jijiji wrote:
Not sure how this became an NP issue
However, top RL guys have indeed not really done well in the past month
3200m times:
Hough (RL 5th) 14:10. - 9:17
Martin (RL 11th 14:24 - 9:01
Marek (RL 38th) 14:43 - 9:00
Appleford (RL 42nd) 14:44 - 9:00
Martinez (RL 56th) 14:52 - 9:13
Side note: Sherry, who was 3rd at Eastbay, 6s behind Hough, did however run 8:47 this weekend.
So yes, none of these performances are spectacular.
But a 9:03 for two miles is worth 14:30 on the track. So Marek, Appleford and Martinez’s performance make a little bit of sense. It does however seem that RL was running faster than last year.
Perspective:
The 42nd guy at RL has already run 9:00 for 3200m in January
In 2016: US#10 ran 9:03 indoor for 2miles
In 2017: US#7 ran 9:04 indoor for 2miles
In 2018: US#4 ran 9:06 indoor for 2miles
In 2019: US#7 ran 9:03 indoor for 2miles
In 2020: US#6 ran 9:03 indoor for 2 miles
A guy that probably would not have been top 5 at RL has already run 8:50 for 2 miles this indoor season.
Can we see 20 or 30 guys run sub 9 for 2miles this winter? Unlikely, but perhaps…
Mussmon, who was 211th at RL (15:27) has run 9:13 for 2miles this winter.