This isn't Boston. It's a flat ~300m track. It's without question slower than an outdoor track (if only marginally).
No. A 300m indoor track with controlled conditions is not necessarily slower than an outdoor track. Not at all. And often faster.
Sure it is. Tighter turns and more turns. An outdoor track even with mediocre weather would be faster. With good weather it's one hell of a difference.
This is his 2025 opener. He is more concerned with June.
If it was vintage Centro, he would have opened in 4:11.
Take a look at his 2024 outdoor. He was running 3:34/3:51 with huge kicks in college. Then he was running 3:36/3:53 in his first pro summer. Now he's running 3:56 going backwards with no kick. He isn't a "slow starter" type - he was always competitive in indoors.
Of course he has time to turn it around but he objectively isn't performing well at the moment.
No. A 300m indoor track with controlled conditions is not necessarily slower than an outdoor track. Not at all. And often faster.
Sure it is. Tighter turns and more turns. An outdoor track even with mediocre weather would be faster. With good weather it's one hell of a difference.
You are wrong. Our high school kids always run faster on an indoor 300m compared to an outdoor 400m track. And I'm not talking indoor season. We have run on an indoor 300m track during middle of outdoor and it is always faster.
This is his 2025 opener. He is more concerned with June.
If it was vintage Centro, he would have opened in 4:11.
Take a look at his 2024 outdoor. He was running 3:34/3:51 with huge kicks in college. Then he was running 3:36/3:53 in his first pro summer. Now he's running 3:56 going backwards with no kick. He isn't a "slow starter" type - he was always competitive in indoors.
Of course he has time to turn it around but he objectively isn't performing well at the moment.
He was always competitive in indoors because he needed to be competitive in indoors for NCAAs. I guess US indoors is a thing but the big focus is always gonna be making the outdoor team, which he doesn't need to do for another 6 months.
Also, you can't really compare his indoor season opener to his ending times from last year or the year before that. He's gonna be fine lol.
Green is a clear dark horse for the Worlds team. He’s leveled up from last year.
Waskom is generally a gamer, but a little concern from me about meh start to pro career.
U.S. 1500m teams are going to be incredibly difficult to make for the foreseeable future. Is it time for Waskom to make a permanent move to the steeple? He was the Pac-12 champion in that event last year.
Green is a clear dark horse for the Worlds team. He’s leveled up from last year.
Waskom is generally a gamer, but a little concern from me about meh start to pro career.
U.S. 1500m teams are going to be incredibly difficult to make for the foreseeable future. Is it time for Waskom to make a permanent move to the steeple? He was the Pac-12 champion in that event last year.
Oops, disregard.
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1) What would you be thinking and what would you do if you were Lex and Leo?
2) What is UW doing so perfectly that no other school has ever done? Nine guys under 4! That is insane! And finally...
3) What is Roger Bannister's ghost saying right now? Literal randos (#24) are breaking four minutes. It is a madhouse! A guy breaks 4:00 in a collegiate, early-season, indoor race and gets 18th!