Houlihan ran every race she could get into when her suspension was lifted hoping to make enough noise she'd get a contract. didn't work and now she's cooked, also demoralized no pro team/sponsor called her.
You know it's bad when you don't even get an invite to join Colleen Quigley's Team Meridia
Kersee deserves every bit of criticism but 2:03 is so slow that I’m angrier at Mu, honestly.
It’s not about Kersee, any useless high school could write up some generic program and have her running 1:59x as long as she does bare minimum workouts. Running this slow means that she’s not mentally in it, and barely putting any work in.
She did a great job. Not a bad professional side quest.
It was great pacing. Her 800 split was faster than Athing's time today!
And she had almost identical splits for both laps. Alvarado was more than a half second faster on lap one than two. Those tiny margins matter on world record attempts.
I can help you win races if you just snuggle up on me on the homestretch and make others go around you. I don't mind, and we can just be friends. I mean, can you imagine if Laros had to go inside to get past Habz, and then outside to pass you? You might be holding that Bowerman trophy.
Houlihan ran every race she could get into when her suspension was lifted hoping to make enough noise she'd get a contract. didn't work and now she's cooked, also demoralized no pro team/sponsor called her.
She announced her sponsorship on Instagram today.
Easyday Labs. don't get me wrong, I love to support small businesses but this is literally a guy selling shirts out of his garage. I don't think this is what Shelby had in mind but I guess beggars can't be choosers.
2. Beat one of the best fields in recent memory. That's gotta be encouraging with worlds inching closer. And he did it off a fast pace with a measured last lap!
3. Surely this translates to an excellent 1500. You have to imagine that he could run into the 3:27s considering he walked down a a guy who ran 3:27.49 a few weeks ago.
4. Very curious where his 800 is right now. I've always felt like he had a lot of unfulfilled potential in that event - his 1:44.74 a few years ago was VERY impressive. I know its a stretch but something in the 1:42s this year would be awesome...
5. Coevett must be overjoyed.
Amazing run, but it was missing arguably the two best milers of the last four years in Jakob and Kerr. But I agree, this announces Laros as a major contender. Closing that hard in a fast race puts him up there
I guess I’m a bit curious as to why Kerr would not race this Diamond League given that Grand Scam Track LA was cancelled, and he’s literally 4 hours flight time to Eugene from his base in ABQ. It’s a bit disappointing if I’m being honest.
Not the greatest year for OAC Boulder in 2025, is it? At least Nuguse made it to the starting line, I suppose. That seems to be half the battle in that group.
OAC needs to stop pumping up how well they train (e.g. Klecker's half, Nuguse today) and save the energy for race day. Even Ollie was saying he's training the best he has in a long time and will go for his NR today. Too much counting of chickens...
I want to understand why Prevagen is always the main sponsor of meets. Does running make you brain-dead?
I mean, have you seen how hard some of these athletes push? Yared might need some Prevagen with how much he was grimacing in that last 100. Clearly in a lot of oxygen debt, who knows how that impacts brain function.
In all seriousness, track is probably happy to take whatever sponsors it can get
Kara has developed into an excellent commentator. I implore NBC to provide a BETTER microphone for her telecast - her voice blends in with the background noise and is difficult to hear.
That was one of the best single day meets ever-definitely on the distance side. Two WRs, a number of top-25 all time marks with even some in the sprints too
Yet, I found the Kenya and Ethiopia packed and dominated races boring. If it wasn’t for the Men’s Mile it might have been an afternoon wasted. Makes me miss GST.