time change in his 3,000m race.

Nice to see him come back and race this well at 1500m as I can’t imagine he has really been trying for that distance this time of year.

Yared was awesome. The kid has been on fire this indoors season. The big stuff begins in four months.

Well done to both Americans.

Katir must have had a little bit of that super fast 3k in his legs only a week after a blistering run.

Well he just breezed right around Katir.

Like said one of your friends, Katir came back from fatidic second best all times 3000m only a week ago.

As he said in the interview he was there to enjoy jogging.

*there to enjoy losing

Katirs a very good runner, but there’s a reason he doesn’t exactly have a long string of 1500 wins. He’s been beaten by his fellow Spaniards in the national champs and outrun in some of his faster performances. His last 75 isn’t much to write home about. Nuguse was confident he’d outsprint him and he did pretty easily.

Obv if he stays healthy is key, but how often do ppl get hurt when they're in this sorta shape in the middle of the (indoor) season? It seems fairly unlikely (10-15%?) he gets hurt. How often do the ppl crushing indoors get hurt for outdoors?

The Goose is officially legit!

That was not a perfect race on several accounts, which is how it often happens in global championships and he won. Also, beating an absolutely game (a Spaniard in Spain) Katir is a big scalp.