Nico left it way too late. He could’ve won if he decided to go from 1k out but got lazy and complacent. I still like his chances at the Trials and Olympics but wow this wasn’t an honest effort from him and he paid the price.
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I watch a lot of ACC track and Parker has been doing some things. Should he choose to go pro, he is gonna’ be a force. Amazing kick akin to Hocker. He has been knocking on the door for sometime, I would take him in a distance footrace anytime. Not a surprise.
Not a good sign for Nico heading into the Olympic Trials. Did he peak early?
He was doing some insane workouts indoors and tons of speed. Probably way too early in the year for that when looking to peak in mid June.
yes, he is past his peak, easy to get carried away and Mike and Nico did just that.
I fail to see how this race demonstrates fatigue beginning to happen from an early peak. What actually happened is that the race was too slow for Nico's style of racing. He's an aerobic beast with a world-class anaerobic engine, but today his anaerobic engine was tested far more and Parker Wolfe won.
His confident surge at 300 bodes well for the trials if he learns from this experience.
Props to Blanks for going for the lead but what an upset.
Not a good sign for Nico heading into the Olympic Trials. Did he peak early?
He was doing some insane workouts indoors and tons of speed. Probably way too early in the year for that when looking to peak in mid June.
more likely he is training through this meet on his way to the 10,000 at the trials
If I was him, that’s what I would have done. After indoors and the 26:52 I would have thought I could train through and still win. Probably could have with different tactics. Wolfe is a force, though.
Carnival sideshow with tuned bouncy tracks that elicit fast times. Also, the fields are not as deep and the climate is controlled. Not real track and field!
I watch a lot of ACC track and Parker has been doing some things. Should he choose to go pro, he is gonna’ be a force. Amazing kick akin to Hocker. He has been knocking on the door for sometime, I would take him in a distance footrace anytime. Not a surprise.
Good post. I’m not liking how most people are characterizing this more like a Nico failure than a Wolfe triumph.
Last 800 splits:
Wolfe - 1:52.10
Young - 1:52.42
Robinson - 1:52.85
No one else in the race was under 1:55.
Perhaps Young should have tried a different tactic in hindsight, but the blazing last 800 worked for him twice indoors so it wasn’t illogical. Closing in 1:52.4 really doesn’t mean he’s past his peak or that he can’t kick at an elite level, it just wasn’t his day to win. Give all the credit to Wolfe, who proved himself as a major player at just 20 years old.
Not a good sign for Nico heading into the Olympic Trials. Did he peak early?
He was doing some insane workouts indoors and tons of speed. Probably way too early in the year for that when looking to peak in mid June.
more likely he is training through this meet on his way to the 10,000 at the trials
If I was him, that’s what I would have done. After indoors and the 26:52 I would have thought I could train through and still win. Probably could have with different tactics. Wolfe is a force, though.
The 10k is in 13 days. This is his peak right here.
If he actually trained through this then he's even more screwed at the Olympic Trials than I previously thought.
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