One thing that annoys me is that Kerr's 8:00.67 is listed at 1310 points, while Girma's 7:23.81 is listed at 1306 points. It doesn't make any sense. Kerr's wr (or wb) is a great result, but it is not more impressive than Girma's indoor wr. If we look at similar/close results from outdoors we have 8:01.08 by Geb which is 1262 points and Jakob's 7:24.00 split (en route to 7:54.10) is 1278 points. It makes no sense.
(Jakob's 7:54.10 is listed at 1304. To run time X at distance Y indoor is more impressive than running time X at distance Y outdoors, I get that of course. But indoors does not make a difference of 6.5 seconds in the two mile.)
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I also wonder what Kerr could've done at the end of last season in the 2000m in Brussels, and in the mile and/or 3000m in Eugene. A shame that he competes so rarely.
Like Jakob's special Lutefisk and Wang Junxia's special turtle soup, all that Josh Kerr needs to get the record is some special British cooking. Given that Mo Farah has to rely on the Salazar sauce, maybe Kerr just needs help from Shelby in getting some tools old American burritos!
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
3k, 2k and 2mile are irrelevant outdoor events. Kerr trains for championship medals, not to be GOAT time trialist.
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
3k, 2k and 2mile are irrelevant outdoor events. Kerr trains for championship medals, not to be GOAT time trialist.
Why did he run the 2 mile indoors then, is it only relevant indoors and not outdoors?
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
3k, 2k and 2mile are irrelevant outdoor events. Kerr trains for championship medals, not to be GOAT time trialist.
Kerr is the guy who told us he was the best 1500m runner in the world all year and then lost after being paced for 1400m, right?
No. Indoor tracks nowadays are just as fast as outdoor tracks. Tighter/more turns, but no wind resistance, banked turns and raised tracks which I think give more energy return make them just as fast. World Athletics recognized this by eliminating separate indoor/outdoor marks. Kerr can probably run around 7:25.
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
2 mile is 16 laps of 400m is it? Since 8 = 16 x 0.5. Learn basic arithmetic before embarrasing yourself please
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
2 mile is 16 laps of 400m is it? Since 8 = 16 x 0.5. Learn basic arithmetic before embarrasing yourself please
Not sure if you're serious, but an indoor track aka. short track is 200m.
His math is correct, but his argument is still bonkers.
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
Well I think Jakob can break that too. It was warm with windy gusts when he ran 7.17, certainly not perf
Kerr won't take a shot at the 2000 or 3000 marks. Just too fast for him.
2 miles? 7:54.10. Doubt he goes for that one. Again, too fast.
He won't go for them because they aren't his events and he has little interest in them. He runs over-distance solely to be stronger for the outdoor 1500. Anything he achieves over-distance is incidental. And he does this mainly early season to build strength, hence, you never see him running 3k on the DL circuit, it's always indoors. He likely couldn't beat Jakob's records anyway, but in peak shape he could sweep up the British 3k and 2 mile records if he wanted to, probably getting down to 7:23 and sub-8, but they don't seem to matter to him.
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
There's a reason why all of those milers that run those fast times at BU and UW can't replicate them outdoors...those banked tracks are faster than outdoor tracks.
Not just banked, but the surface and construction of the track ( bounce/energy return) are likely much better than the hardest outdoor track.
I’m excited for when he goes for it in a 5k. With his 3k chops and early season half marathon strength, I don’t see why he shouldn't try it soon. Definitely has sub 12:50 and a British record in him.
He ran a 2miles in 8:00 indoors which had a lot of tight turns. Let's assume that slowed him down 0.5s/lap. That would be 8 seconds which put him at 7:52 outdoors which is equqevenit to a 7:16 3k. The IAAF equivalent table also has him at 7:53 outdoors, which is in accordance with my theory.
3k, 2k and 2mile are irrelevant outdoor events. Kerr trains for championship medals, not to be GOAT time trialist.
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2 mile is 16 laps of 400m is it? Since 8 = 16 x 0.5. Learn basic arithmetic before embarrasing yourself please
Not sure if you're serious, but an indoor track aka. short track is 200m.
His math is correct, but his argument is still bonkers.
Lol looks like I was the one embarassing myself. Anyways yeah I agree. I don't believe the indoor track accounts for as much as 0.5 sec. I believe Kerr might have been able to follow Aregawi at least. But we'll see when he does race a 3k
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