Justyn Knight: 1500m tonight

Low expectations but glad to see him out there.

Have a great race Justyn. We miss you! Go Orange!

After last months 3:44 it would be great to see him dip into the 3:3x's again.

I think it's doable given the 3:44 was his first race in 4 years

3:42.01 ftw. 57 last lap.

3:42.01 for the win with the lean by .03

43.51

1:44.58 (1:01.07)

2:44.03 (59.45)

3:42.01 (57.98)

4th all race then +3 on the last lap. Vintage. Welcome back Justyn.

3:42 to win the B race at a small meet isn’t “welcome back.” It’s “bro what happened to you?”

It's is called being injured for 3 years - didn't race in 22,23 or 24.

Really dumb take.

The truth about his slow time upsets you. Knight is a former NCAA champion who barely won a B race. He used to beat Grant Fisher. Now look at him.

I’m not being mean. Just telling it like it is. Bro has a long way to go before he’s really back. Don’t offend him with your sympathy claps.

I’m a big fan of Justyn’s but I don’t see him ever returning to the form he was once in. At least not under Jerry. BTC (or swoosh) has been in shambles the last few years. Nobody is running well. Lots of injuries. I just don’t think Jerry is the right coach for Justyn. Justyn was lightly trained his entire career. Not a good fit for Schumacher’s training.

you are talking about an opener after a lay off

342 would be a good start

regarding the future

see what happens

if the odds are a bit long you can say who cares if you want

He ran 3:44 a couple of weeks ago. Ultimately he’s a big talent and he’s moving in the right direction. They should be thinking long term with him.

We gotta bunch of keyboard warriors giving half-baked takes and throwing shade at Justin. Same type of vibe we had when Centro would open in 3:40/41 and roll a nice season.

Talent doesn’t go away.

Talent may not go away, but talent alone is not enough. It takes training as well. Losing 4 years in your peak years may be tough to make up. He not too old, but he is getting closer each year to past peak age for the 5k

To be clear, though, I’m not in the camp that thinks this was a bad effort. Depends on how much training he has behind him and what his goal was

What happened to him? He was on fire in 2021. Then he seemed to just disappear. Also, what happened to Jake Heyward?

In both cases, injuries.

For sure, but the endless anonymous posters maligning athletes for not running PR’s every race, all season, is tiresome. I’m not even a huge Knight fan but it’s awesome to see him back racing, improving and putting himself out there. It’s MAY. He’s a 5000m guy whose best is 3:33. He probably hasn’t stacked speed work much at this point. Just let the guy build. If someone is running their mouth and calling shots about an upcoming race, and then they lay an egg - sure, I’m all for calling them out. I’ve been on letsrun for 24 years… Bit it’s really tiresome to see posters shyte on guys coming back from injury or starting off their season and labeling them as “done” etc etc.

Mandatory reminder that I'm predicting his comeback before anybody. Future global medalist. Note that I called the Bekele comeback as well.