Josh Kerr documents his INSANE pre-race ritual

Lol what a prima donna he is. Imagine if he had even more success, he would be impossible.

I think a lot of this is for content and to make a routine look more complicated than it is for the cameras.

I am sure if we all detailed out two days at work it would also seem too complex.

Why 3 different coffees!?

Coaches also sometimes overcomplicate things more than necessary to feel more needed or as more important than they really are. Not diminishing the importance of good coaching, but this is definitely something that's out there.

I honestly think this is all genuine. You would very be surprised by how many pro athletes have superstitions, and even more surprised about what those superstitions entail. Hocker probably spins three times and does split squats in the call room or something equally esoteric.

I’m sorry Josh Kerr, but you try waaay too hard.

In one of the Sova vids, Hocker was “earthing” with cooper teare on grass. These guys will do anything.

But yet no one here could come close to keeping up with him.

I don't think it's that crazy. This is the summary:

• Thursday morning: arrive in London, get settled in
• Thursday afternoon: treatment, 3-4 mile easy run followed by practicing some leg turnover
• Friday morning: relax
• Friday early afternoon: photo opp, press conference, and media engagement
• Friday mid-afternoon: treatment, 30-min run, plyometrics, then a 90-second tempo at 4:40 pace, 300m in 46.6, 200m in 23.9, and 5/7/9 step starts
• Friday evening: discussion of race tactics with his coach
• Saturday morning: treatment, shakeout/gym with some very light exercises
• Early afternoon: pre-race fueling, coffee, and bicarb
• Travel to track and warmup for the race
  

Seems reasonable to me.

It's fascinating to see the 48-hour pre-race routine of one of the best 1500m runners in the world. I also appreciated them showing his detailed discussion of race tactics with his coach, especially given that Kerr is known to be a savvy racer.

I think it was a good video. We got a detailed look at how he prepares for a race both physically and mentally. Plus we saw him outline his goals / metrics for success prior to the race then got to see his post-race reaction.

There were also some nice scenes with his family and a fun cameo from Matthew Hudson-Smith challenging him to a 600m race. I’m sure his sponsors appreciated the intentional product placement.

Imagine if more track & field athletes put that much effort into promotion and documenting their journeys. The sport would be in a better place.

I think he would get along well with the430miler. Seems they have similar training philosophies.

All of this to get smoked by Phanuel Koech

What does earthing accomplish care to explain?

All of this to get smoked by an 18 year old who came completely out of nowhere coached by Claudio Berardelli, a guy who should probably have a lifetime ban from the sport, who had a blood testing machine in his camp, has been arrested for administering EPO, and has had at least 6 of his athletes banned for doping.

His coach is so bad that even Frederico Rosa of all people stopped working with him because "he didn't have the issue under control."

So yeah, all this to get smoked by somebody who is most likely a total sham, due to an illogical anti-doping regime that targets athletes instead of the coaches and agents who are really behind it.

Ahhh, the sweet tears of Coevett!

I’m not going to watch the video but the routine as described here seems totally appropriate. Thanks for sharing.

The video details every little thing on screen, which I think is the whole point, but essentially boils down to your summary.

This is the first Josh Kerr video that I thought, "this guy is alright". He / his team have drastically improved what they are putting out. Compared with the first video earlier this year, this latest one is more interesting.

I will admit though, I did scrub through some sections, to get to the juicy bits about race tactics. Interesting that they assumed Josh would lead the race behind the pacers, but I reckon he would have been happy with Mills taking it from the gun.

Even if it's not strictly necessary I think it has a lot of merit psychologically in shifting the focus to "process."

It prepares the mind for the race, but through things to do, rather than just sitting around being nervous. Both the "focus" and "routine" aspects are a positive thing.

The need for oversized sunglasses is all a person needs to know.

Out all the top 6 1500 guys, I def like kerr the best.