I remember when some LRC fanboys were all over Cheserek and Knight's nut a couple of years ago. Talking down on Fisher. Well, just as expected Cheserek and Knight are going nowhere and Fisher is so far ahead and so much better than both now.
rememberer wrote:
Knight's best 1500 is from 2018. 3:36.07. Not close to beating that anytime soon. Best 5000 is 13:09 in 2019. No indication he's beating that any time soon. Especially after a lowly 7:44 3000 last month. But thanks for your input uninformed boy.
Jussssst wanna make sure we have the full context here on the Fisher Fanboi extrodinaire rememberer pretending that Knight was out to pasture.
"Attention shoppers: rememberer to the white courtesy telephone please. 12:51 is calling."
Look 13:02 is great for him and his last 400 was fantastic, but the way I see it the odds of him not breaking 13:00 this year are greater than him breaking the American record.
Despite his time tonight, he's currently a LONG way off from 12:53 in a legit race (and even in a time trial like this). People need to remember that Americans often run way faster in these type of races than they do in Europe. This reminded me of Ben True's 13:02 in 2014.
To run 12:53, you have to be willing to hurt early. You can't run 13:14 pace (Fisher's halfway split) and then kick it in.
Again, I was very impressed by his last lap. It was great. But the rest of the race i was just shocked at how slow the pace was as I was focused on Scott and figured if he was going to skip Euros he's at least go for sub-13.
Fisher ran 413, then 413.5 for his first 2 3200s. He was 7:55 at 3k. 13:00 pace s 7:48 (When True ran his 13;02, he was 411 and 8;23).
Now could he eventually do it in the super shoes? Yes. I mean he's one of the greatest talents we've ever had in the US.
Bringing back this thread because of today's amazing results