Yared Nuguse chasing mile WR at BU with Wavelights - Official Discussion Thread

noobsicle wrote:

apparently this is OAC's last trip to boston "ever" -- per ritz

snowflakes wrote:

You guys are extremely overrating the delay of the meet. I am sure that they adjusted their warm up to match the projected time of the race. Nuguse ran at his max capabilities and today he was only capable of 3:47. Jakob remains the King no matter how many excuses you give. Would you guys give the same amount of excuses to Jakob, no way.

Here they come all the excuses wrote:

yay marxism wrote:

Per my OAC sources, Nuguse did triple threshold yesterday.

i cant use my shift key cause i'ma moron.

Here they come…all the excuses. What a joke. why would you be attempting a WR and do something so stupid the day before. Sounds like he doesn’t know what he’s doing

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

trackfangirl wrote:

no chance he can break that time. To break it he basically has to run 3:44 indoors. That would be like 3:42 outdoors. That 3:45 of Jakob is an incredible time and not to be under estimated in hits greatness!

Outdoors and indoors are pretty damn even, but Yared is not at his peak fitness which he said before and after Millrose. Jakob probably isn’t either but he’s probably a second or second and a half faster all things even and stays closer to his peak.

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

I guess we can now all appreciate why meets like Millrose are just for the elites.

In hindsight I wonder if they regret trying to do this here because it did seem like a spur of the moment'ish deal. Maybe they got tricked by Kejelchas experience back in 2019 which worked out for him.

Either way it's cool to have run 3.46 and 3.47 indoors but a lot of racing for this guy coming up in the next 7 months - this in hindsight doesn't seem additive.

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

snowflakes wrote:

You guys are extremely overrating the delay of the meet. I am sure that they adjusted their warm up to match the projected time of the race. Nuguse ran at his max capabilities and today he was only capable of 3:47. Jakob remains the King no matter how many excuses you give. Would you guys give the same amount of excuses to Jakob, no way.

If he (Jakob) was shooting for a WR and his race was delayed 35min? Absolutely.

I don't think anyone is overly surprised Nuguse didn't break the record but based on form and circumstances there was a chance he could have given himself a shot with 400 to go.

Jakob is still the king of running times. Zero case against that.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

trackfangirl wrote:

no chance he can break that time. To break it he basically has to run 3:44 indoors. That would be like 3:42 outdoors. That 3:45 of Jakob is an incredible time and not to be under estimated in hits greatness!

Outdoors and indoors are pretty damn even, but Yared is not at his peak fitness which he said before and after Millrose. Jakob probably isn’t either but he’s probably a second or second and a half faster all things even and stays closer to his peak.

noobsicle wrote:

snowflakes wrote:

You guys are extremely overrating the delay of the meet. I am sure that they adjusted their warm up to match the projected time of the race. Nuguse ran at his max capabilities and today he was only capable of 3:47. Jakob remains the King no matter how many excuses you give. Would you guys give the same amount of excuses to Jakob, no way.

actually you are just angry at the news, shooting the messenger

we have multiple people on this thread with sources AT THE MEET

all sources are saying that there was mass confusion/hysteria. it's obvious if u watch the video... the meet mgmt was literally re-doing hip numbers on the friggin start line

there's another thread already where litigation possibilities are being explored

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Just shows you the track doesn’t run the time. Things were off on this one. It went out too slow like they were going for an AR not WR. Mario couldn’t make it 1,000 let alone 1200 and Yared was hanging on vs attacking off a modest pace.

brendro wrote:

noobsicle wrote:

actually you are just angry at the news, shooting the messenger

we have multiple people on this thread with sources AT THE MEET

all sources are saying that there was mass confusion/hysteria. it's obvious if u watch the video... the meet mgmt was literally re-doing hip numbers on the friggin start line

there's another thread already where litigation possibilities are being explored

Another dumb thread of you trolling lamely, yes.

Togher wrote:

No standard for Ollie Hoare, Luke Houser or Sam Prakel is a bit of a disaster.

Boulder slayer wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Just shows you the track doesn’t run the time. Things were off on this one. It went out too slow like they were going for an AR not WR. Mario couldn’t make it 1,000 let alone 1200 and Yared was hanging on vs attacking off a modest pace.

Hoare’s last 400m was 59.. Ouch

Wise Old Man wrote:

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Outdoors and indoors are pretty damn even, but Yared is not at his peak fitness which he said before and after Millrose. Jakob probably isn’t either but he’s probably a second or second and a half faster all things even and stays closer to his peak.

It seems like Jakob is near his peak 365 days per year. It’s remarkable how he just lives in this state of perpetual fitness and sharpness. For a glorious moment Hocker spiked past Jakob, but it was literally for a day and no longer. Jakob could likely run 3:47 or faster on any given day every day of the year. Truly insane.

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

rappatic wrote:

The Goose misses it; 3:47.22. Worse than he ran at Millrose. Not a bad time by any means but just goes to show how strong the new record is.

Kind of insane when a dude runs 3.47.2 on the second day of March and everyone is bummed. No excuses but the scheduling complications don't really help matters when you are trying to run that fast.

snowflakes wrote:

Jakob is almost 3 seconds faster at his peak. You really think he will only run a second and a half faster in July/August? That’s hilarious…I’m sure Yared isn’t at peak fitness either, but Grand Slam might not bode well for him, we’ll see. I hope Nuguse succeeds btw before anyone calls me a Yared hater.

Whosthedaddy wrote:

Boulder slayer wrote:

Hoare’s last 400m was 59.. Ouch

Shame - Hoare just ran out of gas in the last bit. However, it does seem like he’s finally rounding back in to shape.

Wise Old Man wrote:

It seems like Jakob is near his peak 365 days per year. It’s remarkable how he just lives in this state of perpetual fitness and sharpness. For a glorious moment Hocker spiked past Jakob, but it was literally for a day and no longer. Jakob could likely run 3:47 or faster on any given day every day of the year. Truly insane.