RANK NAT NAME TIME 1 IRL ENGLISH Mark 1:43.92 NR 2 FRA MEZIANE Yanis 1:44.32 3 AUS CRAIG Peyton 1:44.32 4 CZE DUDYCHA Jakub 1:44.78 NR, NU23R 5 ESP CANALES Elvin Josué 1:45.05 6 NED NILLESSEN Stefán 1:45.09 PB 7 BEL SISK Pieter 1:45.12 8 NED CHAPPLE Samuel 1:45.22 9 ITA TECUCEANU Cătălin 1:46.60 DNF RSA MOHLOSI Kabelo Simon
That's a huge pb for the 32-year-old. The Irish record and his pb coming into the year was 1:44.53 which he ran in Madrid last year but he ran 1:44.34 in Bydgoszcz, Poland on May 30th.
In other action, Femke Bol won the 400h in 52.51 (she had opened at 52.46 a few weeks ago), Cordell Tinch won the 110h in 13.10, Anais Bourgoin won the 800 in 1:59.52 as Sage Hurta-Klecker was third in 1:59.77, and Peruth Chemutai won the steeple 9:07.79.
Wow! 1:43.92 by Mark English to smash the Irish 800m record once again. Sub 1:44 is incredible running pic.twitter.com/YL1Md3X2Si
RANK NAT NAME TIME 1 IRL ENGLISH Mark 1:43.92 NR 2 FRA MEZIANE Yanis 1:44.32 3 AUS CRAIG Peyton 1:44.32 4 CZE DUDYCHA Jakub 1:44.78 NR, NU23R 5 ESP CANALES Elvin Josué 1:45.05 6 NED NILLESSEN Stefán 1:45.09 PB 7 BEL SISK Pieter 1:45.12 8 NED CHAPPLE Samuel 1:45.22 9 ITA TECUCEANU Cătălin 1:46.60 DNF RSA MOHLOSI Kabelo Simon
That's a huge pb for the 32-year-old. The Irish record and his pb coming into the year was 1:44.53 which he ran in Madrid last year but he ran 1:44.34 in Bydgoszcz, Poland on May 30th.
In other action, Femke Bol won the 400h in 52.51 (she had opened at 52.46 a few weeks ago), Cordell Tinch won the 110h in 13.10, Anais Bourgoin won the 800 in 1:59.52 as Sage Hurta-Klecker was third in 1:59.77, and Peruth Chemutai won the steeple 9:07.79.
RANK NAT NAME TIME 1 IRL ENGLISH Mark 1:43.92 NR 2 FRA MEZIANE Yanis 1:44.32 3 AUS CRAIG Peyton 1:44.32 4 CZE DUDYCHA Jakub 1:44.78 NR, NU23R 5 ESP CANALES Elvin Josué 1:45.05 6 NED NILLESSEN Stefán 1:45.09 PB 7 BEL SISK Pieter 1:45.12 8 NED CHAPPLE Samuel 1:45.22 9 ITA TECUCEANU Cătălin 1:46.60 DNF RSA MOHLOSI Kabelo Simon
That's a huge pb for the 32-year-old. The Irish record and his pb coming into the year was 1:44.53 which he ran in Madrid last year but he ran 1:44.34 in Bydgoszcz, Poland on May 30th.
In other action, Femke Bol won the 400h in 52.51 (she had opened at 52.46 a few weeks ago), Cordell Tinch won the 110h in 13.10, Anais Bourgoin won the 800 in 1:59.52 as Sage Hurta-Klecker was third in 1:59.77, and Peruth Chemutai won the steeple 9:07.79.
Pacer went out in 49.2 so you would have to presume English can run faster off a slower pace.
Think he looked about 1sec behind that. Was well stretched.
Yes you are right but probably still a tad off optimum. English racing again this week against the big boys in Oslo so it's another chance to get on that train and run fast if he's recovered after today.
Plan today was to lay a little off the pace (24.8/50.8) and treat it more like a semi final type race (with Oslo on Thursday being the final). I think he was 24.3/50.2 so a little quicker than planned, but his positioning was perfect.
Love seeing guys late in their career still running pb’s (pr’s). Too many athletes give up on their dreams too early. That said, Mark is a doctor so has something to fall back on!
Plan today was to lay a little off the pace (24.8/50.8) and treat it more like a semi final type race (with Oslo on Thursday being the final). I think he was 24.3/50.2 so a little quicker than planned, but his positioning was perfect.
Love seeing guys late in their career still running pb’s (pr’s). Too many athletes give up on their dreams too early. That said, Mark is a doctor so has something to fall back on!
Note Bol, Klaver, Visser & the rest of that Group only just got back from training camp in Rabat. Bol said after she didn't feel particularly sharp but was obviously pleased with the time, considering the cool weather.
Visser looked tight at the end, like she was running out of steam, and Klaver was tense right from the outset, hence a really poor run from her that didn't reflect how her training has been going. I think we will see a lot more from those two as the season progresses.
Plan today was to lay a little off the pace (24.8/50.8) and treat it more like a semi final type race (with Oslo on Thursday being the final). I think he was 24.3/50.2 so a little quicker than planned, but his positioning was perfect.
Love seeing guys late in their career still running pb’s (pr’s). Too many athletes give up on their dreams too early. That said, Mark is a doctor so has something to fall back on!
Please tell us about his training?
Follow the coach/club on Instagram. It’s basically wide open.
Note Bol, Klaver, Visser & the rest of that Group only just got back from training camp in Rabat. Bol said after she didn't feel particularly sharp but was obviously pleased with the time, considering the cool weather.
Bol is going to have a much easier time running 52 mid-type races with her new stride pattern. She gets her weaker right lead out of the way on hurdle 5 nowadays, compared to hurdle 6 since she switched to 14 steps in 2023. That means there is likely to be less variance, or susceptibility to a poor race like the Paris final when she broke stride pattern on 10.
However, Bol will continue to have comparative trouble on the far turn. That's where Sydney ran right past her in Paris. Bol is using 14 steps through 6, instead of through 7 like recent years. She goes 14 to 6 and switches to her preferred left lead. But this is where the issue occurs. Bol is still fresh at this point in the race. Plenty of stamina. She is very tall and long legged. But now approaching 7 she has to gear down and use 15 steps to remain on her left lead. Then it's 15 and left lead for the remainder.
In both races so far the predictable has occurred. Boil is cramped between 6 and 7. Instead of accelerating she has to swing wide around the turn to make room for 15 steps and get proper angle to hurdle with her left lead. It's not awful but hardly ideal.
Very few hurdlers remain on the same lead while adding only one additional step. The vast majority of the time they add two steps, and while tiring. It's very common for female hurdlers to go immediately from 15 to 17, or junior women from 17 to 19. Sydney is one of the very few who has added only one step from one hurdle to the next while staying with the same lead. She has done it between 7 and 8 with her right lead.
But with Sydney it's considerably more natural and effective. Her 5 foot 9 frame is ideal for the event. She is not cramped while transitioning from 14 to 15. Bol is simply too tall. And Sydney using her right lead can remain in the left center of the lane and save ground, while Bol has to drift wide to set up her left lead.