Timothy Cheruiyot 7:36 3000m in Doh

The guy has an 800 PB close to 1:42 - totally speed based.

7:36 is a brilliant run for someone who doesn't run this long.

Right now, I believe he could break 3:30.

As an over-distance he has done extremely well.

For me, this is a sign of potentially great season to come for Tim.

Average of 1:45.6 - when his slowest time was 1:45.4. Coevett with his unique interpretation of the word "fact".

Can we be 98% sure that webb was clean? 🙄

Was not choge supposed to transfer to the Marathon?

"Saying that Aouita was a 1:43/7:29/12:58 man is really stretching it, even if technically true.

Astounding comment

I believe he was recently 2nd in a 14:0x race on the back half of a 1:45 double. I do not know if that was at altitude, but this is certainly a positive result for our favorite potato farmer.

I hope that Cheruiyot's only goal in running this 3000 was to improve his 1500. I want to see the 2019 Tim (or better) again - love that forward leaning front running.

I hope he runs another 800 actually. Abel Kipsang's 1:44 in Botswana shows he'll be a contender.

This is correct, and it was altitude - Nairobi I believe so in the 5200 ft range.

This early season is way better than last year where he didn’t look comfortable running all out until the Summer and even then was running some passive races for him. It will be interesting later on because the top 3 Kenyans all like pressing races from the front. I could see the younger athlete Reynold Cheruiyot letting Kipsang/Tim trade leads as he has a more explosive burst than them.

The trials will be a bloodbath. If you’ve ever seen how the 80O plays out at the Kenyan trials, the 1500 is increasingly becoming similar.

RAC seem pleased with Tim's performance.

Tim runs the 800m on Saturday vs Wanyonyi and what should be a good mostly domestic field. If he breaks 1:44.5 or wins, I think it’s fair to say he is back.

Almgren is a 1:45 & 13:01 runner. Good result but someone of his talent can run a 7:31-2. It's too early season yet

Wanyonyi doesn't hang about. He's going to go hard. It's will definitely be a sub 1:45 race.

1:44.99 for third from Tim. Not great, but decent. Seems like old spud is slowly inching his way back to his 2019 self.

Kessler will do it soon enough.