NJNY GOES 1-2-3 at Ireland's MORTON MILE

irish don't say mate

I agree that cheers go out to these guys. You go to where the competition is. Houston didn't have a mile and they are doing a mini circuit in Europe getting amazing experience and hopefully having fun too.

I'd give anything to run in second tier European meets and race the mile. Don't be an internet troll and mock their travel, dreams, or results. Support them!!

Yousaidit wrote:

D1onstreetD3insheets wrote:

It is incredibly difficult to gain entry in to a Diamond League race. INCREDIBLY HARD. You have no idea. It is also isn't a walk in the park to make a US Olympic or World Championship team.

That said, they all ran 3:55 miles and swept it (a prestigious mile event in Europe) in dominant fashion. Also, might I add, 5 days after doing something similar in Italy and having traveled across Europe.

That is impressive if you ask me. Even if you take the time out of it, which is fast in of itself, how often do you see training groups do this? It makes the sport fun for them and American fans.

Duh

Very well said. We need to start giving credit where credit is due. These guys deserve a "well done!".

THIS!

Years ago, Arthur Lydiard said that the US should have a ton of guys under 3:55. We should be proud of the fact that we can send guys this fast to international meets who haven't made our Olympic Team.

One too many Guinness if you ask me! (I have some sweet Snapchats lots of the pros)

New to the sport. Seems to me from reading this thread that these guys are young. I assume that they will be getting faster and may have a very bright future.

Future? wrote:

New to the sport. Seems to me from reading this thread that these guys are young. I assume that they will be getting faster and may have a very bright future.

Yes. These guys have a great looking future. Alexander has one of the fastest times of the year in the U.S. (3:36.26) and he just graduated from Oregon last year. He also made the Trials finals and took 7th.

Gregorek has run 3:37 a few times and was also a Trials finalist, nipping Alexander at the line for 6th. He's also a youngun and also, like Alexander, just graduated from Oregon last year.

Merber is about a year older than these guys but still young. Ran 3:34 last year but was hurt most of this outdoor season. As a testimonial to his talent, he still made the Trials finals and took top 10 (9th). Post season he's gone 3:37 for 3rd in Italy and 3:55 for 2nd in the Morton Mile in Ireland.

Bright future for these young bucks!

Are there any other coaches on NYNJ besides Gags?

Any other coaches? wrote:

Are there any other coaches on NYNJ besides Gags?

They have 5 coaches plus some sport psychologists, trainers and even a staff physician (According to their website.). John Trautman and Tom Nohilly seem to be involved in the coaching alongside Gags. They also have a strength and conditioning coach. Seems like a well oiled machine.

Trautman and Nohilly were studs back in the day. Good to see them giving back.

This club is more than mile types. They have a decent crop of distance runners too. Donn Cabral and Travis Mahoney in the steeple. Mike Rutt and Declan Murray in the 800. Reed Connor in the 5000. On the women's side they have Nicole Tully, Steph Schappert, Ashley Higginson, Heather Wilson and a few other up and comers. I can see this team getting stronger and stronger as the years go by.

Didn't Robby Andrews run for NYNJ recently?

remember when Chris Solinsky said he was doing workouts to get to the point where he would be able to run a 3:55-56 last mile in a 5k

It was after that summer where he broke 13:00 a bunch of times I believe.

and then USA's happened.....

"Solinsky had closed in an amazing 3:58.57 for his final 1600 but it was not enough as Lagat split 3:57.80 for the same span. Solinsky’s final 3k was an unreal 7:37. Sadly for Solinsky, this would be the last great race of his career, as he missed the World Championships due to a left hamstring avulsion and would never fully recover."

it was a 13:23 race, bee tee dubs

what i'm trying to say is, no one really cares about 3:55 miles at this point of the season. good for them though, i could never run that fast.

what are you getting at here wrote:

remember when Chris Solinsky said he was doing workouts to get to the point where he would be able to run a 3:55-56 last mile in a 5k

It was after that summer where he broke 13:00 a bunch of times I believe.

and then USA's happened.....

"Solinsky had closed in an amazing 3:58.57 for his final 1600 but it was not enough as Lagat split 3:57.80 for the same span. Solinsky’s final 3k was an unreal 7:37. Sadly for Solinsky, this would be the last great race of his career, as he missed the World Championships due to a left hamstring avulsion and would never fully recover."

it was a 13:23 race, bee tee dubs

what i'm trying to say is, no one really cares about 3:55 miles at this point of the season. good for them though, i could never run that fast.

You are sad and pathetic. Do you realize Solinsky's outdoor career PR for a mile was 3:57.80? Look at his IAAF profile. His indoor best was 3:54.52, barely better than the 3:55 these guys just ran. And that was his CAREER PR. These guys are just getting started.

Saying Lagat broke 4 the last mile of his 5000 is like comparing apples to oranges. He may be the greatest of all time.

No one is saying these guys ran a Gold Medal winning effort. They are rightly getting kudo's for running really fast mile races, in a legit, well known European meet, and taking 1 thru 3. AND being from the same team. AND repping for the USA with a great effort.

Belittling 3:55 mile times as "ho-hum" is not cool and shows your ignorance. Especially when bringing up Solinsky as a comparator. These guys at their young age would beat him in a race 8 out of ten times at the peak of his career.

solinsky ran a 3:54 mile in 2008. He was younger than Kyle Merber is currently. 2 years later he ran 7:34, 12:55, and 26:59. i'm going to safely say that these NJNY guys will never run anywhere close to those times at any point in their careersthe clock is ticking for the NJNY crew according to you (they have 2 years to run equivalents). and you need to get your facts straightI never said they ran a gold medal effort. I said no one cares that they ran 3:55's less than two weeks before the olympics, especially since they didn't qualify.Merber's hamstring could unattached itself rom the bone as well. you never know how long their careers go, but we do know that they weren't as impressive as solinsky was at that age. sorry i brought him up, geeezuzyes, i was being a d*ck, but probably speaking for a lot of people. i brought up solinksy because i think he was an amazing runner and was reminded of his quote about wanting to be fit to run a 3:55 at the end of an international 5k. that's why, the 3:55 sparked a memory and i Letsrun trolled itit IS apples to oranges with him and these guys, because they aren't in the same fruit basket as himlagat may indeed be all time greatest. yes, see, we agree on something.

Financially silly wrote:

That is awesome. Thousands of dollars to travel around the world to run against teammates. Makes sense.

I'd love to get paid to travel around the world with my teammates running Track and being the honored guests from overseas .

wineturtle wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gu4F7PT-c

replay

Uh this video is 3 hours long...where in the video does the mile happen?

PrZ wrote:

wineturtle wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gu4F7PT-c

replay

Uh this video is 3 hours long...where in the video does the mile happen?

Right around 2:44:35 they start talking about the race and introducing the runners. Last event of the meet.