Josh Kerr is THIN!

Man Moth wrote:

CopperRunner wrote:

Calling a statement stupid and uneducated isn’t pro censorship is it?

People really have a hard time figuring out that getting called stupid by the masses for having a stupid opinion actually isn’t censorship.

Oh no everyone thinks my ignorant opinion is stupid ugh why are they cancelling and censoring me 😂😩

It's not a dumb post if you know the context.

Josh Kerr is an incredibly talented guy whose achilles heel throughout his career has been his lack of professionalism when it comes to his diet (he'd be the first to admit that).

But seeing as he's clearly knuckled down and shed the extra weight he was carrying throughout the early portion of his career, he now has nothing holding him back from reaching his full potential.

Now, there's every chance that he may have overdone it; perhaps that weight loss has negatively affected his power. But if not, you'd suspect that his power/weight ratio has significantly increased.

yawn4678 wrote:

Kerr Medal wrote:

I think I saw an interview with him awhile back the where he talked about having a nutritionist and a counselor, in addition to his coach. He definitely seems to be taking running seriously.

He's the favorite for gold, in my opinion, though I do wonder if getting too thin could take some power away from his kick.

He actually has, in my view, a narrow yet enviable lane to victory. If the pace lags at all, then I think Hocker becomes a real threat to upsetting him.

If someone other than Jakob takes it out hard, then Jakob becomes much more dangerous.

Still, it seems like the liveliest scenario is that Jakob pushes from 1100 out (or even from 1500 out), allowing Kerr to hang tight and play the part of spoiler.

Whereupon he'll no doubt never shut up about having proved all the haters and doubters wrong...as if there's nobody out there who, like me, us saying he's probably the favorite

Man Moth wrote:

CopperRunner wrote:

Calling a statement stupid and uneducated isn’t pro censorship is it?

People really have a hard time figuring out that getting called stupid by the masses for having a stupid opinion actually isn’t censorship.

Oh no everyone thinks my ignorant opinion is stupid ugh why are they cancelling and censoring me 😂😩

It's not a dumb post if you know the context.

Josh Kerr is an incredibly talented guy whose achilles heel throughout his career has been his lack of professionalism when it comes to his diet (he'd be the first to admit that).

But seeing as he's clearly knuckled down and shed the extra weight he was carrying throughout the early portion of his career, he now has nothing holding him back from reaching his full potential.

Now, there's every chance that he may have overdone it; perhaps that weight loss has negatively affected his power. But if not, you'd suspect that his power/weight ratio has significantly increased.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

EasyES wrote:

He is listed at 6'2", what do you think his weight is? Jacob is also listed at 6'2". I was surprised they were both this tall. I would have guessed 5'11". 6'2" seems on the tall side, especially for a 5K runner in Jingy. El G was 5'9". Coe was 5'9". Morceli was 5'9". Steve Cram 6'1".

These new guys are tall! 5'9" seems like the sweet spot.

Lots of great 6’1”/6’2” milers over the years. Roger Bannister and Jim Ryun spring to mind. Steve Scott and Asbel Kiprop. Ivo Van Damme was 6’3”. If you open it up to 6’0” guys too (Walker, Ovett, on and on) I think it becomes apparent that 5’9” is not a “sweet spot” for 1500 running. If there are marginally more 5’9ish guys it’s probably because that’s basically the universal average male height.

EasyES wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Lots of great 6’1”/6’2” milers over the years. Roger Bannister and Jim Ryun spring to mind. Steve Scott and Asbel Kiprop. Ivo Van Damme was 6’3”. If you open it up to 6’0” guys too (Walker, Ovett, on and on) I think it becomes apparent that 5’9” is not a “sweet spot” for 1500 running. If there are marginally more 5’9ish guys it’s probably because that’s basically the universal average male height.

I agree there are many great taller runners. But look at the generational talents: Seb Coe, Morceli, El G, S. Aouita all were 5'9". I'll give you Steve Cram although he was kind of overshadowed by Coe. John Walker and Jim Ryun also great, but not as great as the others. Other recent Olympic Champions: Fermin Cacho- 5'9", Makhloufi- 5'9", Centrowitz- 5'9", Noah Ngeny- 6'-0", Kiprop- 6'1". Lagat is 5'8"

The case is strong that 5'9" is the sweet spot, with some exceptions for the taller guys. I think 800m is where being taller becomes an advantage versus a disadvantage.