There you go. Grant MF Fisher DESTROYS the field.

Grant is the real deal. 13:03 in this kind of heat running the last few laps by himself is no joke, if he ran at Rome DL a few weeks ago and had a day like today, I'd bet he would've been under 12:50. I still think he's a class below Cheptegei, Barega, Kiplimo, Ingebrigtsen, etc, but at his best he could absolutely mix it up with those guys. Up there with Mo Ahmed, I think.

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I agree completely. Grant certainly isn't a medal "favorite", but he has a shot!

really great to see an American go be a racer - to just go all-in and trust that he or she is tough enough to hang. I was pretty sure Fisher had miscounted laps the dude was going so hard. Seeing that kind of gutsy performance is what track needs. Maybe he'll inspire others to do the same.

In retrospect, it's the kind of workout I've seen high school kids do sometimes before they get injured or underperform badly in races. Natalie Cook's 4x1600 workout comes to mind, but I don't want to pick on her. The point is that a monster workout can show out-of-this-world fitness, but more often it just shows ill-advised training.

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closer to Bekele than most legends who step on the track

So stupid. The Bekele 5000 in 2008 is widely regarded as the greatest 5000 EVER run. Is it some genius analysis to say Fisher didn’t actually run that well today? Of course not! The bottom line is that Fisher killed it today. It was a world class performance and NO Cooper Teare would have had NO shot to beat him if he had decided to run. NONE!!!

A healthy Hocker would have beat Fisher today. Klecker would have been closer than Kincaid for sure

fisher closed in 3:57 indoors in february to run 12:53 faster than all but one person ever not named bekele, komen, or gebrselassie

they aren’t in the same category at 3000 and up

lmaoooo

Hocker has not run a 5000 within 15 seconds of Fisher. You cannot seriously think he would have beaten Fisher. That’s just dumb. Klecker is a little bit more of a challenge, but no, again, peal Fisher you saw today and peak Klecker are not in the same league. The issue is whether or not peak Fisher has a chance against Aregawi et al. Stop with the nonsense about domestic competition. Fisher at his best is way better than the rest of the Americans at 5000 and 10000.

Fisher is beyond really good

he is an all timer without exception

for American guys this is what a 3:35 guy an look like

Ummmm, no.

Fisher, the Kenyans, Ethiopians and Ugandans are waiting for you...

Let's see how you fare against them then we can have something to talk of you.....

I forgot that he is doubling. The 5k in Eugene will be the strongest it's been in years, if Ethiopia doesn't screw around with their team as they usually do. I'd also forgotten that Kiplimo hasn't raced at all other than RAK this year so maybe he shouldn't be considered a contender. With Jakob, that's still seven that I'd rate above Fisher as likely medallists

That's also a little misleading since the 5000 is really only run indoors in the US. This year, there were only two indoor 5000m races outside of the US. I don't think there's been an elite indoor 5000m anywhere else in the world in the last decade and no Kenyans or Ethiopians race in those US meets. He ran a great time, but "4th all time" in the indoor 5000 is like 4th all time in the 150m or 300 hurdles

Why do people post demonstrably untrue things?

Proof:

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That or he ran his race to complete the workout instead of yesterday.

Chelimo at his best is just as good as Fisher at 5,000m. 3x global outdoor medals, but clearly not fit enough this year.