Grant Fisher's "Summer of PRs" Project

He ran the hurdles in middle school? Hmmmm, no fooling? Favorite distance is 3000m? Maybe this is the one?

Doubt we'll see the Steeplechase in Grant's future.

Hurdling has faded far into the distance beyond his rear view mirror . . . as have his past pole vaulting exploits.

Pole vault is no indication that he will be able to hurdle.

Suppose he runs with a stiff cane and uses it to get over the barriers?

Hopefully without a worlds they’ll have a few DL 10Ks. I know Grant prefers the 3 and 5, but I’ve long thought the 10 was his best event and is probably the AR he could bury for the longest

Meh..If you could you would write better jokes.

The DL has already released disciplines for all races. No 10ks. I guess that could change but highly doubt it. If I had to guess Grant will run the 5k in Oslo and Paris. Blanks and Nico should be in those races as well. And will be very fast, so highly unlikely he rans a 1500. 5k with pacer, lights and a stacked fast field. If he wants to run a 5k record Oslo and Paris are his best chances.

That really sucks. I have a really tough time seeing the event active in the next 3-5 OLY cycles if they only have one or two really high level ones a year

Maybe. But do believe he will debut with a shorter distance before his 5000 record attempt(s).

Grant's time-trialing MO has been to start with a mid-d race prior to his targeted record-attempt races, as evidenced by last winter and this.

In 2025, Grant opened with a 1500 @ NBIGP followed by his 2 mile WR @ Millrose then his 5000 WR @ BU.

This winter, he opened with a 2000 @ NBIGP then planned to race the 2 Mile @ Millrose then a 5000 @ BU or ASICS Sound Invite.

If Grant does race the Oslo 5000 on 6/10, pretty much expect him to race the 1500 @ Rabat on 5/31 or possibly a 1500/mile in the US before flying over to Europe.

However, I kind of doubt Grant will do back-to-back 5000s like Nico & Graham did last year. If he does, he might just race Oslo to win then go for time in Paris the following week. The fact he mentioned Paris Olympic Stadium is his favorite venue suggests his targeted record-attempt race will be there.

Regarding no 10,000s on the DL schedule.

Once upon a time, Ivo Van Damme/Brussels DL used to have world-class 10,000s.

If Grant is really set on breaking his 26:33 AR, Nike may get involved and set up a one-off at this meet. That would be on 9/4-5 -- a week before the Ultimate Challenge. Doesn't sound promising..

More likely, if Grant does race a 10,000 this summer, it would be at USAs in NYC on 7/23. That would be a legit championship race, not a time trial.

There are usually good 10k's at Pre and in Europe: Valencia and Nerja in Spain and Hengelo in the Netherlands have all hosted 10k's in which a host of top 30 all-time performances have been run in the past five to ten years.

No 10,000 at this year's FBK Games/Hengelo. Nor last year.

No 10,000 announced for Pre . . . but Grant is in the 2 mile anyway.

Are not Valencia & Nerja road races? Grant reiterated no more road races this year.

There is a CT Challenger Meet in Nerja on 5/20. Last year's meet had no 10,000. No info on this year's meet. With such low prize $$ -- less than Gold, Silver, Bronze meets and far less than DL meets -- Grant probably does not know this meet even exits.

No kiddin'!

Grant's 26:33.84 AR is now over four years old.

One can only imagine he could get pretty close to Cheptegei's 26:11.00 WR, now almost six years old.

Worth noting: amidst all the record attempts and multiple successes we have seen the last few years and continue to see -- from the 800 through the marathon, indoors and out, men and women -- the one distance record that no one has attempted to challenge is the men's track 10,000.

Just a guess, but probably everyone considers 26:11 way beyond their abilities so no reason to try.

Even for Grant, who has shown to be one the world's greatest time trial runners if not the best, the thought of having to run all-out for 25 laps, the majority of them on his own, may just be too mentally taxing to even think about.

But I sure hope Grant does think about before calling it a day on his track career.

By what metric could this possibly be true?

He’s 12 seconds outside the 5k outdoor record and 23 seconds outside the 10k record.

He’s good at shorter distances too but obviously not beating Jakob in a 3k/2 mile time trial either

Yeah I admire Fan Out West’s optimism but Fisher is never running 12:35 or 26:11. Sub-12:40 would be amazing, much more conceivable but I doubt he’ll quite achieve that either.

After the WR has endured the past few years, I think we should stop acting like just anyone is gonna run 12:34 any day now.

ya know...maybe he shouldn't experiment after that disastrous half.

Lets get back on the track and actually race your marquee events. And, when did this idea that back to back 5ks (say, within 2-3 weeks of each other) are nuclear on the body get into vogue?

In a non-championship year, why not race? Peak for 1-2 huge efforts, but race

Paris Diamond League event is at Charety Stadium, not the Olympic stadium.

Is his current AR not already buried?

There is one fast 10K for Americans a year. One. Nico is good but I don't see him going anywhere near 26:33 in an event he's gonna time-trial once a year. Same goes for Blanks.

Fisher is the only non-African in the all time top 10, and he, Ahmed, and Rupp are the only non Africans (besides one guy from Qatar) in the top 25.

That record is probably Fisher's safest mark.