Hobbs Kessler got COVID at Wild Duck: "You've got to watch out for the Wild Duck. It will get you"

wejo wrote:

Our recap of the men's 1500 is about to go up. Hobbs Kessler revealed he picked up COVID he believes at the Wild Duck after the Trails.

From our recap that is about to go up:
Kessler said his training has gone well after USAs except for a bout of COVID that he got immediately after the Trials, which he suspects he got at the notorious Wild Duck in Eugene.
“I think I got it going out right after is my suspicion,” Kessler said. “I wasn't the only one. I was really cautious (coming back in training) because you hear all these horror stories of people getting greedy and training through COVID and just never recovering…You’ve got to watch out for the Wild Duck. It will get you,” he said to LetsRun.

Nonetheless he said the plan was not to race between the Trials and the Olympics because he is doubling in the 1500 and 800 at both. He said he had “one of his best strength and one of his best distance workouts” in St. Moritz, where he did two weeks at altitude before Paris.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

wejo wrote:

Our recap of the men's 1500 is about to go up. Hobbs Kessler revealed he picked up COVID he believes at the Wild Duck after the Trails.

From our recap that is about to go up:
Kessler said his training has gone well after USAs except for a bout of COVID that he got immediately after the Trials, which he suspects he got at the notorious Wild Duck in Eugene.
“I think I got it going out right after is my suspicion,” Kessler said. “I wasn't the only one. I was really cautious (coming back in training) because you hear all these horror stories of people getting greedy and training through COVID and just never recovering…You’ve got to watch out for the Wild Duck. It will get you,” he said to LetsRun.

Nonetheless he said the plan was not to race between the Trials and the Olympics because he is doubling in the 1500 and 800 at both. He said he had “one of his best strength and one of his best distance workouts” in St. Moritz, where he did two weeks at altitude before Paris.

@king999, where was this intel!? I kid of course, but now with this info I certainly have no issues with him opting not to race a 1500m at London or a lower-key race in Memphis or LA.

This next semi will be a tough test as he's not going to be able to make that indoor move he did today (in all likelihood) and will face a lot of more competition to stay up front. But that was a good job in the heats.