Niels Laros 18 yo runs 13:23 5K!!

Yes, let's turn this thread about Niels. We'll be talking to him tomorrow for the podcast.

Anyone have a question we should ask of him? Anyone know what his training is like?

He claimed no Kenyan has run sub 2:10 before EPO. It was told him a few days ago that this is wrong. Now he gives a statistic which shows that 3 Kenyans have run sub 2:10 before EPO.

But he will continue with his lie: so, he is stupid and a liar. Just the facts.

I think it’s be interesting to know what he thinks his long term event(s) is/are?

Why didn’t he compete at World XC Juniors?

Will he compete at World Juniors (track) next year?

What are his racing plans?

Any thought to NCAA?

Then of course what his training is like, best training partner etc

Not much. The only thing I know is that he is coached by Tomasz Lewandowski, who was recruited away from Poland about 18 months ago by Laurent Meuwly. Lewandowski coached his brother Marcin to much success. Meuwly brought Tomasz to Netherlands because the country has widespread youth participation in athletics but has had difficulty translating that into senior success. Meuwly specializes in sprints, hurdles and relays but needed someone he trusted for middle distance.

Lewandowski is known to be very dedicated, as this section describes:

"Tomasz’s philosophy has been developed through decades of experience and by absorbing information like a sponge from world-class athletes and training environments.

“I travelled to see how other coaches and athletes train, how they behave,” he says. “I went to China, New Zealand, the US, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Ethiopia, Norway, Sweden, the UK and more. I talked to experts of psychology, physiology, physiotherapists, biomechanics, nutritionists and physicists. I talk to coaches for sprints, jumps, throws, but not only athletics – I joined swimming groups, football, volleyball, cyclists, judo, wrestling, rowing and I always took something away.”

worldathletics.org

A tale of two brothers | SPIKES | World Athletics

Over the past three decades, the Lewandowskis have been at each other's side throughout – brothers in arms, come what may.

Open link

But in terms of training specifics, I haven't seen much. The Dutch 400 camp under Meuwly is very open about the training. The athletes post videos and summaries all year long. I never see much from the middle distance group except occasional glimpses of jogging in Flagstaff.

Laros did seem to enjoy attending a Phoenix Suns game a couple of months ago. I remember he posted that on Instagram and was beaming, especially on the short lived Instagram stories.

After seeing the recent disqualification threads it strikes me that Laros wouldn't have fared well as a high school runner in certain regions of the United States. He loves to celebrate and play to the crowd late in the race during victories. In both of his European U18 wins last summer he had clear margin and was visibly celebrating long before the finish line.

It isn't an argument. It is an assertion. But you aren't bright enough to know the difference.

Then I was a teenager and watched Juantorena winning olympic gold “everybody” told me from now on one had to be built like him to run sub 1.43.5… And then “tiny” Coe all of a sudden smashes the WR twice -I mean SMASHED!

Some two decades ago a couple of the best Norwegian distance runners went to Kenya -so what did they learn? -You had to have long slim calves to be among the 200 - 300 best in your event…. Then Bekele arrived on the stage (he’s built like me, only a little less taller; and my training partners loved to compare me with a shot putter…) And then you got Jakob I. -we were told he was to heavy for the 5000m. And here comes Niels Laros -extremely interesting prs in both the 800 and 5000m, but “with the wrong genes being Caucasian”…

Genes matter, but we know far to little how. I myself think genes matters LITTLE between populations -there’s so much to be found in culture differences and training and lifestyle…

Niels will run a 1500m in Hengelo on Sunday.

That assertion is part of his argument, Narcissus. You are as bright as a burned out light bulb.

HABZ Azeddine FRA 3:33.90 3:31.74
COSCORAN Andrew IRL 3:35.43
FARKEN Robert GER 3:32.10 3:32.10
MCCANN Luke IRL 3:35.65
STONIER Matthew GBR 3:34.95 3:32.50
DEBJANI Ismael BEL 3:57.16 3:33.06
VERMEULEN Jochem BEL 3:35.80 3:35.21
VERHEYDEN Ruben BEL 3:36.13 3:35.19
GIRMA Ermias ETH 3:38.35 3:36.28
RAMSDEN Matthew AUS 3:38.34 3:34.08
GILES Elliot GBR 3:33.56
FOPPEN Mike NED 3:36.00 3:35.67
EDWARDS Jye AUS 3:36.77 3:33.23
LAROS Niels NED 3:39.46
GRESSIER Jimmy FRA 3:35.97
BUIGEL Bram NED 3:42.88 3:42.88

Addendum: Jimmy Gressier, 3:34.08, Montreuil, France, 31/05/2023.

Prédiction: Niels Laros, 3:36.50-3:38.00. xThis is just the start. He's more distance oriented compared with American monster, Hobbs Kessler.

So you don't have any problem with a poster who constantly lies in almost all his posts? What's the benefit of such a poster? When you have to check any info which he gives, because his history shows that he is wrong extremely often - in many cases intentionally.

Just because you don't like his arguments, it doesn't mean he doesn't have any.

And did you just use a word that is insulting to people with learning disabilities to insult me and rekrunner?

You are a pitiful old man.

Jonathan Grahn from Sweden will be the next big thing. Sub 3:35 this year. Kid is only 19.

Is he a virgin? Does he have a gf?

Does he follow klass lok easy interval training.

What is his dream goal?

Was he ice skating as a kid?

If he could be successful at another sport, which n why?

He is his role model?

Does he get nervous before races?

Tell us about your training.

He had no argument, only an assertion.

Of course I know about his training, as I know all things about all training...