Nobody fits the description except maybe Keter, though he wouldnt take it out that hard. Perhaps the Ethiopians push after 600-800. Lumb could too, given how good he looked from the front. Nader, Nordas, Kessler and Beamish all guys happy to trust their kicks
It might be in their interests for Tefera and Mehary to plan on taking it out at an honest pace, if they’re willing to cooperate. Tefera takes the first 500, Mehary takes the next 400 and then they just race, or something. Not saying I think it will happen but it could. Otherwise I think both (especially Mehary) are overmatched in kicks.
I wonder if it makes sense for Kessler to try to front run it. He showed in the Wanamaker that his fitness is very high right now and the risk, on the one hand, of flaming out or losing to a kicker might be lower than the risk of getting trapped in the crowd, on the other hand.
It might be in their interests for Tefera and Mehary to plan on taking it out at an honest pace, if they’re willing to cooperate. Tefera takes the first 500, Mehary takes the next 400 and then they just race, or something. Not saying I think it will happen but it could. Otherwise I think both (especially Mehary) are overmatched in kicks.
I wonder if it makes sense for Kessler to try to front run it. He showed in the Wanamaker that his fitness is very high right now and the risk, on the one hand, of flaming out or losing to a kicker might be lower than the risk of getting trapped in the crowd, on the other hand.
If anyone should front run it, Cole Hocker should do it in my opinion. I know it’s not in his best interest to do so, but his 8:05 2 mile when he was in no man’s land for most of the second half shows how strong he is, and I believe he can still have his trademark devastating kick even if he leads from the front.
CC has that excellent quality of consistent acceleration--that is, there are no hiccups, his rate of speed increase seems much more consistent than other sprinters, who can show weaker spots in their acceleration.
He came out almost dangerously low, but managed to keep his recovery very low for about 5 strides, which is excellent for covering a lot of ground fast, but only at low speed. He then transitions smoothly to a higher recovery, and when it is complete at around stride 10, he experiences what seems to be a surge in acceleration relative to the other guys--which is really just him continuing to accelerate in that phase, and the other guys experiencing a hitch. At that point he stays tight in the shoulders, and keeps applying maximum force, rather than trying to go faster, he is still trying to go farther.
Only after about stride 15 does he enter a sort of 60m speed maintenance phase, where he is concerned with maintaining or developing speed rather than distance. After stride 15 he enters his final speed position, which is unfortunately not advantageous, as he chops his stride a bit--this is when Lyles and Blake gain on him.
But strides 10-15 were magnificent. If he could relax more later on in the race, he would be insanely fast.
Nice acceleration job by CC, and good to hang on for the win. People can talk ped's all they want, but his acceleration technique is visibly superior, right from the blocks (where he begins by applying force with both feet rather than just one), and it doesn't require ped's to execute properly.
His vmax and maintenance techniques are as lacking, as his acceleration technique is excellent.
If anyone should front run it, Cole Hocker should do it in my opinion. I know it’s not in his best interest to do so, but his 8:05 2 mile when he was in no man’s land for most of the second half shows how strong he is, and I believe he can still have his trademark devastating kick even if he leads from the front.
I think if you are talking about a front run for this group we are talking about max 800 out. Hocker is the best candidate, he has shown he is adept at measuring his pace. We have not seen Kessler, Beamish or even Nader run like that. Keter did a solid job today but he might be more vulnerable to misjudging it based on what I’ve seen historically from him. Nordas also could do it, and nearly picked up a DL win in this manner last year. Tefera beat Mehary this way earlier this year, but he looked a bit off today.
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If anyone should front run it, Cole Hocker should do it in my opinion. I know it’s not in his best interest to do so, but his 8:05 2 mile when he was in no man’s land for most of the second half shows how strong he is, and I believe he can still have his trademark devastating kick even if he leads from the front.
I think if you are talking about a front run for this group we are talking about max 800 out. Hocker is the best candidate, he has shown he is adept at measuring his pace. We have not seen Kessler, Beamish or even Nader run like that. Keter did a solid job today but he might be more vulnerable to misjudging it based on what I’ve seen historically from him. Nordas also could do it, and nearly picked up a DL win in this manner last year. Tefera beat Mehary this way earlier this year, but he looked a bit off today.
I think that’s probably the most realistic way of it happening. Keter will probably take the first 600m or so at a decent pace, and I think Hocker will take the lead at around 1000m or so, I definitely don’t think he’ll try and lead from gun-to-tape like Jakob tried two years ago but I feel Hocker will time his move correctly.
