If you're not doing double threshold then you live under a rock. Marcus has been training his guys right for years now and it shows. two sessions a day at 5:10 pace for Liam and Marco, now 3:33 guys. ain't that something.
How does it quiet it? Gary ran 3:48.82 indoors which is equivalent to a 3:31.84 1500. Critics will say he's 2 seconds slower than that when he's not on a bouncy track.
Now I don't believe that. At Millrose , Gary was doing none of the work and there was zero wind.
But as a former coach, I've got to criticize Gary's tactics. He left the inside of lane 1 and managed to get passed on boht the inside and outside!!! Hold your ground and then Langon would at least have to go outside of Murphy and maybe you end up 2nd.
It would be pretty nice if someone would actually do a definitive study on how these kids are so much faster. I know there are like ten variables at play here, but it would be nice to have a better understanding of exactly what matters most...
Factors: super tracks, super shoes, training, starting younger, bi-carb, better coaching, better competitions, better planning, better parentage, better everything?
It was streamed on ESPN's ACCNX network. I was able to watch a replay on ESPN+ without a sub to ACCNX.
Same. I logged into ESPN using my YouTubeTV credentials and was able to watch the full 2 hour replay. It began in the middle of heat 4. The feature was heat 16. The remainder of the coverage was heats of the men's steeplechase.
What's the fastest time for 1500m for a still-eligible NCAA athlete? I know that guys like Wheating and Lagat ran 3:30 in Monaco after graduation. Green ran 3:32, while Adam Spencer ran 3:31 outside of the season last year. I see from wiki that Mario Garcia Romo ran 3:30.20 at the World Champs in 2022, while Wheating ran 3:30.90 but both had graduated already.
Been said a million times but it's still staggering how deep the American 1500 field is right now. 3 guys running 3:33 in March... wow
Can't help but wonder how these NCAA guys are gonna look come USATF Outdoor Champs in August— it'll have been a LONG season by then but maybe the extra month off after NCAA champs should help?
I'd guess they'd be wiped and look as bad as Sahlman did in 2024. You can't hold a peak for 6-8 weeks.
That's my point, though — last year trials were 2 weeks after NCAAs, this year USATF outdoors are 7 weeks after NCAAs. Obviously 2 weeks isn't enough time to do anything but try to hold a peak, but is 7 weeks long enough to recover after a mini-peak and get more quality training in?
I feel like the college guys should be able to run fast in Eugene if they've been building their season around USATF Outdoor champs, but then again their coaches are paid to care about NCAAs first and foremost and they've been running fast for a long time now. Strand ran 3:48 on February 1st.... guess we'll see in August!
13:22 solo from Hansen after Porter paced for 2200 per the results. Would like to see him in a pro 5,000 or one with the UNC dudes.
I am more impressed that Raleigh Relays had 62 sub 14 minute 5ks. Last year, Stanford Invite had 46 (RR had 44). There were sub 14s in 6 of 10 heats (the other four were all won close to 14 as well).