That was a great run but if you were stunned by it (and over 60% of the people on the homepage said he wouldn't break the AR), then that means you haven't joined our Supporters Club yet as on our Friday 15 bonus podcast, I had an ephinany and it became clear that Fisher would get the record tonight. And he did.
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I'm impressed with the Aussie Jack Rayner. Fairly unimpressive as a junior as u18 athlete with only placing 35th at national xc. Super consistent new Aussie record in 27:15 until Stewy takes it.
Rojo you are actually telling us that we should join the Supporters Club in order to be privy to your epiphanies? This might be your best trolling yet.
New bylaw: let’s never hear about the BU track again. The spikes are the key factor not a track, which is fast but has been around forever. Find a new slant, Geoff Burns. This was run on a high school track…
That was a great run but if you were stunned by it (and over 60% of the people on the homepage said he wouldn't break the AR), then that means you haven't joined our Supporters Club yet as on our Friday 15 bonus podcast, I had an ephinany and it became clear that Fisher would get the record tonight. And he did.
The shoes are worth at least 40 seconds in a 10,000. By the end of this outdoor season average US mens 10,000 times will be at least 40 seconds faster than pre cheat shoes average. After his, ahem, “12:53” I knew there was know way wouldn’t get it. That is, as long as he didn’t forget his special shoes.
More than a minute faster than Kennedy - let that sink in. Track has become a full-blown circus.
That was a great run but if you were stunned by it (and over 60% of the people on the homepage said he wouldn't break the AR), then that means you haven't joined our Supporters Club yet as on our Friday 15 bonus podcast, I had an ephinany and it became clear that Fisher would get the record tonight. And he did.
The shoes are worth at least 40 seconds in a 10,000. By the end of this outdoor season average US mens 10,000 times will be at least 40 seconds faster than pre cheat shoes average. After his, ahem, “12:53” I knew there was know way wouldn’t get it. That is, as long as he didn’t forget his special shoes.
More than a minute faster than Kennedy - let that sink in. Track has become a full-blown circus.
Kennedy wasn't a 10,000 guy. We give too much credit to great runners of the past. He was the best American during his time in the 5,000. That's it. Yeah, Grant Fisher is a minute faster than Kennedy at 10,000. So what?
The shoes are worth at least 40 seconds in a 10,000. By the end of this outdoor season average US mens 10,000 times will be at least 40 seconds faster than pre cheat shoes average. After his, ahem, “12:53” I knew there was know way wouldn’t get it. That is, as long as he didn’t forget his special shoes.
More than a minute faster than Kennedy - let that sink in. Track has become a full-blown circus.
Kennedy wasn't a 10,000 guy. We give too much credit to great runners of the past. He was the best American during his time in the 5,000. That's it. Yeah, Grant Fisher is a minute faster than Kennedy at 10,000. So what?
Kennedy is the greatest American 5,000 runner. Fisher is a minute faster because he wears shoes that make him a minute faster.
That was a great run but if you were stunned by it (and over 60% of the people on the homepage said he wouldn't break the AR), then that means you haven't joined our Supporters Club yet as on our Friday 15 bonus podcast, I had an ephinany and it became clear that Fisher would get the record tonight. And he did.
The shoes are worth at least 40 seconds in a 10,000. By the end of this outdoor season average US mens 10,000 times will be at least 40 seconds faster than pre cheat shoes average. After his, ahem, “12:53” I knew there was know way wouldn’t get it. That is, as long as he didn’t forget his special shoes.
More than a minute faster than Kennedy - let that sink in. Track has become a full-blown circus.
So Jacob Kiplimo would have run 25:53 last year had he been in super shoes?
Fisher, seventh all time in the 10,000 m and first non-African, Rupp, 19th all time on the world list, 26:44.36, and second non-African.
With “super shoes“, would Rupp have achieved a faster time? most likely, but to speculate about this is perhaps discourteous to Fisher. Both runners are beasts.
Yuki Sato, 35 years old, was the guy who impressed me the most a few years ago with all those stunning track times which he ran in many locations including the United States and in Europe but took a long time to prove his worth in the marathon with many attempts at what I felt were subpar performances for a man of his status on the track. It took him almost 10 years to improve from 2:16:31 in 2013 to 2:08:17 in 2022. He ran a 27:38.25 10,000 m in Berkeley back in 2009 as a 22-year-old. Beast potential. To my mind he should’ve gone on to become the Japanese record holder in the marathon but never got it quite right. Now, aged 35 and 2:08:17 is great but time is not on his side. You notice in the above list in the top 20 Japanese most of them are aged around 25 years old. 25 to 27 is the peak age for marathon runners in Japan. Usually by age 30 they are done and washed up. This is normal as they’ve been running hard on the road since junior high school with all the accidents and other commitments to road running.
That was a great run but if you were stunned by it (and over 60% of the people on the homepage said he wouldn't break the AR), then that means you haven't joined our Supporters Club yet as on our Friday 15 bonus podcast, I had an ephinany and it became clear that Fisher would get the record tonight. And he did.
This will probably be deleted as the mods have been trigger happy with the keyboard lately, but you didn't guarantee anything, you guessed. If you were that confident, like in **guarantee** you'd have offered something up.
You merely guessed and it surely wasn't a needle in a haystack guess, he just went 12:53 indoors.
Yes I agree the 40 seconds are too much. I think the superspikes help less than the supershoes on the road because of their more limited stack height.
On the road, we have seen the male marathon world record improve by 78 seconds (3 seconds per mile) since 2014, and that includes the natural progression. For example, the improvement was 89 seconds from 2007 - 2014 without supershoe effect.
On the track, we have seen the 10,000 m WR go down by 6.5 seconds (1 second per mile) and the 5,000 m WR by 2 seconds (2/3 seconds per mile).
Of course one could argue about different talent levels and harder doping tests and Covid and whatnot...
