Grant Fisher SOLOs 12:51.84!!

There are two ways to participate, indoor T&F:

1) Only slightly alter training. The focus is summer outdoor T&F.

2) Peak for indoor season. Worry about outdoor season in May.

Clearly Grant Fisher has chosen option number two. Clearly, he has chosen to peak for indoors. Usually this does not work out well. Usually an athlete is too injured for outdoor season to compete or fighting through injury or injuries after peaking for indoors or fighting chronic fatigue.

Training is different now, even if he is "peaking", these guys don't just have one or two peaks a year. I believe they keep the threshold work year round and top it off with relatively short periods of speed work. They can even keep specificity within the threshold blocks by modifying the interval length and recovery so they are running at race pace for a threshold workout.

Why...do...you...write...like...this..?

I take it you didn't enjoy it?

It's great to see what Fisher has become. He's so consistent at a genuine world-class level. His series of races since i jury last year is incredible, even if there aren't any wins in there. He can summon sub-13 seemingly whenever he wants. If he runs smart, and doesn't run for the win in Paris, he could medal in the 5000. He obviously can't live with the kick of Jakob, but if he just rides Jakob's shoulder for 4800m then he'd take 2nd or 3rd, especially now that Katir has been taken out of the mix.

Good point.

Jakob & Mo Katir are two of the three worlds-best 5k/10k runners Grant has never beaten, the other being Jacob Kiplimo.

Mo is now suspended. Jakob is recovering from injury and has missed pretty much all of his fall/early winter base training, so unknown if he will be the indomitable Jakob we've seen clean up on everyone in the 5k these past few years.

I see a scenario where Jacob Krop/Kenya and Luis Grijalva/Guatemala are Grant's main competitors for a medal spot, possibly even gold.

You don't listen to what's said in interviews do you? Grant Fisher explained it last Sunday and after last night's race why he is not running USA indoors. He needs the standard in the 10000m, and is running the 10 March 16th and chasing the sub 27:00 standard. Worlds conflicts with that race. Don't speak if you don't know what you are talking about

It's about getting rid of the faster kickers for Fisher. He's never going to have the speed to live with a top 1500/5000 guy, but anyone else he can probably race. Aregawi and Barega should be problems, but Ethiopians seem to turn up at championships totally burned out from the circuit. And Kiplimo is a total mystery. His pattern of competition is very weird. He comes out each year, smashes a couple of ridiculous races but is never at his peak at the champs, and that's if he turns up. We're a long way out from Paris, but I like Fisher's chances for a medal this year, much more so than I did in either Tokyo or Eugene.

Jakob’s brother was qouted in a norwegian podcast this week - saying that Jakob is back running fast threshold sessions on the treadmill (and in extreme heat). So it wont be long before Jakob is in sierra Nevada training at altitude.

How would you then categorize those that “participate” at their respective indoor nationals and indoor World Championships? Or their respective XC nationals and XC World Championships?

According to your “clear”instincts of “usually” being “to injured for outdoor season” you would have no athlete peaking for anything except for the summer.

Listen to the athletes when they speak about their focused efforts. Then you will know if they were peaking for a specific event at a specific time in a calendar year. Fisher clearly said he did not peak for his two indoor races. He has said he is focused on getting the 10k Olympic standard.

Grant Fisher is not winning outdoor medals. Grant Fisher is injured too often by outdoors. Emotionally, many in U.S. want you to be correct. Empirical evidence states I am correct.

He was injured one season. new coach and better training this year and watch out. he’s a medal threat for sure

When I stated empirical evidence, I was commenting on indoor performances overall. Some greats have had outstanding indoor performances. Some greats racing well indoors doesn't make indoors best for most runners, 3000mSC through 10000m. Better training? People racing peak performances indoors is not about better training. People racing peak performances indoors is about a paycheck. Just say the truth.

Saw the race, and Ernst was pacing the second group that were going for the standard.

Where and with whom is Grant training now?
All I know is that he left BTC.

Fisher is now training with his old high school coach and living in Park City

Cool.

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