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Hey running nerds--Long Island Mile fields are out. I hope you like them. This year's race is Wednesday, September 5th and it's being held at Bay Shore HS. If you're in the city, it's an easy train ride. Pros will go off at 8:45PM. You can also sign up to run yourself at LongIslandMile.com!
The meet records are 3:53.91 (David Torrence 2015) and 4:26.87 (Amanda Eccleston 2016) and it's worth a 5k bonus if you win (on top of the 3k ftw), and 1k if you lose, but get under. I think these fields can do that. Osika ran 4:25 almost solo last weekend. Schneider was 4:27 at Falmouth (Schlachtenhaufen was basically 4:27). Lipari was 4:28 at West Chester and of course there is a very fit Emma Coburn stepping down.
On the men's side OHare is clearly fit. Charles PT likes to push and keep it honest. Blankenship is weird, but a good guy and obviously capable of it. Avila just took down that stacked field at Murphey. Grice is fit. You can't count out Colby this time of year. And then there is the storyline of Ben Flanagan and if he can turn 7 mile strength into a sub 4 minute mile in a matter of a couple weeks.
The track we normally run it on is under construction, so we moved to Bay Shore which has massive massive turns. Maybe bigger than Oxy. It will be good to run fast, and if they're smart, they won't leave it to the final straight away because there isn't much of one. A lot of depth this year, and odds of someone who I didn't just mention winning is good. I don't know what the exact bonus will be for leading at 1309m yet, gotta analyze the budget further, but hoping to bump it up to really incentivize a fast pace. I am excited for it AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO!
https://twitter.com/HokaLIMile/status/1034222500966612993
Men
Chris O'Hare (2017 Winner) Adidas 3:52.9/3:32.1
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot Asics 3:54.5/3:34.2
Graham Crawford HOKA NJNY 3:56.0/3:37.0
Sam Parsons Adidas 4:03.2/3:38.1
Ben Blankenship Nike 3:53.0/3:34.2
Neil Gourley Scotland 3:57.1/3:35.9
Eric Avila Adidas 3:55.4/3:36.3
Sam McEntee Australia 3:57.0/3:36.8
Charlie Grice Nike 3:52.6/3:33.6
Rob Napolitano HOKA NJNY 3:57.4/3:38.0
Daniel Herrera High Performance West 3:56.1/3:39.4
Colby Alexander HOKA NJNY 3:54.9/3:34.8
Cristian Soratos Adidas 3:54.2/3:36.7
Ben Flanagan Canada 4:07.0/3:47.6
Women
Emily Lipari (2017 Champ) Adidas 4:28.6/4:05.6
Amanda Eccleston (2015-16 Champ) Brooks 4:25.6/4:03.2
Kate Van Buskirk Nike 4:26.9/4:05.3
Shannon Osika Nike 4:25.4/4:06.1
Danielle Aragon HOKA NJYNY 4:34.7/4:09.0
Emma Coburn New Balance 4:29.8/4:05.1
Stephanie Schappert HOKA NJNY 4:30.0/4:09.4
Cory McGee New Balance 4:27.6/4:06.2
Ce'Aira Brown HOKA NJNY 4:31.7/4:09.4
Rachel Schneider Under Armour 4:25.6/4:06.9
Helen Schlachtenhaufen Saucony 4:27.0/4:06.0
Nikki Hiltz Adidas 4:32.2/4:09.1
Katrina Coogan New Balance 4:32.0/4:12.0
Sara Sutherland Saucony 4:30.6/4:06.4