Josh Kerr runs 1:46.3 800m (55.8 then 50.5!)

bump i won't be surprised if he gets top 3

According to American betting odds he is 14th favorite.

ok... same as centro sb

sql4k wrote:

ok... same as centro sb

That's a massive negative split though. You look foolish.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

sql4k wrote:

ok... same as centro sb

That's a massive negative split though. You look foolish.

Daaaamn. Some people here have absolutely no idea how racing and pacing works... SMH!

1:46 with a massive negative split like that is worth 1:43-1:44 when split right.

Sopa de SabadelI wrote:

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

That's a massive negative split though. You look foolish.

Daaaamn. Some people here have absolutely no idea how racing and pacing works... SMH!

1:46 with a massive negative split like that is worth 1:43-1:44 when split right.

Exactly. If he's strong enough to make it through rounds ok Kerr is a major medal threat. I admit now that I've been sleeping on him and looking at the odds everyone else is as well.

He is no threat to Tim. All this shows is he did not trust himself to go faster in the first lap which means he would doubt himself to go with Tim's pace. He will be in contention for the minor medals like the other decent 5 or 6 guys.

Jimmy Alberione wrote:

He is no threat to Tim. All this shows is he did not trust himself to go faster in the first lap which means he would doubt himself to go with Tim's pace. He will be in contention for the minor medals like the other decent 5 or 6 guys.

This was a practice run for a fast last lap. Tim will win in any scenario, but a medal in this depth is an honour and Kerr definitely has a better shot at it than any American, or anyone else, as a matter of fact.

Jimmy Alberione wrote:

He is no threat to Tim. All this shows is he did not trust himself to go faster in the first lap

He has run 1500m in 3:31.55 (56.4 per lap), but you think he didn't trust himself to go faster than 55 for the first lap of an 800m! Do you think he thinks he can 57 pace 3000m, 58 pace for 5000m and 59 pace for 10000m?

He will be likely at 5th or 6th position at best, looking at his kick in this British final. I even put some doubts about him outkicking Jacob if this last runner is in his full form.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUDITA2lJvQ

He ran the last 300m in 37 seconds. He also likes to push it from further out but was blocked in in a ridiculously large field until the bell.

You don't know what a clean elite runner kicking looks like.

They say doping killed training theory, it also killed intelligent comments from the likes of you.

Cheruiyot and Jacob will probably play the high pace. Jacob is able to follow but what about your two British? They will try to invent a new style of running like this one?

https://i.ibb.co/pJvN5Vx/01.jpg

So Centro preps for the final where Tim will go out hard by going going out scorching fast and trying to hold on. Kerr meanwhile jogs a 400 and then runs all-out in an 800 to prep for…a repeat of the 2016 final? Huh, this run could not be less applicable for what we’ll see in Tokyo.

It is difficult to state now about the final. There is a favorite (Cheruiyot), it depend also on his form in the Olympic Games (aside from injuries). Jacob is also secretly preparing and only the way for him to be under the medalists is a high pace for the final.

If the final go under 3:30, Jacob will be probably among the three firsts.

There are the "unknown variables" (new runners that peak in Olympic Games) and I'm more interested in those. It could be 3 new runners (non LRC popular names) that reveal their forms during the heats and final.

I guess you think Kerr is much better than Centro if 55 is a jog while 55 for Centro was scorching. Tim isn't going out faster than 54.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

So Centro preps for the final where Tim will go out hard by going going out scorching fast and trying to hold on. Kerr meanwhile jogs a 400 and then runs all-out in an 800 to prep for…a repeat of the 2016 final? Huh, this run could not be less applicable for what we’ll see in Tokyo.

Oh no. You think that to medal in Tokyo one needs to go out faster than 55?

Kerr was not practising to win against Tim and his hot pace, because he knows he can't do it (neither can Centro btw.).

Kerr was practising to score a medal against those who will follow Tim and will hit a wall in the last lap as a result (Centro, for example).

I love how everybody has already assigned medals....that's why they run the race...anything can and will happen...stay tuned...

sql4k wrote:

ok... same as centro sb

in training, jogging through first lap, followed by 300 in 36.8.

wouldn't be shocked at all to see Monaco times in the 1500 final, there are a whole bunch of very very fit athletes ready to roll.

Jimmy Alberione wrote:

He is no threat to Tim. All this shows is he did not trust himself to go faster in the first lap which means he would doubt himself to go with Tim's pace. He will be in contention for the minor medals like the other decent 5 or 6 guys.

I wouldn’t say Tim has it locked up. Rounds, super foreign country, COVID stuff, good competition.

Kenyans aren’t always reliable in the finals either, even if they’re favored.

Brazier seemed like a lock…..

It’ll be interesting and they’ll be surprises in the heats for sure.