Last 2k was right at or under 5:00, last 1600 was 3:57.6. Also last 3k was 7:38.6, so crazy to think he almost ran as fast as Nuguse there (and most of the laps 2k to 3k were 31s)
Don’t care about indoors or outdoors. Indoors on a good track is just as fast BUT 12:53 is very fast. Props to Grant and he smoked a multiple global medalist in Mo Ahmed.
Is our sport no longer apples to apples? I remember being awed by Bekele's 8:00/4:57 in the 2008 Olympics and Grant ran 7:56/4:57 tonight. Performance-wise, his run tonight was worth sub-12:40. Can he really be as good as Bekele was?
Is our sport no longer apples to apples? I remember being awed by Bekele's 8:00/4:57 in the 2008 Olympics and Grant ran 7:56/4:57 tonight. Performance-wise, his run tonight was worth sub-12:40. Can he really be as good as Bekele was?
Again, the title of the thread is inaccurate. Fisher’s last 2k was 4:59.97.
Is our sport no longer apples to apples? I remember being awed by Bekele's 8:00/4:57 in the 2008 Olympics and Grant ran 7:56/4:57 tonight. Performance-wise, his run tonight was worth sub-12:40. Can he really be as good as Bekele was?
All three Bowerman 5ks this weekend were BIG negative splits and very successful in doing so. Do we think that Jerry has specifically trained his athletes to thrive off this type of pacing setup? Would they do just as well in races that play out differently? OR has some advanced Nike research found that in general it is most advantageous to negative split when looking for a fast 5k time, regardless of the athlete? In the past, most record setting distance races have been paced a lot more evenly than this. Will record attempts begin to trend more towards a big negative split? I wonder if Nike and BTC have figured something out before anyone else has.