Alan Webb did the exact same thing. Ran other worldly times during the summer of 2007 and was MIA in 2008. Lmfao!
Assuming you’re American, this kind of post is something I just do not understand. One of your athletes just beat an Olympic medalist, ran 26’33, and crushed the American record of another legend in the process. Yet, your response is to criticise the athlete?
I like how the OP says Webb “did the same thing,” and then describes the exact opposite scenario.
They mean they both ran well in non-Olympic years and bad in Olympic years. The order is reversed but I get what they are saying. Dishes should have ran better in 2021 than 2022 and Webb in 2008 than 2007.
I like how the OP says Webb “did the same thing,” and then describes the exact opposite scenario.
They mean they both ran well in non-Olympic years and bad in Olympic years. The order is reversed but I get what they are saying. Dishes should have ran better in 2021 than 2022 and Webb in 2008 than 2007.
So many things wrong in so few words.
Fisher finished 5th (and 9th) in the Olympics, and ran 13:02 and 27:11 last year. That’s incredibly good in an Olympic year, not bad.
The order is key here; Fisher is continuously improving. This year is after last year, which is when the Olympics were.
Do you really expect a 24 year old distance runner to run worse the year after the Olympics?
Fisher had his best season ever last season, at that point in his career, so by definition he DID peak last season. It just looks like he might peak again this year.
Sometimes you get your best results once you have had an opportunity to recover and build up again after a very big training cycle. Fisher has definitely on an upward trajectory since turning pro a flew in under the radar a bit after minimal racing at the beginning of the pandemic. Also, the OG 10k was very tactical with a huge sprint finish. That was the first time Fisher had ever been in a race like that. Can't expect him to nail it his first time out. That kind of finish isn't something that you perfect in one training cycle.
Honestly, he was probably in shape to run 12:53/26:33 in perfect conditions this summer.
He finished 5th in the 10k in a very strong field, right behind Kiplimo and Aregawi and in front of Ahmed, Kejelcha and Kiproto.
He ran 13:08 for 9th in the 5k with a 10k+5k heat beforehand, right behind guys who all ran in 12:50-13:00 PRs better than 12:53 (other than Chelimo).
Tokyo was hot and while championship races are faster nowadays, it's clear that the BTC time trials style races are the best for running PBs (ahmed's 12:47, recent 10k and 5k, all the women's records...)
Olympics are poorly scheduled. They come right in the middle of a big training block designed to peak Jerry's kids for important march high school meets.
Alan Webb did the exact same thing. Ran other worldly times during the summer of 2007 and was MIA in 2008. Lmfao!
Are you trying to be a moron?
He was 5th in the 10,000 in the Olympics.
The guys right behind him were:
6 Mohammed Ahmed - Olympic 5000 silver 7 Rodgers Kwemoi- just ran 58:30 at RAK Hal 8 Yomif Kejelcha - pbs of 347 mile, 726 3k, 1246, 2649 9 Rhonex Kipruto - 2019 WC bronze, 5749 half pb
The reality is there are a lot of really good guys. Here is a post from another thread that was amazing.
John Wesley Harding wrote:
It’s an exceedingly difficult task at this point, but in trying to rank the world’s top 5k guys currently I think Fisher is probably in the 6-10 range. Let’s say, imprecisely: 1. Joshua Cheptegei 2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3. Selemon Barega 4. Berihu Aregawi 5. Jacob Kiplimo 6. Mohammed Ahmed 7. Grant Fisher ... Then you have a whole host of guys who would probably take issue with this assessment, and could reasonably beat Fisher on the right day without any big surprise: Hagos Gebrhiwet Yomif Kejelcha Getnet Wale Lamecha Girma Nicholas Kimeli Paul Chelimo Mohamed Katir Justyn Knight Birhanu Balew His last two races (BTC time trials) have been spectacular though. He could be even better than I’m giving him credit for, and he’s a definite medal contender.
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