This has to be a joke
Justyn Knight 14:01.73 wrote:
... which makes me think he could run ~13:43 if running a race from the front. Could he give King Che's a run for his money. He is only a freshman
I hope so. Coe is 60?
Boston wrote:
Nice race. He has better range than Sebastian Coe.
Well, he ran 13:34 about 10 months ago and he has improved a lot, so I'm thinking 13:43 wouldn't be a problem now.
Justyn Knight 14:01.73 wrote:
Justyn just ran a 14:01! Not a very fast time at the ACC Championship, but an amazing last 200 and out kicked Thomas Curtin. Not sure if it was a final or not, but he looked relaxed for the entire race which makes me think he could run ~13:43 if running a race from the front. Could he give King Che's a run for his money. He is only a freshman
Idk if I'd call a 25.5 last 200 "chilling." And in response to whoever said he could probably run a 13:43, he ran 13:34 last outdoor season and is much better now. Man this thread is crazy. Are you guys really surprised by him?
nope wrote:
good for him. Can he challenge ches? no. he barley beat curtin who was also chilling. When Ches races and he kicks you know the end. When Knight kicked I still thought Curtin would catch him. Thats the difference.
I agree. I actually hope that Knight will not run the 3000m today. He already ran a hard mile and a hard 5000m. Why run 3 races?
mickey your so fine wrote:
if he qualified for the 3000m (7.48), then why would he do both anyway - Fox isn't that stupid.
Absolutely agree. If you look at their splits it's very clear the race actually started with ~400m to go.
multiple races wrote:
If you are in 13:25 shape, and you run 4600m at 14:13 pace, that is almost 6% slower than your race pace. That's like a short tempo run followed by a 400 in 56. So I wouldn't call that a "hard race". Was it difficult to run against strong competition? Of course, but it's not an effort that requires as much recovery as if he raced to his maximum speed.