JOSH MF KERR jogs in to a 3:31.55!!

The best Kenyan talent goes to football, the most popular sport by far in Kenya.

the clear answer wrote:

Big bomb wrote:

Oh right. A guy runs a time that they cannot (which is all alone almost half the race on a high school track in a low key event) and they

You’re right, I don’t think Tim or Jakob could run that time because it is too slow.

Oh yeah, Time and Jakob run that time on a slow track with no competition all the time. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, Tim just ran a second faster. Oh yeah. Oh wait, it was on a super fast Doha track with McSweyn right on him Oh yeah.

This is a fine time and shows that he belongs in the Olympic final and Monaco and so on. Surely, he too has a 3:29 in his future. Kudos to Scotland for producing some very good milers after a long down period.

zcxvzxcv wrote:

The best Kenyan talent goes to football, the most popular sport by far in Kenya.

Same goes for most countries. In Europe, where Kerr is from that's the main sport by far. If European top talent doesn't go there then it goes into Rugby, Tennis, Handball, Ice hockey, Field hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Water Polo, Snowboarding, BMX, Climbing, Mountaineering, Skiing, Surfing, Cycling, Speed cycling, Extreme sports, Boxing, Wrestling, MMA, Judo, Biathlon, Gymnastics, Swimming, Diving, XC skiing, Speed skating, motorcycle racing, car racing, etc, etc, and who knows how many could actually have been unreal athletes if they didn't go for golf, archery, shooting, chess, darts, table tennis, billiards, E-games, etc, etc.

Gimme a break wrote:

the clear answer wrote:

You’re right, I don’t think Tim or Jakob could run that time because it is too slow.

Oh yeah, Time and Jakob run that time on a slow track with no competition all the time. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, Tim just ran a second faster. Oh yeah. Oh wait, it was on a super fast Doha track with McSweyn right on him Oh yeah.

He accurately pointed out that 3:31 is not a time that Tim is incapable of - he literally just ran it in his season opener, contrary to Big bomb's claim.

Kerr has opportunities to run on a fast track with competition whenever he wants to. I'm not going to fault guys running faster because they didn't want to go beat up on a bunch of Portlandites.

Was certainly true when I was a kid. You played soccer in playground before school started, in the mid-morning/mid-afternoon breaks, and at lunchtime. In the evening, you'd often go down to the local 'rec' (recreation ground) to find a pick up game. Kids were often on books of professional clubs (the professional clubs would have have schoolboy teams), so you'd be playing with kids at that level regularly.

As far as running. There were no school-teams as such, other that a trial for area x-country match where you represented the school, and a once a year area track meet. We had no school coaching or training sessions, and yes, a grass-track. If you finished high enough up in the county (state in US) you would represent the county, not the school, in the Inter-Counties x-country Championship or if you were fast enough on the track, you'd qualify for the English Schools.

All the organized training and other competition took place via clubs, and track and x-country leagues. not schools. Very different structure.

WTP, Hard to denigrate a 3:31 even if the tech helps. Ingebrigtsen's indoor 3:31.80 was also an amazing solo effort and he won by 5 seconds and looked like he was out for a training run. Josh will be in the mix..So many on the day will be in it if it's tactical. Have a feeling the last 800 will be a scorcher like when Abdi Bile won the '87 1500 at the World Championships in Rome running 1:46.00 for the last 800!!

You could sort of see this coming. Kerr appeared to be a true beast in college while carrying about ten extra pounds. I always thought that he would be scary good if he dropped that weight (I'm assuming he has done that). This is great to see. Good for JK.

Lopez ok but what? wrote:

This was bananas. Knew he was fast but he's certainly top 5 in the world right now.

So British team is likely Kerr, Wightman, & Grice? Or does West crash the party?

Who is the West you speak of. When is the Olympic trials for Britain, it seems confusing with 10000, marathon, and 1500 happening at different intervals?

Cahpster wrote:

Genetics & living at high altitude in the Highlands Greg will say

Nah, its not having to wear underwear in the summer

Fact check - wearing a rugby jersey doesn’t make you a rugby player! Scullion wasn’t a rugby player! He was two a days in high school as a runner.

NERunner0353 wrote:

Waiting for the brojos to start a thread trying to make this less impressive instead of being excited about the fastest 1500 on US soil.

Not the fastest 1500m on American soil. That honor still belongs to Kejelcha who ran 3:31.25 indoors in his world record mile race.

was he running in Brooks ?

Ok7272 wrote:

Lopez ok but what? wrote:

This was bananas. Knew he was fast but he's certainly top 5 in the world right now.

So British team is likely Kerr, Wightman, & Grice? Or does West crash the party?

Who is the West you speak of. When is the Olympic trials for Britain, it seems confusing with 10000, marathon, and 1500 happening at different intervals?

James West. Had a faster time than both Kerr & Grice last year.

Brooks stated they are not a "competition" company, but a running company. Athletes have green light to wear NIKE, etc. on track and Salomon on HOKA for trail competitions.

They are going to live and die by the Ghost and Adrenaline, but can you blame them if they continue to grow? They might hit $1B soon.

Josh Kerr is the Luka Doncic of running

Any video yet?

Football is a career.

You can easily earn a living. Even in low divisions players are on £50k+ a year.

If you are an equivalent Kerr level talent in football, you'd be extremely rich (£100k a week salary).

Athletics is a hobby.

Idiots. Stop with the shoe stupidity.

By this logic the only true records would be recorded barefoot.

Kerr has been progressing to this since college.

You do not hear Jim Ryun or Gerry Lindgren or Billy Mills complaining about track surfaces or shoes... consider the tracks and shoes they wore!

Unless you want to go back to leather wrapped around your feet dangling nails from your toes on a dirt or cinder track... shut up.

Its not the shoes, and its not the track if everyone is using them. It is hard work.

Albeit.... nail dangling leather and sloppy cinders sounds like the only "real" records to some of these idiots.

what is next? he is too tall... she has too long of legs... it is ridiculous.