Phenomenal run by Sam Tanner at the Night of 5s in New Zealand running 13:32 to take 45 seconds off his former PB, finishing second to Julian Oakley who ran 13:29. The race was run in steady rain with Tanner and Oakley dueling it out throughout the entire race. Although I would say it's definitely a time to be expected given Tanner is now a 3:31 1500m runner it's still great to see him actually run it.
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Here on Let's Run potential is much more important than actually going out and doing it. Let's say with that 1500 speed and no rain he's a 13:10 guy.
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GreatDane wrote:
Phenomenal run by Sam Tanner at the Night of 5s in New Zealand running 13:32 to take 45 seconds off his former PB, finishing second to Julian Oakley who ran 13:29. The race was run in steady rain with Tanner and Oakley dueling it out throughout the entire race. Although I would say it's definitely a time to be expected given Tanner is now a 3:31 1500m runner it's still great to see him actually run it.
Not overly impressive for a 3:31 runner
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Not mind-blowing, but a big PR in bad conditions is never a bad race. I wonder if Wightman seeing so much success after building a lot of strength last winter has influenced more 1500 guys to do the same. The idea occurred to me after I saw Kerr ran that 63 half a couple days ago, so I wonder if there's a trend that way.
At the very least the 1500 seems way more strength dominated now than a few years ago. Jakob and Hoare are two of the best and they're both really strong runners, Wightman got to his best after getting stronger, Cheruiyot is a 1:43 guy but he could still solo a 3:29, and it seems like the hoarde of talent below them is generally more 15/5 focused.
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Peach Pit wrote:
Not mind-blowing, but a big PR in bad conditions is never a bad race. I wonder if Wightman seeing so much success after building a lot of strength last winter has influenced more 1500 guys to do the same. The idea occurred to me after I saw Kerr ran that 63 half a couple days ago, so I wonder if there's a trend that way.
At the very least the 1500 seems way more strength dominated now than a few years ago. Jakob and Hoare are two of the best and they're both really strong runners, Wightman got to his best after getting stronger, Cheruiyot is a 1:43 guy but he could still solo a 3:29, and it seems like the hoarde of talent below them is generally more 15/5 focused.
Yes, and Sam Tanner stated explictly in an interview two months ago that he's going to increase his mileage. It's definitely a trend that we're seeing.
''In terms of training, the load hasn’t been crazy. I think next year I’m going to step up in volume by a little bit and that’ll probably get me that bit closer to 3:30, and maybe sub-3:30. This year I was probably doing 100K a week, 60-70 miles a week in the winter or base phase. During the season it’d dip under that, and hopefully this year will be a bit higher.''
Source: Kimbia Athletics
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