Early predictions? Will he break his own world record? Maybe Jakob will make a surprise last minute entry. A little sad Fisher won't be in the race (10k trials are at PRE).
Wow this is awesome the whole 5000m all time list could be rewritten if people go with Chep. Hoping that Jakob/Barega/Aregawi are in this too, although I would expect Jakob to be in the Mile.
Early predictions? Will he break his own world record? Maybe Jakob will make a surprise last minute entry. A little sad Fisher won't be in the race (10k trials are at PRE).
I really think they should start allowing roller skates to see if they can crush the record. So exciting! And I don’t wanna hear any crap about how the old record holders were not permitted to wear the roller skates!
I really think they should start allowing roller skates to see if they can crush the record. So exciting! And I don’t wanna hear any crap about how the old record holders were not permitted to wear the roller skates!
Wow he must have been saucing in some remote African region lately then. Anyone know his recent whereabouts? Sabadell, Spain? French alps? Ethiopia or Kenya?
This could be a career defining moment for Cheptegei.
Even as a huge fan of the Ugandan duo, I remain skeptical of Chep's ability to match his peak form ever again, let alone surpass it. To do so would mean he has many years of dominance on the track left in him, and would place his records out of reach for at least a decade in my opinion. If Cheptegei manages to reach another level, 2021 may end up being the "off year" for him, which is crazy. His off year still yielded an olympic gold and a silver.
But isnt Hayward an awful track for distance? Isnt it called the windtunnel by some? Maybe i'm misremembering, perhaps im wrong because surely that cant be the case if Cheptegei is even entertaining the idea of attempting a WR on this track.
This could be a career defining moment for Cheptegei.
Even as a huge fan of the Ugandan duo, I remain skeptical of Chep's ability to match his peak form ever again, let alone surpass it. To do so would mean he has many years of dominance on the track left in him, and would place his records out of reach for at least a decade in my opinion. If Cheptegei manages to reach another level, 2021 may end up being the "off year" for him, which is crazy. His off year still yielded an olympic gold and a silver.
But isnt Hayward an awful track for distance? Isnt it called the windtunnel by some? Maybe i'm misremembering, perhaps im wrong because surely that cant be the case if Cheptegei is even entertaining the idea of attempting a WR on this track.
Wow, I thought this dude was only a troll. This is a good post though, I agree with basically all of it. If he can break one of his WRs this year, it's kinda hard not to see him as the next Bekele. Bekele won a silver and a gold at his first Olympics too.
This could be a career defining moment for Cheptegei.
Even as a huge fan of the Ugandan duo, I remain skeptical of Chep's ability to match his peak form ever again, let alone surpass it. To do so would mean he has many years of dominance on the track left in him, and would place his records out of reach for at least a decade in my opinion. If Cheptegei manages to reach another level, 2021 may end up being the "off year" for him, which is crazy. His off year still yielded an olympic gold and a silver.
But isnt Hayward an awful track for distance? Isnt it called the windtunnel by some? Maybe i'm misremembering, perhaps im wrong because surely that cant be the case if Cheptegei is even entertaining the idea of attempting a WR on this track.
You’d have to think the additional stands and larger facilities means the wind should be less of an issue. My bigger concern for Cheptegei is we’ve see him go for a record while clearly not close to it (last year 3k). That being said he ran a solid 10k recently. Wondering who else will joking this attempt.
We haven't had a lot of genuine record attempts of international distance runners in the U.S. Bekele ran the only good one I can think of, the 26:25 run at Pre way back. So, I have my doubts, but then this has been the year for really fast races. I'd like to see Cheptegei back in his 2020 form again.
Yes that is a shame that Fisher won't be able to run this. If he could latch onto a train going at near WR pace (and hold on for most of it), it could be one of the greatest US distance performances of all time.
Yes that is a shame that Fisher won't be able to run this. If he could latch onto a train going at near WR pace (and hold on for most of it), it could be one of the greatest US distance performances of all time.
It would result in Fisher struggling to break 27. Surely you can grasp this.
Yes that is a shame that Fisher won't be able to run this. If he could latch onto a train going at near WR pace (and hold on for most of it), it could be one of the greatest US distance performances of all time.
It would result in Fisher struggling to break 27. Surely you can grasp this.
Cheptegei is going for the 5k WR. I like Fisher's chances of running sub 12:45.
It would result in Fisher struggling to break 27. Surely you can grasp this.
Cheptegei is going for the 5k WR. I like Fisher's chances of running sub 12:45.
My bad. OK so Fisher could possibly run 12:50 but he would likely fade to 13 flat if he went out in 8:03 for 3200m (5000m wr pace) which he maybe cannot even do after all.
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