Johnny Gregorek Retires

Did Uccce self-destruct?? Too much stupidity in one place.

Just shows you how impressive Nick Willis' run of 20 straight years sub 4:00 Mile was. Johnny only has 9, but still impressive nonetheless. He should throw in another race this Jan just to get 10 years in a row with a sub-4 mile!

Nick WIllis Streak:
2001 04:01.3
2002 04:02.5
2003 03:58.2
2004 03:53.5
2005 03:53.4
2006 03:52.7
2007 03:55.1
2008 03:50.7
2009 03:53.5
2010 03:55.3
2011 03:52.0
2012 03:51.8
2013 03:55.7
2014 03:49.8
2015 03:51.5
2016 03:51.1
2017 03:56.4
2018 03:56.8
2019 03:54.8
2020 03:56.7
2021 03:56.8
2022 03:59.7

The mods are permitting your personal attacks, as feeble as they are, and removing my posts. Let this thread be about Johnny and not your obsession with me.

Why ae you here?

Oh you want this thread to be about Johnny and not you? I wouldn't have guessed that from your posts

I pointed out that the venue in which JG ran 3:49.98 is super fast and faster than almost any outdoor venue. This was not welcomed. Then you again showed how obsessed you are with me. You have said nothing about JG, but only showed that I am living in your head.

Just because we enjoy roasting you for being so sensitive doesn't mean you're living in our hear or that we have any opinion on your original claim.

Did you also feel the need to self point out that you're a dweeb?

That's what really warrants an explanation.

I wonder if someone on this site will rag on Willis for his "fake" PR of 3:49. He only ran it once...

Why do the mods allow this? It is inexcusable and you mods need to start doing your jobs or step aside. Or maybe you are mods. Reprehensible that you permit this when personal attacks are not permitted.

Ruxton if you are going to play that game you need to be smarter about it. Wills ran 3:29.66 and Gregorek ran 3:34.35. Johnny wasn’t in the same league as Willis as a runner. Johnny simply was not among the absolute best in the world. So sorry if the fanboys cry hearing this.

We ran against Johnny in HS. Remember a dual meet where he just took off & won by minutes. Stood at the finish line congratulating everyone for finishing. Can be hard to be a good dude at 16. Enjoyed following his career.

Victim of leaded gas, huh?

Good to see Johnny getting some love in this thread! I was always impressed by his consistency, especially being one helluva supinator who was constantly battling nagging injuries. But I never had a training partner who was better at doing the little things.

And while the 3:49 deserves the attention - let's not overlook a 10th place finish in a Worlds final with a few athletes competing that would eventually serve a suspension.

Johnny didn’t die. We should be permitted to speak the truth. The 3:49.98 was done on a track which is faster than any track out there. So why couldn’t he run faster than 3:34.35? Can ANYONE explain this?

For those of you who are too slow to understand what happens, Cheserek ran BOTH his 1500m and mile personal bests on that track in the same race, a 3:49.44 mile, and Cheserek was no miler, couldn’t come close to that ever again, and the intelligent know why.

And before the morons chime in, when I say the same race, I mean the same race, not as Johnny’s, but the same race, a year before Johnny.

He and his father both ran professionally for a decade or more. Nearly all of us would have signed up for. Why the hate?

IF I say that Ryan Hall’s 2:04:55 was helped by a tailwind, there is zero hate involved. Same with Johnny. No hate. He sounds like a great guy, and a very good runner.