German Fernandez is BACK!!

Laramigo wrote:

Fernandez interview.

http://www.flotrack.org/video/946084-german-fernandez-after-10k-debut-at-stanford-invite

Fernandez had a side stitch which slowed him down. Did most of his training alone in Flagstaff. He could have gone sub 28.

Because he got a STITCH?

What is he, 14?

Did he run it in trainers?

Still not getting it wrote:

Today's performance is significantly better. It is April. He is starting his season injury free. These are all very good things for him and point to a great season if he trains properly and stays injury free. He will run sub 28:00 later this season.

Personally, I think if he did everything right he could be a formidable 1500m specialist. Moving up to the 10k may work out very well for him. Depends on how he feels about the event and training for it.

Unfortunately injury prone runners are just that, injury prone. There is no training properly or doing things right that change that. An injury prone runner will still get injured if all they do is jog 30 minutes a day and go to physio 7 days a week. If I recall his HS training was a lot of x training and very little mileage and all the talk was wait until he starts training and his times will drop. Well his times stayed about the same and his body keep breaking down. Ive seen it before, at best when injury prone runners do everything perfect perfect perfect they end up just delaying the big injury for a few more months and trade that off for a fatigued body with flat performances. Not "being a hater" as everyone under 30 says if you say anything less that golden bout someone.

28:06.???

Is he faster than Wejo or not?

whats the fascination with this guy?

To be clear, German did not blame his time on the stitch. He just mentioned that he got one at around 3 miles, then talked about the advice from Mo about not panicking and it will work itself out. Which apparently, it did.

He just did not have it to go with the move 450 out.

This is a promising debut. He's had 3 months solid training with only 1 fast workout a week. His key will be able to continue to stay injury free, and be able to handle a bit more faster stuff...and still stay injury free.

He has made the trials standard. If he runs that, and finishes top three, then I'd be shocked if that would not be under the olympic standard. However, just running a 10k here does not mean he's a 10k runner. I'm sure he'll run a few 5k's as well.

Finishing the top 3 in the trials will be a tough thing to do for him. Though probably easier than finishing top 3 in the 5k.

Remember he senior year at OSU, though, where he keep improving week by week. From 3:41 all the way down to 3:34 in the summer.

The kid has real talent. It's a shame he's so fragile.

some facts wrote:

Laramigo wrote:

Fernandez interview.

http://www.flotrack.org/video/946084-german-fernandez-after-10k-debut-at-stanford-invite

Fernandez had a side stitch which slowed him down. Did most of his training alone in Flagstaff. He could have gone sub 28.

Because he got a STITCH?

What is he, 14?

dude, I recognize your style from the Ethiopian thread. you're a little high on yourself, huh? sound like a real tool.

exactly. stay injury free and be a guy who runs promising times who doesnt have the workout to go with 400, or train like he needs to train and never get through a season without being injured. might as well go the injury route. might get in a few fast times or wins and ink a deal before the career ending fracture or tear has him walking away with no titles, pr's or cash.

toast wrote:

whats the fascination with this guy?

He did some amazing things in HS and first year at OK State. If you knew that already then why did you ask the question? If you didn't know that then now you do.

Hansons have 4 guys that have run faster in the last year and not one of them has a chance to make the Olympic Team. He is currently ranked somewhere between 15-20 going into the trials and that is where he will finish.

No Rio Boy wrote:

Hansons have 4 guys that have run faster in the last year...

I'll take your word for it.

No Rio Boy wrote:

...not one of them has a chance to make the Olympic Team...

INCORRECT! They do have a chance. Perhaps not a good chance but still a chance.

No Rio Boy wrote:

He is currently ranked somewhere between 15-20 going into the trials....

I'll take your word for it.

No Rio Boy wrote:

... and that is where he will finish.

Maybe. Maybe not.

All you guys saying he's finally healthy and will keep improving must not realize that he was healthy and racing frequently all last year, yet was still consistently medicore. If anything, he got worse as the season went on. So staying healthy is not his issue. This IS a great result for him and I hope he can keep improving on this, but his track record is really not that great, injuries or no.

No Rio Boy wrote:

Hansons have 4 guys that have run faster in the last year and not one of them has a chance to make the Olympic Team. He is currently ranked somewhere between 15-20 going into the trials and that is where he will finish.

The difference is, truth be told, Hansons runners are b-level runners plain and simple, they do not have the talent to make the team. Run a respectable time, run in the trials, yes for sure.

German has the raw talent that on a given day he can do something special,like make the team.

Laramigo wrote:

Fernandez interview.

http://www.flotrack.org/video/946084-german-fernandez-after-10k-debut-at-stanford-invite

That's his best interview since high school.

Maybe so wrote:

No Rio Boy wrote:

Hansons have 4 guys that have run faster in the last year and not one of them has a chance to make the Olympic Team. He is currently ranked somewhere between 15-20 going into the trials and that is where he will finish.

The difference is, truth be told, Hansons runners are b-level runners plain and simple, they do not have the talent to make the team. Run a respectable time, run in the trials, yes for sure.

German has the raw talent that on a given day he can do something special,like make the team.

WRONG.

German has no chance either. He got beat by 8 seconds in the gun lap by guys that probably won't make the team.

No Rio Boy wrote:

Maybe so wrote:

The difference is, truth be told, Hansons runners are b-level runners plain and simple, they do not have the talent to make the team. Run a respectable time, run in the trials, yes for sure.

German has the raw talent that on a given day he can do something special,like make the team.

WRONG.

German has no chance either. He got beat by 8 seconds in the gun lap by guys that probably won't make the team.

Yeah, and German was truly at the peak of his potential here. His 3:34 and immense talent are meaningless. 28:06 for 10k is truly a mediocre rust-buster, if he had any chance he would've had to debut in 26:59!

Laramigo wrote:

Fernandez interview.

http://www.flotrack.org/video/946084-german-fernandez-after-10k-debut-at-stanford-invite

Fernandez had a side stitch which slowed him down. Did most of his training alone in Flagstaff. He could have gone sub 28.

It's e reasonable time but not enough to announce that he is back. Just sounds like all those years Webb was going to be back on top...but never made it

Was he smooth??

Bobby Curtis has run 27:24--hardly "B" list.

Maybe so wrote:

No Rio Boy wrote:

Hansons have 4 guys that have run faster in the last year and not one of them has a chance to make the Olympic Team. He is currently ranked somewhere between 15-20 going into the trials and that is where he will finish.

The difference is, truth be told, Hansons runners are b-level runners plain and simple, they do not have the talent to make the team. Run a respectable time, run in the trials, yes for sure.

German has the raw talent that on a given day he can do something special,like make the team.