The same people complaining about a lack of prestige are wondering why Fisher wasn't willing to hammer an all out 3k when he didn't have to? I'm amazed at how much some of you posters are crying about this. We'd never see this much excitement in April.
The 5k on Friday was great. This 3k was a waste of time
They were both terrible, who are we getting? A barely sub-15 5k? Give me a break. That's a waste of 11 and 1/2 laps of everyone's time.
It's fascinating to see how much Fisher's kick has improved in the last 12 months. The knock on him for years was that he always got 2nd place: McDonald x3, Justyn Knight, McGorty, Nuguse all outkicked him for NCAA champs. Even Klecker outkicked him for the USA 10,000 title in 2021 or 22. All good guys, but Fisher really had a hard time dropping anything better than 54, maybe 53 on the last lap. He's now suddenly grown himself a seriously good kick. He didn't run a brave race today, but I could totally see him winning the 10 in Tokyo with a kick like this.
He’s preparing not just to out close Aregawi, he’s preparing for the biggest take down of all….Jakob. Why not, he’s out kicked Hocker this year, so what’s next for him?
This is a career for these guys, not a hobby like it is for the rest of us. Why would Grant expend more energy than necessary in order to bring home the bag? Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
He was obviously VERY confident in his kick, which is really nice to see. He did expend the least possible energy, but definitely lowered his chances of finishing top three by not going with the leaders and then just settling in behind Bekele. That would have left nothing at all up to chance.
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Instead of the point system where both races count they should just require racers to run both events and split the money between events. 1st in one event is 50K. 1st in both is $100k combined.
What is the point of requiring to run both races if a runner only cares about one and there is no penalty for jogging in their off event?
Day 1, I'd grade the racing as a 5/10. Day 2, I'd give it a 8/10. Today, more like a 3/10. The most exciting things that happened today were Kerr bombing and Grant racing for 3rd.
Women's short sprints 200m was into a 4.7 HEADWIND. Yall, the wind at this meet is nuts. It's definitely impacting the times we see today, especially in the race we just watched
Instead of the point system where both races count they should just require racers to run both events and split the money between events. 1st in one event is 50K. 1st in both is $100k combined.
What is the point of requiring to run both races if a runner only cares about one and there is no penalty for jogging in their off event?
Exactly. There should not be any mandatory doubles
I really enjoyed this and couldn't care less that Grant didn't contest the 3k win. GST, I think only in the distance groups, is forcing the racers to think strategically and is making for some really fun spectating. It really reminds me of watching the TDF. Does Tadej need to chase every breakaway? Can we understand that he's battling Jonas for GC from the peloton while also appreciating the riders going for the stage win?
Going forward, the 1500 guys are going to have to figure out how to handle Wanyonyi in the 15 while saving enough energy to grab some points in the 8. The Ethiopians will need to do something similar in the long distance group.
We can watch the diamond league to see a straightforward, fast, paced 5k. This is something different.
If Gebrhiwet had planned ahead he could have just made the 5k this fast too. Don't hate the player, hate the game (although I found the races interesting).
The thing is, his 3k wasn’t that fast. He ran 7:51, which is 13:05 5k pace and 29 seconds off Fisher’s PR. So it’s no guarantee that he’s fit enough to drop everyone (or nearly everyone) by front-running the 5k, and had he front-run the 5k I think everyone would have gone with him because it would change the equation.
There is nothing to reinvent here, GST is trying to turn track and field into something it’s not.
genuinely bummed that amazing athletes like fisher Hocker nuguse signed for the season, it’s starting to look like a really bad use of their prime years
Instead of the point system where both races count they should just require racers to run both events and split the money between events. 1st in one event is 50K. 1st in both is $100k combined.
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Anything that would incite more of an honest effort to race then calculating what place you need to run and only putting in that effort.... pathetic.