I don't understand your first point? Why do you say this was "run a year ago"? Did it say something in the video? I didn't watch the whole thing, so I could be wrong, but was only posted 4 hours ago (on 1/28), right?
Also, for people who don't have time to watch the whole video, here is the workout
2000m (hard effort) in 5:08
4x800m (mild effort) in 2:06, 2:09, 2:08, 2:08
1600m (hard effort) in 4:00
p.s. He had "full recovery" of 5-8 minute rest between sets
Feels like Nico Young did a workout somewhat like this that Gordon also filmed. Impressive stuff.
Nico will be a one hit wonder. Without the golden ratio of 1.609 in him biomechanical form, not to mention the same ratio in all other facets of his bodily energetic systems or the ratio of yin to yang of 16:10, he can’t have longevity of 20 years like Bekele of Geb. I give him 3 years before he maxes out. Need drugs to continue.
Gordon Mack’s departure from Flotrack is when that platform went down hill. He was entertaining and a very good track analyst.
Grant looks to be in fine form. Best to him in 2025.
It is no wonder why, Grant and his coach don’t share training very often due to the fools who post negative propaganda. Stay humble, bitterness keeps one from flying.
Thank you guys for this “rare” glimpse of greatness.
Grant was way too tensed up and not like water around rocks. He looks to be fighting against himself too hard like some biomechanical autoimmunity. If you heard of vaccine autoimmunity you can infer what I mean already. Only way he runs such ‘rare good’ workout is if the suspicions on this board are the golden rule.
You just admitted what the suspicions on this board believed about. An American male athlete running 25:xx for 10k even on propellers is still going to be earth shattering end of world. Could happen but with good chemical laboratory tinkering
8.1 mmol lactate reading after 3rd 2:08 (Mike: I want 8 so it's perfect)
Isn't 8.1 mmol a little high for an Olympic medalist running 2:08 800s?
Strange isn’t it? Running 64s makes Fisher’s blood so acidic? Makes you think all the biomechanical form complaints on this board the reason for this overkill? It’s supposed to be a very easy pace for him even after an easy 5:08 opening 2k and 5 minutes of rest. Alberto would have had Galen easily run this sort of paces year round with multiple orgasm-like peaks but with to drugs. Galen had much better form and that explains.
That was interesting. I don't think I have ever watched an Olympian's practice.
The amazing thing is his back kick. Notice how far forward his knee is. His foot comes all the way up. He gets full flexion. I think I remember watching that on some sprint videos.
You are no match for us people of seniority in the world of distance expertise and biomechanical golden ratio. You don’t have our discernment and selective picking skills. To have your thigh raised so darn high for just a 64s pace and kicked all the way back just demonstrates gross inefficiency and simmering festering trauma in the body. Not life threatening but low grade chronic inflammation in the blood vessels. Those that could clot the vessels and lead to heart attack. But low grade and enough to tense up your joints and muscles. Still fast but inefficiently fast and then leads to more problems like injuries and illness later and finally he has to stop.
That was interesting. I don't think I have ever watched an Olympian's practice.
The amazing thing is his back kick. Notice how far forward his knee is. His foot comes all the way up. He gets full flexion. I think I remember watching that on some sprint videos.
You are no match for us people of seniority in the world of distance expertise and biomechanical golden ratio. You don’t have our discernment and selective picking skills. To have your thigh raised so darn high for just a 64s pace and kicked all the way back just demonstrates gross inefficiency and simmering festering trauma in the body. Not life threatening but low grade chronic inflammation in the blood vessels. Those that could clot the vessels and lead to heart attack. But low grade and enough to tense up your joints and muscles. Still fast but inefficiently fast and then leads to more problems like injuries and illness later and finally he has to stop.
Any of the distance goats could nail this workout in old shoes and a hurricane gale form wind. And still have visibly no inertia in their joint flexing movements. Fisher had way too much resistance to himself. Pretty unsightly I would say. He is either running on a full undischarged large intestine or doped to the gilles.
Isn't 8.1 mmol a little high for an Olympic medalist running 2:08 800s?
Strange isn’t it? Running 64s makes Fisher’s blood so acidic? Makes you think all the biomechanical form complaints on this board the reason for this overkill? It’s supposed to be a very easy pace for him even after an easy 5:08 opening 2k and 5 minutes of rest. Alberto would have had Galen easily run this sort of paces year round with multiple orgasm-like peaks but with to drugs. Galen had much better form and that explains.
Out of context analysis by you. It's almost the same as judging someone's HR levels not knowing his max. Plus, if coach was hoping for 8mmol and he measures 8.1 then all is good.
Don't forget double bronze Olympic medals for that team.
On the first day of a new academic year, a freshman approaches a senior and asks ' hey, excuse me, do you know where the freshman dorms are at?' To which the senior responds, ' at Princeton, we don't and a sentence with a preposition'. The freshman tries again: 'excuse me, do you know where the freshman dorms are at, a**hole?'
Just to clear this up. You should not feel bad about ending a sentence with a preposition if the rest of the sentence is implied. For example:
Grant said, "I really like where I am at [in my training]." The part in the brackets was implied. That sentence is perfectly fine because we all know what was left unsaid.
The faux-freshman at Yale's sentence is wrong because the "at" is just completely unnecessary. "Do you know where the dorms are at?" is indeed wrong. The "at" is just totally unneeded. Why not just say, "Excuse me, do you know where the freshman dorms are?"
p.s. We also no longer have a functional dative case in English, so we are also allowed to say, "Who were you talking to?" since "To whom were you talking?" is too pretentious. NOBODY talks like that anymore, so we've had to adjust our norms around that sentence structure. Luckily, language is not set in stone.
Actually, I do say "To whom were you talking?" but I'm a 67-year-old Englishman, so probably not typical!
It doesn’t sound right too. Josh Kerr’s rhythm was so much stronger, consistent and guarded than Grant and Sam’s who both don’t present to my eyes enough poise and agility, if at all, in the wind and in symphony with all the other elements like gravity, their super shoes and the circumference of the bend. The El G workout video showed a similar workout to this and you can see the way he moved is so much more superior to Grant and even Josh. Grant’s running doesn’t demonstrate mastery of the physical elements for a physical sport but yet he runs so fast. This cannot happen and must be due to other factors like PEDs.
It's well established that you can't judge biomechanical efficiency by eye. There was an experiment with a group of coaches, and they were no better than random at sorting runners efficiency by eye.
I like the mechanics of the workout as Scannell laid out. First rep is the controlled, hard push of a race. Second reps I'm sure felt pretty chill for Grant and would replicate sitting behind a pacer (or other competitors) in a longer race. Last bit was the signature Grant squeeze that he honestly got really good at last year after misfiring a bit at Millrose. It's a good touch that they had him draft at the end and intentionally not kick it down against an invisible target or someone fading hard. He didn't use the extra gear we saw in Paris. Not sure what we can expect at NB, but at Millrose I'm bullish he'll run fast and be flying the last lap.