Official 2023 Prefontaine Classic Day 2 Live Discussion Thread

also = greatest pacemaker ever

Good call. But Luis was wearing a legit (technical) t-shirt. has katir worn a spandex top with sleeves, or a an actual t-shirt?

Thrilled for Grant! New American record and a third-place finish. Loved seeing him pass people up right at the end.

So the rabbit/pacer won both the mile and 3000m.

Not bad

Easily the greatest depth of field doubles.

Luis looked tired from a long season but new NR 7:29. Always fun to root for him, excited to see him battle for the podium in the olympics next summer.

Clearly he is not a good racer then, if he disappears in championships

Just wanted to point out that they said 'Valerie Allman up next' when the most recent world champ, who is also American, Laulauga Tausaga, is not mentioned. Hmm.

Its hillarious that it is held against him that there are pacers when he is forever pacing his closest competitors through the whole distance.

There's no might, its the greatest back to back performance ever. And I say this as as a Jakob hater

Jakob sets a WR for fastest 3000m run in sunglasses

Val allman’s battle cries are going to inspire me through my workout this week.

Katir for his 7:24i

I'll give Hayward this: they have been getting loud af when the races really get going. It looks so empty, but I was surprised by how loud it was during the women's 5k and the men's 3k

Some people watching don't realize that the tape is usually a little past the finish line.

So it's possible for the person who finishes second to break the tape. Rare, but it happens.

Anyone remember Nia Akins finishing 2nd and breaking the tape at a Sound Running 800 last year when Allie Wilson fell across the line?

Should be doable to find a pacer than can reach 2000 in 4:54 for Jakob. Then a 2:25 last 1000 and he will go under 7:20 next year.

Distance races of this era are exhilarating. A far cry from the "dead track" tempo run with 400m sprint era of Mo Farah.

Wasn’t woody kincaid in this race or was he a dns?

Katir ran 7:24.68 3k in a t-shirt.

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Girma takes down Komen's world 3000m record in Liévin - AW

Ethiopian clocks 7:23.81 to beat long-standing mark as World Indoor Tour Gold meeting also sees victories from Keely Hodgkinson, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Femke Bol and Karsten Warholm

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