Monaco's men's 5000 and 400h are going to be INSANE - Mark your calendars for July 21

Is this a mile world record attempt?

Definitely. I rather see her targeting the 3000m WR though.

Still wont make up for the fact that in an act of infinite stupidity, there is no longer a Monaco 1500m.

McGorty should be in the 5k chasing that world standard

I dont think he is good enough to get in. But there is still a week left, maybe his agent can get him in.

Interesting to see Koko in the mile start list.

The men’s 800 is stacked too. We should get some real insight into whether or not Murphy or Hoppel have a decent medal chance in Budapest. Kipyegon should break the wr and run 4:10 or better. Maybe Hiltz can make a run at the US record?

He’s not good enough.

Six 12:4x guys (not countinng Mo Ahmed since his 12:47 wasn't recent). US has no one to match that.

Why is there not a men's 1500 listed? Are they not running one? I was hoping Jakob would chase the WR here. There's no better place for it. I'd be ok with it if he did the 5k instead (WR would probably go down), but he's not listed there either. What gives?

Also, is this gonna be a WR attempt in the 5k? Cheptegei broke it here in 2020, and this race is way deeper than that solo time trial. Twice on the circuit this year, someone has taken the lead at 3k, blasted it, and held on to win (or lose by .003) in 12:40/41. They must've thought no one could hang with them, but does that change now that there's 3 guys between 12:40-12:41? I'd love to see a WR, but you'd hate to be the guy who led from 3k-4800, runs 12:34, but gets outkicked.

I think he might be racing 5000m at the Night of Athletics in Huesden-Zolder, Belgium on Saturday

I don’t think Jakob has any shot at the 1500m WR. I think it would be more beneficial for him to run the 5k.

If it is a WR attempt, he may be able to lower his PB to 12:40 ish.

I think Kiplimo can break the WR.

There is no 1500 in Monaco. I think Silesia will be his last fast 1500 attempt before worlds and his last race. He’s already said he’s not running a 5000 before worlds. He wants to mess with the minds of the East Africans. He’s going to benefit from the air of uncertainty. Somebody might run in the 12:30s in Monaco, but when it’s time for the wc final, the race is going to start slow and Jakob will grind them all up over the last 1000 and win in something like 13 minutes. The rest of them would like to stop it but they can’t collectively.

There's an African Saying that goes Yesterday is not today, and Today is not Tomorrow, let them run the race.

The 5k final is always surprising and repeat champions rarer still.

The secondary race between Europeans in the 5000 will also be interesting.

Rumors says Gressier is going for the French record (12:58). Crippa and Schrub should be close to 13:00 also. Henrik will try to go sub 13:10 for the first time.

Ideally, there should be two different pacing, two elite pacers with the goal of 7.35 for 3k and another around 7:50 for 3k. That could be an epic race. But i'm afraid there will be only one pacing, in between, like 12:50 pace which is ideal for nobody in the field.

OMG my head hurts. Kiplimo is not coming ahead of Jakob in any race under 10 miles. If kiplimo breaks the world record, Jakob would be 2 seconds ahead of him with ease. And yes, jakob can come close to the 1500 world record. Silesia race, if good conditions, should show a good insight to this.

You do realize Kiplimo has beaten Jakob over 3000m before, right?

Kiplimo already beat Jakob over 3000m.

Kiplimo would have been my hero two years before.

Not any more. Too erratic, too greedy for road racings.

And I'm not getting sold by a 12:41 paced by Kechelja in the last 1000 meters.