Official American mile record attempt - Official discussion thread and live stream

You’re correct about the splits, but the pace was still too slow. The first pacer came through 809m in basically 1:57 flat which put Teare at 1:57.7. That’s too much to overcome when you’re shooting for sub 3:50.

Needs faster pacers imo. 1:57-1:58 for the first half is wayyyy too slow for a sub 3:50 mile.

True, but there's no excuses.  You go for it or you don't. 

you would think 1:55.5-1:56.  Hocker was 1:54ish in Tokyo, no (800m)?  Maybe not ready for that speed yet?

How do we make track more popular?? Let’s have an AR attempt on a Friday night in the middle of the Olympics (still more popular) and the Super Bowl.

The Lap Count also had it for Saturday??

TL;DR too many people had no idea until after the fact or will never know.

Teare closed in 1:52 so speed is no problem. Pacers should have gone through in 1:54-1:55.

They needed Eric Sowinski to pace! So glad they went for it regardless - so close. Like usual athletes show up ready to go but rest of sport is organizational clusterf*ck! There are three paywalls: Peacock, FloTrack, Runnerspace but none found a way to cover this? Or find another meet to host the race that's already scheduled for streaming?

https://results.flashresults.com/2021_02_12_Tyson/045-1-01.htm

Last year's splits. They were slightly fast thru 809 last year. For the AR attempt, That 1st 209 killed them which then they had to play catch up and went a little too hard the second 200 split.

If they are dropping 26.x last 200s, that's too much left in the tank...gotta spread that energy out evenly over the early laps to run optimally fast...they'd be fine going 1:55 if they have that much left!

Watch a Monaco diamond league 1500 or rewatch the OG final like your pointed out, that's the way to do it. 

Nice job streaming and having the sense to hold the camera sideways. To make that really work you're gonna need a gimbal or at least a mini-tripod setup. A gimbal is a couple hundred bucks

Something doesn't add up.  The splits clearly showed the pace slipped on lap 3, yet noone did anything about it until lap 6 when the pacers were gone.

Pacing is hard. Remember how awful Centro’s packers did going out in 54? I do agree it seems weird that the communication to the pacers wasn’t a little better.

And 1:57-1:58 through 809m makes it super tough to have any chance for sub 3:50. As others have said, they needed to be 1:55 high - 1:56 to have any shot and they were way off that.

Post race interview part 1 of 2.

LetsRun (just like Flotrack) did a great job stealing rights from this coverage per usual even though someone else purchased legitimate rights. The legit video is uploaded here:

Where was that 12 flat last 100m kick? Say it with me, Cole Hocker's kick is overrated. 

How much time did Hocker lose letting his hair down during the race? 

Exciting race, though. Nice to see Teare and Hocker running so fast and Beadlescomb getting a huge PB in their wake.

Guys don't you remember what Cooper Teardrop and Hole Cocker said after Millrose? They still haven't touched speed yet in training. This is just another rust buster. They couldn't go out in 28 because they hadn't run any 28s yet. Once they ran a few 29s in the first few laps, that instantly gave them the speedwork necessary to start running 28s in the later stages of the race. A few 28s and they had enough speedwork under their belt for the indoor season and were ready for a 26. But not a 25 yet because it's still just a rust buster American record attempt. Haven't touched speed yet. They're playing it smart and will stay off the track in base phase until the prelims at worlds in Eugene. They get at least a few more rust busters before then, but no speedwork. Experts on mile training like Keith Hoare know exactly what I'm talking about #goodforthesport

Can you cite a regulation allowing a sporting event to enforce an exclusive license for internet streaming? Not TV or radio. I don't believe the FCC or any other regulator would. A website might voluntarily comply, but I don't think they have to. A camera holder at a sporting event holds copyright over what the camera captures, minus incidentally captured copyrighted images. Inherent in his exclusive right to distribute his material is the right to distribute it. Unless he has signed away that right to someone, the venue will need very solid legal reasons if it wants to restrict it. Legal precedent is already well established for the opposite - see NBA v Motorola. Beyond this, exclusive licensing for a dead sport is the surest way to keep it dead. How much money can anyone expect to make if viewing is so restricted?