Both go 7:30 at BU to absolutely shatter the collegiate record. Strand with a huge kick to nip Wolfe at the line. The future of USA distance is bright and it runs through Chapel Hill.
Last year: Strand runs 7:46 during the indoor season, and ends up running 3:35.60 during outdoor
This year: Strand runs 7:30 in December following XC ---> What will he run during outdoor?
Both go 7:30 at BU to absolutely shatter the collegiate record. Strand with a huge kick to nip Wolfe at the line. The future of USA distance is bright and it runs through Chapel Hill.
Last year: Strand runs 7:46 during the indoor season, and ends up running 3:35.60 during outdoor
This year: Strand runs 7:30 in December following XC ---> What will he run during outdoor?
At this point it depends on if he can get into the right diamond league races, but with 7:30 fitness this early in the year a 3:30 (or even faster) wouldn’t be surprising
Oh my god I've been saying he's underrated ever since he outkicked Wolfe in the 2023 ACC 3k in like 7:45. Whoever I was arguing with the other day about him ending up as a 5k guy may have been right lmao. Kinda reminds me of Teare and Hocker in 2021. Great to see Strand finally come out of Wolfe's shadow (with an NCAA record no less), and it's even better that they both ran 7:30. Miltenberg is incredible, whatever he's doing.
Strand said in his post race Let's Run interview that the 3K is his sweet spot as far as distance right now, but then he also said, "unfortunately, it's only in indoor." I guess eventually Strand could be a 5K runner, and Wolfe eventually 10K? Idk. Wolfe is good in the 5K for right now.
It's a shocking set of times right after xc with one speed workout at 60s or faster just this past week. But when you recognize that 7:30-7:32 3k correlates pretty well with 13 flat 5000m or just under, you recall that Parker Wolfe was in the top three at US Outdoors in the 5000m, and you know that the top guys in the NCAA right now are high 12, low 13 guys in the 5000m, it is less surprising.
Yeah, Blanks just cracked 13, and these 7:30s are coming off 10k XC training. Wolfe is probably in sub-13 shape right now, and Strand might be too given their 3s difference in XC and freaking 7:30 tonight. I don't wanna hype him up too much, but I don't think Hocker was in this shape in 2021. What's he gonna run with some mile-specific training? Keep in mind he opened up outdoors last year with a 3:35 with a 55s last lap.
Not sure why Wolfe wouldn't go for the 5k tonight, especially since Blanks is literally the guy he forfeited his Olympic spot to since he didn't have the standard. Maybe he wanted to knock out a qualifier in the 3k and chase sub-13 at BU Valentine with the pros? It'd be great to see him try to blow the 5k record out of the water like they just blew the 3k away tonight.
Yeah, Blanks just cracked 13, and these 7:30s are coming off 10k XC training. Wolfe is probably in sub-13 shape right now, and Strand might be too given their 3s difference in XC and freaking 7:30 tonight. I don't wanna hype him up too much, but I don't think Hocker was in this shape in 2021. What's he gonna run with some mile-specific training? Keep in mind he opened up outdoors last year with a 3:35 with a 55s last lap.
Not sure why Wolfe wouldn't go for the 5k tonight, especially since Blanks is literally the guy he forfeited his Olympic spot to since he didn't have the standard. Maybe he wanted to knock out a qualifier in the 3k and chase sub-13 at BU Valentine with the pros? It'd be great to see him try to blow the 5k record out of the water like they just blew the 3k away tonight.
Not to obsess about it, but if you listen to the Let's Run youtube video I posted above, Milt said that he didn't think Parker was ready for it yet; planning to run a hard 5K later and he's getting both of those guys to run the best in the summertime.
Not that indoor season is "nothing" but they're clearly trying to run the best later in the summer.
Strand said in his post race Let's Run interview that the 3K is his sweet spot as far as distance right now, but then he also said, "unfortunately, it's only in indoor." I guess eventually Strand could be a 5K runner, and Wolfe eventually 10K? Idk. Wolfe is good in the 5K for right now.
Wolfe is fine at 5k, he has plenty of wheels. No need to move up to 10k.
Both go 7:30 at BU to absolutely shatter the collegiate record. Strand with a huge kick to nip Wolfe at the line. The future of USA distance is bright and it runs through Chapel Hill.
Last year: Strand runs 7:46 during the indoor season, and ends up running 3:35.60 during outdoor
This year: Strand runs 7:30 in December following XC ---> What will he run during outdoor?
Progression isn’t linear over time, so we will see. Likely he took a huge jump in fitness from winter to the end of spring track last year and another one this fall. We can’t assume he will see the same jump in fitness from winter to spring that he had last year, but if he does he’d be one of the best 1500 runners in the US.
Both go 7:30 at BU to absolutely shatter the collegiate record. Strand with a huge kick to nip Wolfe at the line. The future of USA distance is bright and it runs through Chapel Hill.
Last year: Strand runs 7:46 during the indoor season, and ends up running 3:35.60 during outdoor
This year: Strand runs 7:30 in December following XC ---> What will he run during outdoor?
Strand is really becoming hard to ignore. I remember at the trials thinking "that UNC kid is lucky to make the final" but after xc and now this, he's looking like a real threat. The only issue is he may find himself in that awkward inbetween stage of 1500 and 5k for outdoor teams. We've seen guys like Ryan Hill, Eric Jenkins, and recently Cooper Teare struggle to really specialize in one or the other despite their obvious talent. But I'm hopeful for Strand because he's on fire right now! It does suck that in order to make US teams he has to pick between arguably the two hardest distance events right now.
At this point it depends on if he can get into the right diamond league races, but with 7:30 fitness this early in the year a 3:30 (or even faster) wouldn’t be surprising
I'm curious what he's done for 400 and 800. He closed this race in :54? I'd be shocked if couldn't go sub-3:30 right now.
At this point it depends on if he can get into the right diamond league races, but with 7:30 fitness this early in the year a 3:30 (or even faster) wouldn’t be surprising
I'm curious what he's done for 400 and 800. He closed this race in :54? I'd be shocked if couldn't go sub-3:30 right now.