Official Grand Slam Track Day 2 Thread + Live 1500 show at 7:45 ET & post-race show at 8:45 pm ET

Not that April racing matters, but I find it very interesting how Hocker yet again underperforms off of a slow pace...I mentioned this going into Paris last year but he seems to really struggle to run any faster than ~52 for the last lap, and especially he struggles to run any faster than 12-mid for the last 100...he has an impressive ability to run fast closing splits in fast races (maybe the best ever), but if Jakob drops the 1500, I'm not sure I back Hocker to win. He would certainly have lost to Centrowitz in Rio (despite his Paris race being more impressive).

LOL - I love that they just asked Yared "how'd that happen?"

Centro just made a horrible call again, Wanyonyi will definitely win again tomorrow

Centro is really, really good at this. Completely comfortable in his own skin, a gold medalist and obvious fan of the sport. With the sense of humor and connections to the players, I’d love to see him host or co-host a track podcast.

I like Kerr's cybertruck.

The duality of man

Kerr gonna Kerr. Completely on brand there.

As someone who has unfortunately watched LIV Golf very closely, this is similar in some ways. At times feels like you are a watching a propaganda piece with the announcers constantly hyping the product. Just stick to the races, no need to be transparent shills.

Wanyonyi closed in 51.5, and seemingly still had some left in the tank, not sure Jakob could've matched that. That said, he's definitely in the mix, as he also closed the Budapest semi in 51.6 which was a 3:34.99 race. Jakob's kick is actually underrated I'd say.

Glad to see you aren’t overreacting to one race in April.

It's not as easy as it sounds. As you saw in the Olympics with Jakob, and as you saw from Hocker today, when you lead, you are doing the work for someone else. If you dilly dally, as confident as you might be in your kick, you make yourself vulnerable to even bigger kickers. You gotta be a couple of seconds better than the field to dominate from the front. That's not easy to do when you're almost certainly level with your competitors.

Hocker blew it.

Goose ran well, I had him for the win.

Kerr needs a couple more weeks work, hes 100m short.

It was set up for the 141.0 800 guy that runs cross country, free ride all the way, this guy's 400 is what? 45h 46 low at worst?

shows after a couple hundred meters of pace, running 39 300m wins elite races

jim ryun ran 36.4 300m on chewed up cinders in a similar race

Herb Elliot ran the same time on clay in 1960 Rome but it the 3rd lap was the fast one.

this was a nice, curious race.

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Jim Ryun - Düsseldorf - August 1967 on youtube

there is no doubt what so ever that Ryun would have decimated today's field with the 1967 shape what so ever.

an entirely different class was Ryun, abeit the window was small.

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Hocker was definitely trying out the 2016 Olympic Centro strategy. Nuguse just made a bolder move earlier on than anyone did in that Olympic final. But even if Nuguse didn’t make that move when he did, i doubt Hocker would have held him and Wanyonyi off on the last lap

Anyone notice that Hoppel beat Attaoui for 7th by less than one-hundredth? Both clocked 3:39.78.

Kerr and his Tesla cyber truck going home devastated. A loser just like his overlord Elon

Kung Fu Kenny's only challenge this weekend was the finish tape.

Gotta let go of the tape! Kenny almost tripped up there

Live view of Jakob enjoying GST from his couch - he stayed up old school style to watch...

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20.39 - WR for Fred. Fastest time ever run by a wife beater