Keychain go jangalang wrote:
Mrr82 wrote:You mean 3:34.29 first real race rust buster? Where he didn't attempt to go with leader. 2.35 seconds off converted, and maybe less as Willis is more of a strength than speed guy at this point in his career.
Where do people pulll these bs assesments from? He posted a video of himself last summer running a 300m pr.
A 1500m guy runs a pb for the 300m one year ago and that is a good predictor of performance. Only on letsrun folks.
nbrowne1 wrote:
800m 1:44.3 Peter SNELL AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH 03 Feb 1962
1000m 2:16.57 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 01 Jul 1980
1500m 3:29.66 Nicholas WILLIS HUTT VALLEY H & AC MONACO, MON 17 Jul 2015
Mile 3:49.08 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 07 Jul 1982
2000m 4:51.4 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 30 Jun 1976
3000m 7:36.91 Nicholas WILLIS HUTT VALLEY H & AC OSTRAVA CZE 17 Jun 2014
5000m 13:10.19 Adrian BLINCOE AUCKLAND HEUSDEN BEL 20 Jul 2008
10000m 27:41.95 Dick QUAX AUCKLAND LONDON, GBR 09 Sep 1977
http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/records_con
Willis could get the mile, 2k, 3k, and 5k, and possibly the 10k in a few years. 1k is unlikely and 800m surely out of reach. He has GOAT potential.
nbrowne1 wrote:
800m 1:44.3 Peter SNELL AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH 03 Feb 1962
Gotta love when your national record is so old it's still in hand time not on a synthetic track!!
John Uelses pole vaults record 4.89cm. outdoors to best his indoor 4.88
He becomes the first man to PV 16 foot or better indoors and out.
Willis could probably get all of those records this year if he wanted. The 800m would be the hardest for him, but I think he's within a second or so.
nbrowne1 wrote:
800m 1:44.3 Peter SNELL AUCKLAND CHRISTCHURCH 03 Feb 1962
1000m 2:16.57 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 01 Jul 1980
1500m 3:29.66 Nicholas WILLIS HUTT VALLEY H & AC MONACO, MON 17 Jul 2015
Mile 3:49.08 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 07 Jul 1982
2000m 4:51.4 John WALKER AUCKLAND OSLO, NOR 30 Jun 1976
3000m 7:36.91 Nicholas WILLIS HUTT VALLEY H & AC OSTRAVA CZE 17 Jun 2014
5000m 13:10.19 Adrian BLINCOE AUCKLAND HEUSDEN BEL 20 Jul 2008
10000m 27:41.95 Dick QUAX AUCKLAND LONDON, GBR 09 Sep 1977
http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/records_con
Unless he's on the juice he can't get that 800. 1,000 he could get in a properly done race at full fitness, which is tough to find and execute.
I'm sure Kiprop will be blamed if he doesn't take it out fast enough. As if he's obliged to help others reach their goals.
Nice victimization.
Nobody has blamed the Kenyan athlete for doing anything wrong, don't worry.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Des Linden: "The entire sport" has changed since she first started running Boston.
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
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