It’s not as linear as a “at that age” thing. Laros & Hocker had winter injuries. Hobbs had a long spring injury. Hobbs did rebound to run 1:46 / 2:16 at the end of his season but obviously at that point there weren’t many races left.
A bit inaccurate. Hocker in 2023 started running in April I believe.. Laros I believe the same, which is why he opened up in June instead of late April/May.
Amazing time, but it's going to be a long outdoor season for him with Tokyo nine months away. He appeared to plateau quite early in the Northern Hemisphere season this year.
The age old problem for our Aussie boys and girls is our track season being out of kilter with the Northern Hemisphere. Not such a big problem in non-championship years, but real pain in the arse in championship years. Many have to peak in March just to qualify, then peak again at whatever the championships are that year June/July, etc.
Many of us have tried to get it changed to align, but it's like pushing 💩 uphill.
Yeah, from what I can tell his training is a solid blend of threshold, easy volume, and specificity, but not much in the way of periodization relative to other programs. Either way, add him to the top 6 in the Olympics 1500 final, and you have a very exciting intermediate- and long-term future for middle distance.
Very exciting might be an understatement. Hocker, Kerr, Nuguse, Jakob, Kessler, Laros, Myers? Insane.
And that’s not taking into consideration East Africans and the inevitable late bloomers. My fear is that they wont race each other much. Sadly, I’d put the over/under for the number of times all seven of these guys running the same race at <10 in the next five years. With all the leagues now, I fear the talent will be spread thin.
Seems like a big meet for stars of the future in the Oceania area. 17 Year old Daniel Williams wins 800m in 1:47, Sam Ruthe at 15 runs 8:06 and of course what Cam ran.
Myers is a 3:50.15 guy last summer just after turning 18. I have to believe he will run down around 7:32 indoors this winter.
(Assuming he is healthy)
Do they have indoor track in Australia? Feels like no. In a bizarre situation World Indoors would make some sense for him with not crazy travel and timing with Aussie season. But I don’t know if there’s a way in short of a silly trip to Europe/US. If there is, it’d be a good experience for him.
Myers is a 3:50.15 guy last summer just after turning 18. I have to believe he will run down around 7:32 indoors this winter.
(Assuming he is healthy)
Do they have indoor track in Australia? Feels like no. In a bizarre situation World Indoors would make some sense for him with not crazy travel and timing with Aussie season. But I don’t know if there’s a way in short of a silly trip to Europe/US. If there is, it’d be a good experience for him.
I imagine he will jump in a couple of indoor races here or elsewhere. Long way until outdoor season heats up. Then again, he may not.
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