Interesting when watching the 1500 M destroying the 800 guys yesterday, thinking about how the guys who have been able to double successfully in both. Thinking about Makloufi, Coe, etc. Demonstrates how tricky it is, and the type of athlete you need. Rare breed.
This is an issue I'm noticing with the league. There needs to be more event groups if it wants to attract more athletes. There are 1500m guys that don't want to race the 800m and vice versa. There needs to be a 400/800 group, a 1500m/3000m group, etc...
There needs to be no groups. Just have a 100, 110 hurdles, 200, 400, 400 hurdles, 800, 1500, 3k
Make it a two hour program, no dead time, invite big fields for the distance races, lots of prize money.
wow, Arop just absolutely mogged that entire field. wanyonyi burnt out from the 1500 win but is fit enough to hang on for second. hoppel looking solid in third and gourley 4th. the 1500 guys were never a factor. nuguse and hocker looked decent, both coming thru in 1:48 for 5th and 6th
Other than Wanyonyi in the 1500, the 800 guys were non-factors in the 1500 and the 1500 guys were non-factors in the 800. Makes what Wanyonyi did in the 1500 all that much more impressive.
Ok, running the 1500 the day before has an impact…..
All of this shows is that the 800/1500m double is one of the hardest doubles ever, on par with the 1500m/5000m. Coe and Ovett should be appreciated more. Wanyonyi did fantastic going 1-2 and will go away with lessons for the 800m.
Seems clear to me that these guys are just using this for an easy pay day. There's no prestige in this. Limiting the field to 8 was a mistake
100% this too. That's an issue for the longer distances like I mentioned before. That's why I think with the longer event categories like 1500m/3000m, you can get away with adding more people, up to 16.
Kerr will get better. But I 100% believe we have already seen the best he has to offer. He's about to go on the trip that Wightman's been on since 2022.
It's possible that someone like Kerr has just found out their body can't double up. The absurdity is he's signed up for this 3 more times in the next couple months