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I'm curious to see what he does in the 5000m (assuming he runs it). I know he didn't run a good one earlier in the year relative to others, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull a shocker especially if Jakob and Cheptegei pull out.
I'm curious to see what he does in the 5000m (assuming he runs it). I know he didn't run a good one earlier in the year relative to others, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull a shocker especially if Jakob and Cheptegei pull out.
I had to double-take on whether Nordas is scheduled to run the 5000m tomorrow. I guess it is no more shocking than Hissan running reps after her 1500m race, which she indicated was part of her Chicago Marathon preparation.
I'm curious to see what he does in the 5000m (assuming he runs it). I know he didn't run a good one earlier in the year relative to others, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him pull a shocker especially if Jakob and Cheptegei pull out.
I had to double-take on whether Nordas is scheduled to run the 5000m tomorrow. I guess it is no more shocking than Hissan running reps after her 1500m race, which she indicated was part of her Chicago Marathon preparation.
Hassan’s makes sense, she’s basically just training through world champs for the real peak race which is Chicago.
Nordas doesn’t make sense, sounds silly.
Rather than ‘silly’, I found it fascinating, on how firmly he, a ‘slower runner’, believes in his lactate threshold capacity (along with his visualization practice) to run down the entire field that has gone lactic.
Epo or similar drugs enable the human body to perform successive workouts or very difficult ones with relative ease due to the quick recovery from the epo.
There was a lot said in a short time in that interview.
Worth a watch if you are replying to the thread title and haven't watched it yet.
My take on this is that Nordas does not go into lactic on the last lap like the others do and so he is fresher enabling him to finish faster even though intrinsically he's slower than everyone else. This means that strength is his strength because he does not produce lactic acid even at the end of a 1500 meters according to his words. I like his directness and confidence and he does not mince his words.
There was a lot said in a short time in that interview.
Worth a watch if you are replying to the thread title and haven't watched it yet.
My take on this is that Nordas does not go into lactic on the last lap like the others do and so he is fresher enabling him to finish faster even though intrinsically he's slower than everyone else. This means that strength is his strength because he does not produce lactic acid even at the end of a 1500 meters according to his words. I like his directness and confidence and he does not mince his words.
On another note I communicate with Nordas on Instagram and he's one of the few world-class athletes who has the time and/or inclination to respond to questions and encouragement on Instagram since last year and I predict that even though he has reached a new status this will not change in the future.
Kipyegon was warming down with Laura Muir and Ciara Mageean, Jess Hull and Melissa Bryant and continued for another 25 minutes on the grass, rolling along at 8 minute pace after about 15 minutes as one or more had drug testers waiting at the track (as did Kipyegon). Hassan, though? Hassan was running 62-second quarters last night after the 1500m.