Sub-9 guy wrote:
birdbeard wrote:
And Sydney Maree?
Again, not US born. However, I really liked him, and, in my opinion, his is the true, unsketchy AR.
You strike me as the type of person who wouldn’t be pumped to see Yared Nuguse break 3:30….
Sub-9 guy wrote:
birdbeard wrote:
And Sydney Maree?
Again, not US born. However, I really liked him, and, in my opinion, his is the true, unsketchy AR.
You strike me as the type of person who wouldn’t be pumped to see Yared Nuguse break 3:30….
the macdaddy og yoo wrote:
Sub-9 guy wrote:
Again, not US born. However, I really liked him, and, in my opinion, his is the true, unsketchy AR.
You strike me as the type of person who wouldn’t be pumped to see Yared Nuguse break 3:30….
Why wouldn’t I be? Hocker, Kessler, Nuguse all born and raised here. It would be incredible to see any of them go sub-3:30. Not even Centro could get there.
But, I think Kessler is the most talented of the bunch. And this thread is about him, so…
Hobbs will run those Kenyan and Norwegian dopers into the ground!
Faster than Steve Cram at that age!
Just returning to point out that indeed, no evidence of "monster shape."
"He's beating Nick Willis and Mason Ferlic in workouts" doesn't mean much if those two aren't in great shape.
He broke 4 minutes. That's pretty good for a young man!
Given that he was 0.05 seconds in front of the guy who broke 4:00 for the 20th year in a row, and ran almost dead even for the first 3/4, he's either in crappy shape, or he was helping.
He was pacing Willis to a sub 4, the millrose results don’t mean anything ya dumbbell.
If you don't go with the leaders or even the second pack, there's no way to run a fast time. In the end, it looks like he paced Nick Willis to his 20th year of sub-4 miles.
Yeah he definitely came all the way to Millrose to pace Willis... idiot.
another perspective wrote:
Just returning to point out that indeed, no evidence of "monster shape."
"He's beating Nick Willis and Mason Ferlic in workouts" doesn't mean much if those two aren't in great shape.
Just goes to show it’s important to take these pro contracts when you can - no guarantee you’ll ever be in better shape after a breakout season.
I know you’ve never been on a team before so you wouldn’t understand helping a friend, but yes it’s believable that the guy who just dipped under 4 minutes running almost perfectly even splits was pacing his teammate.
Master of LolIy wrote:
gold medalist wrote:
3:51 mile are you living in a dream
Not that unrealistic, if Kessler is in ca. 3:34 1500m shape right now. 3:34 is also his PB.
3:51?
Its, hysterical to me, that he beats Engels, Murphy is no where, he broke 4:00 , its not a quit the sport effort, like folks on here post. It was not at all a pacing job for Willis. That I guarantee.
Either he is not what we thought.
Or
He paced Nick and Mason which was anything but VERY NICE as spots on that starting line were hard to come by.
That would be a huge jerk move.
You are clueless.
Ferlic was in the 3K.
Nick was in the mile, they were not going to travel from Ann Arbor again to run a set up TT that they could have done last week at the UM Indoor track, its an absurd notion, it's his first real race since the Trials.
And he still broke 4:00. It is not abysmal, it was not good. Big difference. Plus there were a lot of guys in this field. I think 14 , a couple guys lost contact and never reconnected or ran poorly. Its not the end of the world. He had a rough day, and that can happen. When it happens a bit , I will call it the crisis type deal you guys are creating ,Ron will fix this.
he was pacing wrote:
He was pacing Willis to a sub 4, the millrose results don’t mean anything ya dumbbell.
Somehow others missed that he was jogging his sub 4, had already announced he was pacing Nick according to a fellow running fan. It was obvious from the get go. Hobbs is super competitive and would not have let the pack go, but he had a meaningful contribution he wanted to make. Good on him!
Totally this. ^^^^^^^
Kudos!
He was obviously helping Nick. Just as Nick has helped him in races and in training. This kid is far far far from over. He is still just 18 years old. Let that sink in for a second, please.
He is as smooth as silk - and looks like is running effortlessly at 4:00 pace again at 18 y/o.
During 2022-2024 he is going to shine.
Not every single race is going to a barn burner, but is is going to amaze some people - even the doubters.
Willis LR interview post-race. "If not for Hobbs who was having an off day..."
Nick Willis’s Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZVeOkyOqij/?utm_medium=copy_link
“The kid pulled me through. Thanks @hobbs_kessler for getting me through the hardest sub-4 I’ve ever run.”