My first 3 place finishers and their times are:
1st Jakob 3:45.16, 2nd Nuguse 3:45.56, 3rd Wightman 3:46.86
What’s everyone else got?
My first 3 place finishers and their times are:
1st Jakob 3:45.16, 2nd Nuguse 3:45.56, 3rd Wightman 3:46.86
What’s everyone else got?
Why they gonna run so slow?
Cole Hocker will run faster than 3:45.16
Why so slow wrote:
Why they gonna run so slow?
Because it's May and they're still doing big training to be at their best in July/August. Don't expect a 3:43 race like last year, they were in prime end of season form last year.
I feel like josh will run quicker than jake even though jake did that 800
Why so slow wrote:
Why they gonna run so slow?
Why so slow wrote:
Why they gonna run so slow?
So slow? Outside of Jakob’s and Nuguse’s 3:43 times last year no athlete has broken 3:46 since 2001. 3:45 is pretty damn fast, especially for May.
1st Nuguse 3:45.78
2nd Jakob 3:45.99
3rd Kerr 3:46.12
4 Hocker 5 Hoare 6 Cheruiyot 7 Kessler 8 Beamish 9 Girma 10 Myers
EDIT: Feel like I should have Wightman somewhere, but I also feel like the extra distance of a mile to 1500 hurts him. We'll see.
Hobbs top American.
pavement88 wrote:
Hobbs top American.
Hell yeah. Spicy take
1. Kerr
2. Girma
3. Nuguse
Then Jakob either 4th or right behind Cole (even at 90%, skeptical jakob can win right now given his winter injury).
Queue the inevitable "JAKOB IS DONE!!!" threads only for him to rebound by Paris.
I will be there live!!! Springfield Holiday Inn Express here I come!!
1. Kerr - 3:45 high
2. Goose
3. Jakob
4. Kessler
5. Hocker
6. Hoare
7. Cheruiyot
8. Meyers 3:52
Annette Echikunwoke (USA) wins the Women's Hammer
Recent Jakob workout
No one will be surprised if Jakob wins this outright. He is Jakob.
However, he is married now......not racing......Shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond.
If he is going to lose then this is the race. Kerr has been an absolute monster and Goose does not have the killer instinct to win a race like this yet.
The race I am exited about is between Kessler, Hocker, Hoare.
I think the East Africans are going to get smoked.
Jakob 3:49
Kerr 3:50
Centro 3:51
Beamish, Nuguse, Hocker, Hoare all under 3:52
Gonna go out slower than expected around 1:56-7 @ 805m and be a burn up the last 600m led by Jakob. Bad positioning from the bottom four assuming a time trial will keep them off the podium. Demigod Centro will have perfect positioning and race plan but will keep his powder dry in the last 200m doing just enough to hold off the others. Beamish probably will run the fast final lap by around 1.5 seconds.
Overall a disappointing race but for Centro who continues to impress with his progression.
1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:46.4
2. Josh Kerr 3:46.5
3. Cole Hocker 3:47.3
4. Yared Nuguse 3:47.7
5. Lamecha Girma 3:48.1
6. Hobbs Kessler 3:48.5
7. Reynold Cheruiyot 3:48.6
8. Geordie Beamish 3:48.7
9. Oliver Hoare 3:49.3
10. Jake Wightman 3:49.6
If Jakob is at 90-percent of where he was last season, he’s not gonna be easy to beat in a paced mile. I trust Kerr to make a monster effort though, and I think he’ll be faster than he was at this point last year.
I like what I’ve seen from Hocker this year and predict he’ll kick through for the best of the rest and #3 all time U.S.
Nuguse might be missing a bit of last year’s magic—a slight “sophomore slump”—but he’ll put himself in a reasonably high position mid-race and rally in the last 100m for a solid result.
I expect Girma to correct his tactical error from Marrakesh and be closer to the front at 400, allowing him to race more to his fitness.
Kessler will drift a little between 800 and 1400 but rally late. Cheruiyot hasn’t been super impressive but he’s in decent form and he’s consistent. Beamish will do what he always does but clock the fastest 1500/mile time of his career, gapping Hoare and Wightman in the last 100m. Hoare and Wightman will run o.k., but show they may not be back to 100% top form.
Centro, Garcia Romo, Gourley, Kipsang and Myers (alphabetically) will comprise the bottom-5.
1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:46:03
2 Josh Kerr 3:46:10
3 Yared Nuguse 3:48:2
4 Lamecha Girma 3:49:3 5 Reynold Cheruiyot 3:49:5 6 Hobbs Kessler 3:49:7
7 Cole Hocker 3:50:2
8 Jake Wightman 3:50:5
GreatDane wrote:
My first 3 place finishers and their times are:
1st Jakob 3:45.16, 2nd Nuguse 3:45.56, 3rd Wightman 3:46.86
What’s everyone else got?
I'm saying 3:42 and change WR.
Jakob is NOT going to run faster than 3:48. Kerr, Nuguse, Kessler and Hocker will beat him. Maybe Wightman too, although a mile might be a couple of meters too long for him at the moment.
Jakobs workout in Flagstaff was not indicative of a good shape and he was sniffling and complaining about the wind after he was done. "I was sick" excuse could come in handy.
no____deal wrote:
Jakob is NOT going to run faster than 3:48. Kerr, Nuguse, Kessler and Hocker will beat him. Maybe Wightman too, although a mile might be a couple of meters too long for him at the moment.
Jakobs workout in Flagstaff was not indicative of a good shape and he was sniffling and complaining about the wind after he was done. "I was sick" excuse could come in handy.
Think Jakob is a Sidney type, like he's not coming out on an event unless he knows for sure he'll beat them all.