No reason Nuguse should’ve been in 4th with 50 m to go. Hacker looked like he wanted to win more than Nuguse out there. Nuguse is a 3:43 miler. You gotta take over.
Josh is an 8:00 2 miler 1500m WC. Barega ran 12:43 as an 18 y.o. Wale has run a 7:24i 3k. Nuguse has been running at this level for 1 year. He still finished 2nd.
If Barega helps Wale to make that a 7:30 race, Kerr has more of a challenge on his hands. Letting him tempo the first 2k made it easy, especially as he's more than capable of handling himself in a pack
So Kerr could sit in 4th or 5th single file? No not at all. Kerr had to get extremely physical and some of the moves were borderline and almost backfired (nearly went down escaping a box). I think you’ve got this one completely wrong.
That's the beauty of a message board, we all get to have an opinion. FWIW, in his post-race interview, Kerr said his victory lap was more tiring than the race. Even with the shoving, the field didn't stretch him, it was easy for him
If Barega helps Wale to make that a 7:30 race, Kerr has more of a challenge on his hands. Letting him tempo the first 2k made it easy, especially as he's more than capable of handling himself in a pack
So Kerr could sit in 4th or 5th single file? No not at all. Kerr had to get extremely physical and some of the moves were borderline and almost backfired (nearly went down escaping a box). I think you’ve got this one completely wrong.
Could not agree more
i also thought Nuguse ran a very non comitted race
except for a great close was he ever really driving the bus here
That's the beauty of a message board, we all get to have an opinion. FWIW, in his post-race interview, Kerr said his victory lap was more tiring than the race. Even with the shoving, the field didn't stretch him, it was easy for him
Fair enough. I think if it was a straightforward fitness contest with the Ethiopians trading the pace you’re handing it to him. Here he had to make several physical moves, run extra distance and so on. And Barega nearly got Nuguse.