Grant Fisher done playing Soccer

I liked that he played soccer too. Plenty of time to specialize.

I also like the approach his coach took in not sacrificing his preparatory phase for some early season, ultimately meaningless races. I like that the coach did not rush Fisher back. Smart guy.

I like that he and his teammates are already fighting with each other for the lead at the starting line.

jjjjjjjjj wrote:

I like that he and his teammates are already fighting with each other for the lead at the starting line.

This!

You'd think they were running a 400 not a 5K based on that pic.

I like he does this on only 40 MILES A WEEK!!!!!!! Just 40 a week..WOW..that is amazing! That is way less than half of what Ritz did in HS! And Hall and Solinsky etc etc. HS champs have been getting it done on less and less mileage year after year. It must be the brilliance of their HS coaches. Now we are down to 40 miles a week! Maybe soon we can get it down to - 10 miles per week! AND RUN A 4:02 mile! It should be coming soon!

40 MPW PLUS SOCCER - recall all those posts about people running 10 miles a match? So - we'll assume that high school kids do half that much - 2 matches a week - right there is 10 miles - even if it is 5 there are also Soccer practices and what is soccer? sprinting and running and jogging. It might be the perfect training for HS running....

And specialized training and specialized, focussed coaching. It shows what CAN be done if people collaborate at the HS level

More than just 40 mpw and soccer at his HS. His soccer was as serious as his running so they really practiced not just walked around waiting for the ball.

Very curious where Fisher is heading for college? Who are front runners?

Wish Salazar would gobble him up. Hate the thought of being burdened with a cross country only program and get away from his track talent.

Officials to Stanford, Wisconsin, Michigan, Furman, Arkansas.

luv2run wrote:

I liked that he played soccer too. Plenty of time to specialize.

In fact there is not plenty of time to specialize. Most guys peak by about 24, roughly 7 years after high school. It generally takes about 7 years of high capacity training to reach one's peak. He's decided to run as his sole focus and he couldn't have waited much longer without sacrificing his future success.

I'm happy to hear that. He's a DAMN good runner, best HS male in both the mile and the two, as well as the best XC runner. Haven't been following HS running until recently since the days of Solinsky. How often has there been one dominant runner like him since Cheserek, Verzbicas, Fernandez, and Solinsky/Webb/Ritz (my fave high school runner ever).

Furman..Noooooo Don't believe the hpye.

Too good of a student for Furman and Arkansas. Those are my thoughts, not yours...

He did visit a historic east coast school with a miler pedigree second to none.

He'll be a success wherever he lands and most importantly, will be a success at life

wowwwyy11 wrote:

I like he does this on only 40 MILES A WEEK!!!!!!! Just 40 a week..WOW..that is amazing! That is way less than half of what Ritz did in HS! And Hall and Solinsky etc etc. HS champs have been getting it done on less and less mileage year after year. It must be the brilliance of their HS coaches. Now we are down to 40 miles a week! Maybe soon we can get it down to - 10 miles per week! AND RUN A 4:02 mile! It should be coming soon!

Please stop making baseless claims about people, do you know him? Probably not ,so how do you know grant is running 40mpw. Please provide a source.

birdie birdie birdie wrote:

Officials to Stanford, Wisconsin, Michigan, Furman, Arkansas.

this isn't true. All I know is that he's got an official lined up to stanford and he has not lined up all 5 officials yet.

spcialized wrote:

luv2run wrote:

I liked that he played soccer too. Plenty of time to specialize.

In fact there is not plenty of time to specialize. Most guys peak by about 24, roughly 7 years after high school. It generally takes about 7 years of high capacity training to reach one's peak. He's decided to run as his sole focus and he couldn't have waited much longer without sacrificing his future success.

Africans may peak at 24...Americans don't...give me one American Record that was set by someone 24 or younger - I'd say peak age for Americans is late 20s and progressing into early 30s

pray tell which school that is?

Rumor has it he's bought a bike and is taking up Triathlon to fill the soccer void.

Much respect.

mwwwin wrote:

Africans may peak at 24...Americans don't...give me one American Record that was set by someone 24 or younger - I'd say peak age for Americans is late 20s and progressing into early 30s

I'll let the facts speak for themselves.

1) Men's 1500 - 3:30.54 - Alan Webb ran this at age 24 (American born record. Maree ran faster at age 28).

2) Men's mile - 3:46.91 - Alan Webb ran this at age 24.

2) Men's steeple - 8:06.81 - Evan Jager ran that at age 23. He broke that record at 25 this summer.

The fastest time in the 5000 ever run by an American born runner is Chris Solinsky's 12:55. He did that age 25.

So everything but the 10,000 was set by someone who was 25 or younger.