Official 2023 NBIGP Discussion thread- full event schedule, discussion and predictions

Very excited to be in the building for this.

I’m excited to see what Woody can throw down in the 3k. I really like that he’s going for it this indoor season. I think a 7:30-7:31 with a huge kick is the outcome.

The mile is a fun one and I do expect the foreigners to be atop the field, though I’m higher on Kessler than other and think he will be second or third.

Women’s mile, I like MacLean on the home track but Stafford is probably the winner with how good she looked in that 1,000.

Men’s 800m, Hoppel gets revenge vs. Garcia.

Women’s 3000m got to go with Muir, who will be attacking the 3K/5K more this year and I think will be primed to run really fast after altitude in South Africa.

Women’s 800 can never bet against Ajee, though it might require a sub-2 to beat Baker.

No, it doesn't. You just wrote that without even bothering to click on the link to check. It has the high school boys mile at 3:52.

In his defense, the first time I clicked on that link it listed the boys mile at 5:16, and then 2 minutes later it said 3:52, swear to God. It was a bit weird.

No. I clicked on that link multiple times. It always said 5:16. It still says that now! Here, look.

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WITH THAT SAID, if I click on the link in incognito mode, it says the race is at 3:52. And the live results page says 3:52. So I'm fairly certain the race is at 3:52. I guess I was supposed to clear my cache or something for the correct time to show up?

Jon, as I know you are aware the HS mile, is actually as interesting to a ton of us as the other stuff. why they would have this in pre-meet coverage is beyond me unless Runnerspace had something to do with that.

I would be surprised if Kincaid runs 7:30 or better..been wrong before but 7:30 is really fast to begin with and he went to the wall last week at 5K, much more suited to him. Normally I would make Tanner the chalk here in the mile, but he did have a 15 hour flight thru time zones. That ain't easy. First race off the travel.

I like MacLean's savvy and finishing in a tactical or uneven race (or one in which Stafford doesn't simply run away from everyone), but I don't see her running 4:24 this wkend. In the previous three years, MacLean has never thrown down a Jan/Feb mile quicker than 4:25.98 when opening the year in 2:00--2:02 shape. This is not to say she can't become a 3:57 runner by July, but placing 3rd--5th on Sat shouldn't shock anyone. I kinda hoped she would enter a 3000 this Winter--the strength work wouldn't hurt her progress and her 9:03 PB from 2017 is long overdue for an update.

Amazing that Yihune became a sub-13 guy three months after his 18th bday. Still learning to race, the youngster should receive a valuable lesson from Kincaid on how to close for the win.

I am psyched to be there for this meet, but it's gonna be really cold out here, about negative four degrees F right now. Is there a solid indoor warmup facility at the TRACK?

If Aleia Hobbs improves upon her mark last week it could end up being the headline performance, but either way I'm hoping for some close races in the 3Ks and miles. Not knowing much about the strength of the 500m world best, it would be great to see Femke Bol give it a scare. Also I wish there was more clarity on the men's 3K pace, it would be great to see a 7:30 race but I don't know what rabbit is prepared for that.

Looking forward to it!

Fair observation, but on the other hand, MacLean has never run an indoor mile with a 3:58 1500 PR.

I think Merber shared that yes there is a warmup track