Grant Fisher SOLOs 12:51.84!!

Fan Out West · 2024-02-11T17:02:32-05:00

In today's Millrose post-race interview, Grant confirmed he will be racing a 5k this upcoming weekend.In his LRC interview last month, he mentioned he would be racing a 5k in Boston a few days following his Millrose 2 mile, just to simulate racing a 10k/5k double at the Oly Trials and (presumably) the Olympics.Still to be confirmed where this 5k race is being held and who will be in it . . . but guessing it's the BU Terrier DMR Challenge meet on Friday (2/18) with the BTC guys . . . although a 5k is not on the schedule.After today's 8:03 2-mile AR . . . sure seems feasible to assume Grant is in better shape than he was in 2022 when he ran his then-AR 12:53.73.Woody's AR from last year at BU is 12:51.61 . . . while Bekele's WR form 2004 is 12:49.60.Grant silently was going after Farah's (now former) 8:03.40 WR today . . . he stated after the race his plan was to run 60-second 400s the whole way . . . which is why he took the lead after the pacer dropped off rather than let Kerr do the heavy lifting.So . . . have a pretty shrewd hunch Grant's not just looking to hang back with whomever is in the race then try to kick them down at the end.Thus . . . 5 days from now . . . the US might have its first track world record holder in a distance race since . . . when? . . . Mary (Slaney) Tabb's 5k & 10k outdoor records from 1982? . . . from looking at WA's record lists, no US man has ever held a WR in the 5k or 10k . .. indoors or out . . . ever.Stay tuned . . .https://goterriers.com/documents/2023/8/2/2024_Boston_University_Terrier_DMR_Challenge.pdf

This thread was started before the race and was entitled, "We may be calling Grant Fisher a World Record Holder by this time next weekend." The race is over. He just missed the AR by running 12:51.84 (AR is 12:51.64) but what made it super impressive is he basically solo'd the whole race as he only had a rabbit for 2k.

He's now the 5th fastest man in history. Here is the top 4

        1      12:49.60   Kenenisa Bekele                ETH     13.06.82    1      Birmingham               20.02.2004
        2      12:50.38   Haile Gebrselassie             ETH     18.04.73    1      Birmingham               14.02.1999
        3      12:51.48   Daniel Komen                   KEN     17.05.76    1      Stockholm                19.02.1998
        4      12:51.61   William Kincaid                USA     21.09.92    1r1    Boston                   27.01.2023

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