Yared Nuguse chasing mile WR at BU with Wavelights - Official Discussion Thread

You ran in both?

is there a link to watch this somewhere live?

Live on Flotrack.... $30/mo.

On both. Yeah.

And here’s the science behind it - NOT written by me, and I’ve already linked this on this exact thread earlier. So for the 17th and final time.

geoffreyburns.com

It pays be to be compliant: the physics of indoor track and “optimal” surfaces — GB

Geoff Burns

45 years ago, a young lad hailing from a southern suburb of Dublin ripped around the interior of Madison Square Garden 11 times. By doing so faster than six other gentlemen making the same prestigious rounds, he was crowned c...

Link:www.geoffreyburns.com/stream/it-pays-b...

Good enough? Good luck to Yared in a few minutes.

When’s the race? Anyone know how to see the results?

I've ran on both tracks. As mentioned, what makes BU so fast is the plywood and the curve radius. However the surface is nothing special, it's not even Mondo. Armory now has the fastest surface possible and they also fine tuned a couple other things during the renovations. BU is probably still a little bit faster, but I don't think you're getting a full second in a mile difference, so Yared will have to find a little more improvement elsewhere.

Is the meet running behind schedule?

There has to be someone there that can go live on Instagram.

ya meet seems to be running stupid late.

pretty amateur tbh. there were a billion heats of the mens 200.

Yes. Very behind schedule.

Seems to be way behind schedule. heat 3 of 8 in men’s 200

At least an hour behind at this point.

It’s pretty sad that there’s a WR attempt and this is being run like a Hs meet. how does it get this far behind?

FloTrack stream just finished the final heat of the women's 200.

Poor meet management.

It is about 25 min. behind. Women's 500 was scheduled to start at 3:15 and will likely start at 3:40.

I wish I had a quarter for every time I've been at a track meet and thought to myself, "my God, how many heats of the 200 are there?"

Alternative view - it’s pretty sad that the WR attempt is at a last chance meet for college kids.

Yeah thats not good news for this record tilt. Hopefully he adjusted his warmup accordingly because you can waste a ton of energy standing around "shaking out" - especially if it's as much as 30min OT.

But as someone mentioned, if you want to front up at a college meet in amongst a million races and try and run a WR in the mile, I guess you accept the risk.