Official Grand Slam Track Miami Day 2 Discussion Thread

Patterson sub 44!!

Sub-44 win for Jacory Patterson! Quincy Hall better get his stuff together.

What’s with the first names on bibs?

43 anything is legit, great close

Has she ruined women´s 400m hurdles as you think Duplantis ruined men´s pole vault?

Loading truck at UPS at 4 am and running 43 seconds in the 400m. My god, a shoe brand needs to sign him NOW

Didn’t hall drop out to be replaced by gardnier. MHS looks a little unhealthy already. I don’t see the most elite 400 guys ever making it through 4 200/400s

I very much like that the athletes are being paid. Without attendance receipt or ad revenue, I don't see how this will be able to continue though

Anyone else think this w 100 is risky for Russell? Watchi g Holloway ease up earlier this week....

People don’t realize how few really professional track and field athletes there are

UPS should sign him like the Beard got with Walmart!

Now that he's mentio ed quitti g ups Im guessing they wont work with him for sponsorship and a schedule that gives him a better chance.

Because it's easy for her. No stress money - because that's what motivates her.

That was a great interview. Really cheering for that guy now.

Or better yet, UPS should sponsor a pro running team.

So I watched GST #1 from start to finish. I've had some family stuff going on and haven't been watching this one as closely.

But this doubling format is still very hard for me to wrap my head around. I mean Patterson just runs a world lead in the 400 but we have to focus on who got 2nd and won the money.

It makes each race less signficant. Normally at a sporting event, we know the outcome right away. Here we have to wait for a 2nd race (i guess the Champions league is like that).

But it does get the stars racing twice, I guess. And gives them three days of tv inventory. And prevents people from not running through the line.

What do you guys think of the format? Net positive or negative? What if we just had big prize money for each race?

Doubling might work if we tweak it. Every event group should not be the same. One of the distance races needs to be rabbbited.

If we are going to double, I'd love to see the 1500 guys race the 1500 twice and see if we get the same outcome. Make one rabbitted and one not.

I think for some events the double might be ok. But we won't care about the flat 100 for the hurdlers. Just have them hurdle twice as well.

The biggest thing track has going for it in terms of understanding it and getting new fans is that first across the line wins. Everyone understands this. They have taken this away.

I’m waiting to make my judgement on the Men’s long distance until after tomorrow. If Grant makes them work for it, I think it ends up being fine. He could be on defense at the last slam. Now he has to break the 1500/3000 guys

I get you don't like the doubling but I love the 3 days of world class track. Like watching a golf tournament over a weekend, I look forward to the multiple days, which we only get with Worlds and Olympics (trials / main event)