We also will be doing a live watch praty and reaction show starting 5 minutes before the race (so 1:55 pm ET) and then going on for as long as we need to afterwards:
Good point. Nike should have turned this into an interactive meet where fans could try to keep up with a 4:00.00 wavelight for as long as possible. I recall Kipchoge's past events had a treadmill set to 2-hour marathon pace. Why not the same here? Or make this a "Festival of Miles" leading up to the big event with open miles beforehand set to different paces.
Festival of miles with people getting to try nike spikes and celebrate the distance with this being the crescendo of the night would be EPIC
too much science in all this takes the fun out of breaking the record. the special racing suit, the shoes, the choreographed pacers, the lights - I just want to watch a woman break 4 minutes.
this feel like when someone summits Everest by paying a sherpa to drag them up and back.
bro we're on the same team. I think it should be JAMMED in there. We saw how paris responds to track during the olympics last summer. Why are there like 200 people in there and not 20,000+???
I support the attempt, even with all the tricks, but if I were in Paris I would rather watch the livestream than the hassle of attending live. If it were a totally legal record attempt, I might attend live.
I think it's free for spectators, but you can occasionally hear protests and sirens outside the stadium, so they are probably being selective of who they allow in to avoid protestors sneaking in as "fans" and then rushing the track to disrupt the attempt.
A load of stop the oil protestors just showed up in their cars
too much science in all this takes the fun out of breaking the record. the special racing suit, the shoes, the choreographed pacers, the lights - I just want to watch a woman break 4 minutes.
this feel like when someone summits Everest by paying a sherpa to drag them up and back.
Except that in this case Faith will not reach the summit
They seem to be targeting women with their broadcast. it’s very painful to hear/watch. I guess women like that type of broadcast (or they are tone deaf)
Something I don't understand is why they didn't just market this as a mile world record attempt. I mean, sub 4 or not, running a world record is still a world record!