Start Lists for the Men's and Women's Mile/1500 at Pre are up

Who will be the pace maker?

I suspect ESP will only run the 1500 at the Trials, but let’s see her time in the 5000 this coming Friday night at the LA Grand Prix.

I know this is not a Diamond League event but Faith recently announced she wasn’t doing any DL events as she was focusing on Paris. So I guess that may apply to all racing. Not sure if that’s a great idea. But could be a cover and she is injured who knows.

Link?

Yes. She would be the top contender in both. And there’s plenty of time in between

Elle's 5000 PR of 14:58 is super soft. Weather looking good in LA next weekend. Would be surprised if she didn't go sub-14:40, perhaps by a lot.

Jakob

The actual truth of the matter is that Faith has quite a serious knee injury. NN running have been at pains to make out she has foregone the diamond league to concentrate on the Olympics but it’s simply not true. I am friends with a Kenyan runner who regularly meets faith at the local track and she is really struggling with the knee at the moment….

I mean i havent seen this statement but if we dont see her until Kenyan Trials it is 100% an injury. Thanks for the intel. Unless it improves quickly this might rule out a double though that 3rd 5000 spot is relatively weak at the moment behind Chebet and Rengeruk. That could change if one of the 10K women goes for it.

This is where the schedule gets me a little - especially for the top Europeans. So in the case of Jakob (as an example) who is presumably running both meets, he flys out here for the meet, I guess flys back immediately on Sunday and has Oslo Thursday night.

I guess for those of us hoping to see really fast times/potential WR attempts this almost lops off 1/3 of those opportunities and it's only the end of May (I say that because how many DL 1500m/mile is Jakob running this season - he ran 5 total last season). And sure, he's coming off the injury and it's his first big race up anyway, but especially with respect to Oslo it just seems really tough. Especially if you subscribe to the historical precedent that even the best guys in history only have 3-5 seasons at their absolute peaks where they are capable of getting close to world marks.

Also at this level the best guys shouldn't be forced to pick and choose a meet based on schedule. Just an opinion.

The pacer gets a cramp and steps off the track at 300m -- Centro takes the lead and controls! Matthew for the win in 4:06.25!

Frerichs is listed in the steeplechase. There had been speculation here that her dormant social media meant that she was injured again.

Looks like another fake news. She's running the 5000m.

I’m with you. Packing Pre and Oslo so close together is tough. I guess they have to stack the European meets, but I’d rather they have Marrakech/Eugene closer and they can move LA Grand Prix accordingly. Seems like Nike is accommodating many athletes to skip Pre as long as they do LA/Oslo. The Pre/Oslo double looks aggressive.

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The next time the Bowerman Mile lives up to the hype will be the first time since Alan Webb was in high school.

3:43.73 - 3:43.97 did nothing for you?

I guess 2 3:43s, 11 sub-3:50s, 5 national records, and 11/13 finishers setting PBs is just a snooze fest.

Hahaha. I had no recollection of that being at Pre. It feels more recent.

Okay. But a good Pre meet in an Olympic year is very very rare, you have to admit.

I think Jakob is training in Flagstaff at the moment. So at least he won´t have jetlag this time in the Bowerman Mile.

And he has time to recover for Oslo.