Donny Braz to Take Down a 34 Year Old World’s Best Tomorrow

Facts and Logic wrote:

So he "only" ran 1:15.07

Race video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0qODR82uyg

Strangly, the race was run in lanes the whole way, instead the usual 200m stagger used for the 600m. It was a massive stagger and probably contributed to him not pacing the race fast enough for the record.

Pretty impressive kick, but I'm not quite sure Brazier is in the 1:42-1:41 form many were expecting for the European circuit.

Definitely not in sub 1:42 shape as everyone has been expecting.

Over a second and a half slower than he was in this year's indoor 600.

After watching Monaco and seeing Hoppel surge on Brazier in the last 50 meters was telling.

Donovan may be the best in the 800 at this moment in a disjointed season but he is not showing anything that indicates he should be in any conversation about Rudisha's record.

Donovan has finally mastered tactics and is the best in the world right now at 800 but I am less convinced now than I was last week that he can ever approach the WR.

Bearer of Dad News wrote:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fupfR1K9rC0

^Another Johnny Gray record

I can't believe that guy ran 1:42:xx. Looks can be deceiving.

Fasterer wrote:

Over a second and a half slower than he was in this year's indoor 600.

No.

What was the deal with this meet? Noticed times were slow across the board.

Didn't even run an extrapolated 1;43...last 200m was 26 to 27 sec

Wonder what Van Niekerk pre injury would have done?

chllin369^2 wrote:

jessen jeffla wrote:

i don't care what kind of drugs he or anyone else is on, there is no running 72.8 off 48.0.

a 600 is much closer in terms of energy demands to a 400 than an 800. like another poster said, he's gotta be 47.5 or better to have a real chance.

Lol so this is a guy that goes out in 49-mid for a fast 800. Two ways he can run this:

1. Go out in 48-flat and use as little energy as possible. Then blast home a 24.7 200.

2. Get out fast AF, like 47-low and then hold it together for about a 25.5 last 200.

For Rudisha I would say #2 is his best bet. For Brazier, a 47-low would probably cook him since his 400 speed is not at Rudisha's level. His 1500 is far superior. Def go for the smooth-AF 48 flat.

This shows me how uneducated 99% of letsrun users are. Yikes. Yes, on paper these are the ways to do it. No, it is not as easy as you say. Plus coronavirus has made things waaaaaaay harder

Facts and Logic wrote:

So he "only" ran 1:15.07

Race video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0qODR82uyg

Strangly, the race was run in lanes the whole way, instead the usual 200m stagger used for the 600m. It was a massive stagger and probably contributed to him not pacing the race fast enough for the record.

Pretty impressive kick, but I'm not quite sure Brazier is in the 1:42-1:41 form many were expecting for the European circuit.

Video is now down. Apparently FloSports just owns athletics...

Anyway I do wonder what was up with the entire race being run in lanes... I understand why it may be done for a 4x200m relay, but for an individual 600m? It takes away a lot from the race as it's very difficult for spectators to follow, and the stager is so ridiculously large it plays out more like a bunch of individual time trials happening at the same time than a race. I imagine the athletes also suffer from that dynamic as well.

Facts and Logic wrote:

Anyway I do wonder what was up with the entire race being run in lanes...

John Wesley Harding wrote:

Facts and Logic wrote:

Anyway I do wonder what was up with the entire race being run in lanes...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic

The 800m and 1000m races in Monaco were run with the traditional 200m stager... the 1500m and the 5000m had no stager

Covid wasn't the reason...

Facts and Logic wrote:

John Wesley Harding wrote:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic

The 800m and 1000m races in Monaco were run with the traditional 200m stager... the 1500m and the 5000m had no stager

Covid wasn't the reason...

Lol like that proves anything.

“Facts and logic”

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Sure, I was incorrect. But I was also approximating while trying to make a point about his speed, which matters more to me than the decimal points.

Speed over 200m is literally measured in decimal points.

25.7 is not 24.6.

smart and data-driven wrote:

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Sure, I was incorrect. But I was also approximating while trying to make a point about his speed, which matters more to me than the decimal points.

Speed over 200m is literally measured in decimal points.

25.7 is not 24.6.

It's measured in seconds, actually.

JumpsDoctor wrote:

smart and data-driven wrote:

Speed over 200m is literally measured in decimal points.

25.7 is not 24.6.

It's measured in seconds, actually.

And the fact remains that closing in 25.6 after a 48.09 lap is not so different from closing in 24 *high* I said, by which I intended 24.8-24.9. 24.6 is undoubtedly "24-mid." If the decimals matter so much to you ;)

yall make me sad wrote:

chllin369^2 wrote:

Lol so this is a guy that goes out in 49-mid for a fast 800. Two ways he can run this:

1. Go out in 48-flat and use as little energy as possible. Then blast home a 24.7 200.

2. Get out fast AF, like 47-low and then hold it together for about a 25.5 last 200.

For Rudisha I would say #2 is his best bet. For Brazier, a 47-low would probably cook him since his 400 speed is not at Rudisha's level. His 1500 is far superior. Def go for the smooth-AF 48 flat.

This shows me how uneducated 99% of letsrun users are. Yikes. Yes, on paper these are the ways to do it. No, it is not as easy as you say. Plus coronavirus has made things waaaaaaay harder

Dude, 100%. I didn't really follow this and then saw the MB headline that "600m world best under threat" and knew exactly what the content would be. Endless hypothesizing of "all he needs to do" (classic to begin with) followed by "a 47.x followed by a 24.x, or a 48 flat then another 24-five" - it all falls under the same comical level of expectation that had people creaming their jocks over Brazier "maybe getting the AR" at a high school track in front of 40 people.

The 600m worlds best is very, very legit. It's not a soft worlds best at all. Rudisha, a 45.0 400m runner who obviously did quite well over 800m, tried (albeit only once or twice seriously) and did not get it. A comparative 800m time is under 1.42 so yes, this may almost have been Grays best career mark. The only two people in the last decade who have had any shot at this are Rudisha and Amos (in peak form btw) and that's because they are the only two guys who have run sub 1.42.

Brazier had a basically non-existent chance of doing this, not because "he wanted to race" or "the weather" or "covid" - but because he's not physically capable of this yet (and probably never will be). This doesn't mean he isn't the worlds best 800m runner because he is, but this wasn't going to happen and now hopefully everyone can cool off the unreal expectations on this dude.

and before the fact check police find some hole in the above, yes Rudisha ran 45.50 - not 45.0 which either way makes absolutely no difference to this discussion.