Drew Hunter - 2 mile TT prediction thread

The Floyd wrote:

Dude, you're being a PITA. Stop being so f-ing pedantic. Hunter has run a 3:35 1500. That's closer to 3:53 than 3:56. Obviously pros don't run the mile all that often.

Anyway, it was a solid time trial. Not great, but not terrible either. Conditions were also not great but not terrible. I suspect that Drew thought he'd run faster, but it's a decent solo effort and a fine starting point to build from here. Lots of runners have been running time trials lately for obvious reasons, as have I, and it's really, really hard to run fast in a solo effort, esp when you go out too fast like it turns out Drew did. I don't care how good a runner you are, it's a lonely and tough haul home when you're running solo and fading in the second half of a time trial.

Thanks for the thoughtful comment. It would be nice to have more like these.

not banned wrote:

Can’t wait for Young to split faster than that whenever he decides to drop his 5k time trial

Yeah that's not happening.

fact checker 642572498 wrote:

The time trial was prescribed by his coach, he didn't run it just to please us. He should be donating more than 10k out of his own pocket because he has a 7 figure contract. And with 33 million Americans unemployed and 1 in 5 kids going hungry, that money should stay in America.

You are a crappy human being. We failed you.

Easy man, Robbie was a grade school spelling bee and math bee city champ.

Centro is good for 2nd in this race. 1:59 last 800 for his 8:41 win.

German

Centro

Verzbicas

Nico/Hunter/Derrick

I like how this thread has transformed.

Okay, in the "Somewhat all-time high school stud, who you got" thread, I'm taking Luke.

Mr. Oakley wrote:

jhlkjhlkjhjlkhkl wrote:

German would toast Hunter and all of them. He ran 8:34 3200 like 2 hrs after 4:01 1600 the day after a 1600 prelim in 4:11....and then ran 8:34 2 mile in a high school race...unlike Verzbicas who did 8:29 dead last with a personal pacer at Pre. Nico Young probably would get last although it would be close between him and Hunter. Could always throw in Chris Derrick in HS too, he soloed 13:55 5k at Arcadia then got mono and didn't run any big 2 miles his senior year.

Centro is good for 2nd in this race. 1:59 last 800 for his 8:41 win.

German

Centro

Verzbicas

Nico/Hunter/Derrick

Yea people forget Centro's 2 mile but the way he split it shows us he could've been decently under 8:40

reedfischer'schlong wrote:

Mr. Oakley wrote:

Centro is good for 2nd in this race. 1:59 last 800 for his 8:41 win.

German

Centro

Nico/Hunter/Derrick

Yea people forget Centro's 2 mile but the way he split it shows us he could've been decently under 8:40

Correct me if I am wrong but Verzbicas, Drew, and German all were better Milers than Centro in highschool right?

Argument for Verzbicas:

He raced through an era of guys and dominated many different types of runners. Out kicked Gedyon, Austin Mudd, and Oshier while going sub 4. Beat XC beasts like lutz, ches, and futsum. Then he clearly had 5k range too since he was like a 14:0X guy by himself in that insane indoor triple which is somewhat comparable to Fernandez's double.

I want to give it to Fernandez if it wouldn't be Verzbicas but then you think about how Hunter is a few seconds faster than all of them in the mile/1600 and has 1:48 speed.

Nico has the unfortunate coincidence that he essentially doesn't have a senior track season so basing off the fact that sprout paced him to his 2 mile last year and the insane 7:56 in a pro race if I remember correctly.

I give it to Verzbicas or Hunter. Hunter seems to have all the pros of the best guys lukas faced by himself. Strong finisher, 14:48 speed, Faster footlocker winning time and Verzbicas seemed to actually dominate those guys

macdaddy wrote:

LateRunnerPhil wrote:

In an interview yesterday, (Drew) said his brother Jacob will be pacing... but (Jacob) might struggle to run faster than 4:20 since it's not a race and he is in the middle of high mileage XC training

Who the heck is in the middle of high mileage XC training in early May?! ???

Guys who spring track season was canceled? Seems like doing a high milege block in March, April,May, a couple easy weeks in june and then building up to the fall makes a ton of sense to me.

I love the donation but why a Haitian charity? How about donating to a local food bank and or domestic charity for Covid-19 victims?

We need to start taking care of people in our country before other countries especially in a time of crisis in our own backyard.

BUTTHOLE SURFER wrote:

I love the donation but why a Haitian charity? How about donating to a local food bank and or domestic charity for Covid-19 victims?

We need to start taking care of people in our country before other countries especially in a time of crisis in our own backyard.

Re-read the thread.

Two 4:18 miles gets you an 8:36. Every time I’ve run a 4:18 mile I’ve been able to step off the track and stop running because I’m done with the race.

8:36 time trial in those conditions during this distracting COVID-19 stuff alone is good. I’m surprised he ran during the daytime too.

Did any of you actually think he’d run a new PB alone in a time trial in early May?! If so, you’ve lost permission to comment about professional runners for 1 year as a penalty because you don’t know much about running.

round and round wrote:

Two 4:18 miles gets you an 8:36. Every time I’ve run a 4:18 mile I’ve been able to step off the track and stop running because I’m done with the race.

8:36 time trial in those conditions during this distracting COVID-19 stuff alone is good. I’m surprised he ran during the daytime too.

Did any of you actually think he’d run a new PB alone in a time trial in early May?! If so, you’ve lost permission to comment about professional runners for 1 year as a penalty because you don’t know much about running.

chill out brother

Verzbicas would win that race so easily. Sub-8:30 for a full deuce is 8:26.0 for 3,200 meters, a full 8+ seconds or 60 meters ahead of German, in second.

That's true! Time for JS to step in and make Drew great!

Love the Tinmen singlet

BUTTHOLE SURFER wrote:

I love the donation but why a Haitian charity? How about donating to a local food bank and or domestic charity for Covid-19 victims?

We need to start taking care of people in our country before other countries especially in a time of crisis in our own backyard.

Because he didn't want the money to go to any butthole American who was as peabrained and clueless as you.

Oh, and as clearly reported, he has two sisters adopted from H-A-I-T-I. Kenya diggit? I'm sorry. Let me change that to "America diggit?", for your sake.

fact checker 642572498 wrote:

The time trial was prescribed by his coach, he didn't run it just to please us. He should be donating more than 10k out of his own pocket because he has a 7 figure contract. And with 33 million Americans unemployed and 1 in 5 kids going hungry, that money should stay in America.

Love to see it. America: where capitalism is supreme and only ok if it benefits the good ol' boys. Drew chose to raise money to benefit something near and dear for him and everyone who donated chose to spend their own money on it. Man, get off the message boards and go do something to make you happy and stop being so miserable.

I was in attendance at Craig Virgin's race that day, and it was over 90 degrees with no wind and painfully hot. I remember feeling sick from the heat and my dad telling me to cool off under the stands. I'm also from Mt. Prospect, IL where the race was held.