HOBBS MF KESSLER!!!!

5TH AVENUE MILE was downhill

It didn't meet record course standards

people hating on this are so lame

1. winning is important and Hobbs just got some great experience in a tactical race

2. as others have said, you can only beat the guys that show up

Yeah, agreed. I feel like anyone who is aware that there's a World Road Running Championships happening this weekend is enough of a running dork to understand the context of this race. If you know/care who Hobbs Kessler is, chances are you know who Jakob/Kerr/Nordas/etc. are and know that this road mile field isn't on the same level as the world track championships. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy today's race or Hobbs's win. It was an exciting finish, he looked super pumped, and it's great momentum and a confidence boost for one of the USA's rising stars. We can be happy about that without needing to compare it unfavorably to other men's 1500/mile races this season.

Sam Prankel , bronze medalist..

To the bank!!!

Yeah, I know. I meant the WR being up for grabs at Riga with the bonus.

I like Hobbs, cool guy and rock climbers have some of the most impressive power/weight ratios, but good luck on him getting an Olympic gold medal in the 1500. If he does medal in the 15, i'd like to see him try a double medal in rock climbing, that would be very cool.

WR is not really true. but is ok, he had a great race . Congrats.

A 3:29 guy ran high 3:47 at 5th Ave. Mile. How much help are you getting when you have downhill, uphill, downhill and run a bit slower than your flat pr's?

Hobbs haa what fisher will never have a WC medal.

Does Hobbs get a bye into the next world Champs road event since he will be defending champion?

The reality is far from the dreams.

There are at least 100 other runners that have the same dream.

They must be crazy strict on what constitutes a legal course. Here is Ovett running 3:56.06 nearly 40 years ago.

I'm not hating or spreading hate speach... but see it like this.

East African African are the true black horses of middle/long distance.

You had at least two examples in your America in the past:

Sydney Maree (from SA descent) who was a real WR holder and the recent prodigy Yared Nuguse.

But these kind of people are not that praised in this forum for obvious reasons !!!

Fact of the day. (*)

Kenyan/Ethiopian were doping 5 times more than Moroccan between 2008 to 2019. Except there was no transparency in their systems.

(*) This is an indirect answer to some people that were stabbing us in the back in the latest years.

world record is 3:27.8 by Mike Boit

Y'all are acting like he only would have deserved praise if he beat Kerr's 5th Ave time and, thus, run a ~3:47 today and thus won a race against some very, very good milers by TEN SECONDS.

I get the WR title is ridiculous, but give the 20 year old his moment. Would Nuguse have pulled this off 4 years ago?

A few thoughts here:

1) Hobbs was running a mile race devoid of the real contenders. Didn't Josh Kerr ran a 3:47 mile in NYC while Jakob would obviously be running around the same?

2) Hobbs didn't run any mile WR if 1) is true.

3) Mile WRs on the road are unfair as no 2 races are the same route.

I believe that Brit is ranked 6th over 1500m this year, with a time of 3:35.39.

Yeah mile WRs on the road are highly erratic as you can 101 types of routes and bends, wind directions, anthropogenic RF exposures, elevation and gradients etc. I wouldn't be too excited about Hobbs 'WR'.

On the other hand I'm gonna always swoon over El G's morally established and certified mile and 1500m WRs!

Yes i agree. From this angle you are right. All races are enjoyable in and of themselves as all races are unique and doesn't need to be relative to other races. But I'm an RF geek and RF geeks are extremely competitive when it comes to the truth you know? But it doesn't mean I can't be amused and thrilled by Hobbs winning the race.

Wonder if he got some from some hot Latvian girl after