Nico has clearly leveled up this year. I hope Gault or one of the brojos gets a chance to ask Mike Smith or Nico in the mixed zone about Nico’s training over the last year. I doubt Smith will give much but I’m curious what’s changed. Nico was obviously very good last year. Sub-13/27 in college is world class but not world beating. To take another huge step from those performance is something that very few collegiates do.
He aged a year closer to his prime.
Nico is humble smart and beautiful
Love the guy!!!
Mike Smith failed him. That altitude conversion in college was definitely not worth sub 3:50. His new coach is much better.
Feel like it's obvious. He had a full year to focus on just running and not school, plus the bigger thing is that he's peaking later, since the NCAA (indoor and outdoor) season is so long it was clear by the trials last year that he wasn't fresh.
Incrementally Better wrote:
Mike Smith failed him. That altitude conversion in college was definitely not worth sub 3:50. His new coach is much better.
buddy, you're not gonna believe this
His form looks more balanced and smooth, head staying mostly still and not side to side. A bit back in a thread similar to this, someone posted that Smith had made adjustments to his foot strike? That he's able to put more power down into his stride and bounce forward quicker? Sounds odd, try it some time running, it feels like it works, but I'm sure they built into it slowly to avoid stress fractures, etc
This is what Coach Mike Smith said over a year ago:
“If you want to see something crazy, watch what (Nico) does next year. Because you’re going to take that athlete we had this year but you’re now going to be able to control the schedule and the peaking. This year: not ideal scheduling and peaking because we’re bound to certain things. Next year: complete control. I think it’s going to be a special thing to witness.”
He was right!
McRunnin wrote:
This is what Coach Mike Smith said over a year ago:
“If you want to see something crazy, watch what (Nico) does next year. Because you’re going to take that athlete we had this year but you’re now going to be able to control the schedule and the peaking. This year: not ideal scheduling and peaking because we’re bound to certain things. Next year: complete control. I think it’s going to be a special thing to witness.”
He was right!
Jeez, I'm startin to think Mike Smith knows what he's doing!
Time to ban the whole country. It's a nationwide doping program.
truth hurts wrote:
Time to ban the whole country. It's a nationwide doping program.
Watching Nico in high school is clear that he had this potential all along. Sure he wasn’t dominant for all of his NCAA career, but he was still pretty consistent. Now that he’s fixed some form issues and can be more strategic with his peaking, he’s dangerous.
Sub 4 last mile in a 10k.
Young the Giant wrote:
Nico has clearly leveled up this year. I hope Gault or one of the brojos gets a chance to ask Mike Smith or Nico in the mixed zone about Nico’s training over the last year. I doubt Smith will give much but I’m curious what’s changed. Nico was obviously very good last year. Sub-13/27 in college is world class but not world beating. To take another huge step from those performance is something that very few collegiates do.
Just being out of the NCAA can be an advantage. Some take a year to adjust but he didn't really change much.
Young the Giant wrote:
Nico has clearly leveled up this year. I hope Gault or one of the brojos gets a chance to ask Mike Smith or Nico in the mixed zone about Nico’s training over the last year. I doubt Smith will give much but I’m curious what’s changed. Nico was obviously very good last year. Sub-13/27 in college is world class but not world beating. To take another huge step from those performance is something that very few collegiates do.
I think his 12:45.27, 6.12.25 in Oslo is answer enough.
Tooth Ugg Eels!!!
I see he does wickets a lot. That must be it
Right, I get that he’s out of college and can focus on peaking only at worlds. What does that look like? More mileage throughout the year? How do the workouts shift?
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