Brooks Beast athlete and 1500m World Champion Josh Kerr announced he will make a run at the 2-mile indoor World Record at the 2024 Millrose Games. The record...
So he's got to be over 3s quicker than his 7:33 this year and do an extra 218m, and that's ignoring his comments about going sub8 too.
As a Brit I'd love to see him do it [British Record], but I don't see it happening when you put him up against the other names there + his somewhat inconsistencies in races. Yes he has turned up for the World Champs Gold and Olympic Bronze but there's also been a number of bad races between them. This feels like another case of ego where "if Jakob can do X and I beat him, I should at least be able to get close". As for the sub 8 - that's laughable, but hey, happy to be proven wrong here
Listening to the Citius podcast it sounded like Mo Farah’s indoor WR of 8:03.40 is the real target. If you were going for Sub-8 you'd just go after the more prestigious 3K record in my view. Im not buying the idea that running the 2 mile in ‘Murica is a huge pull. But 7:23/8:00 are aggressive targets and 8:03.4 feels doable. Additionally the 3k record could go down again in Lieven.
P.S. Im sure Mackey would enjoy removing a Farah/NOP record
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So he's got to be over 3s quicker than his 7:33 this year and do an extra 218m, and that's ignoring his comments about going sub8 too.
As a Brit I'd love to see him do it [British Record], but I don't see it happening when you put him up against the other names there + his somewhat inconsistencies in races. Yes he has turned up for the World Champs Gold and Olympic Bronze but there's also been a number of bad races between them. This feels like another case of ego where "if Jakob can do X and I beat him, I should at least be able to get close". As for the sub 8 - that's laughable, but hey, happy to be proven wrong here
As a Brit you clearly don't follow Kerr's results closely enough. He ran 7:33 last year with a 54 last 400 off a slow pace. 26 last 200. He outkicked Grijalva, a 12:52 runner who also ran 7:29 and was 4th in the World Championship 5k in 2023 and 2022.
With his 1500m success, 800m speed, and already demonstrated 3k range it's not crazy to think with a good fall of mileage it's not outrageous to threaten 8 in the 2 mile.
As a Brit you clearly don't follow Kerr's results closely enough. He ran 7:33 last year with a 54 last 400 off a slow pace. 26 last 200. He outkicked Grijalva, a 12:52 runner who also ran 7:29 and was 4th in the World Championship 5k in 2023 and 2022.
With his 1500m success, 800m speed, and already demonstrated 3k range it's not crazy to think with a good fall of mileage it's not outrageous to threaten 8 in the 2 mile.
Just for full accuracy, Kerr's splits were 54.85 with a 26.98 last lap within a race that converts to 8:09.74.
Grijalva's outdoors 7:29.43 is worth an 8:05 2 Mile using the standard 1.08 conversion. The Indoor World Record of 8:03 is worth a 7:27.6 3K roughly. It's not outrageous to think Kerr could get to sub-8, but it would require a big jump from what we've seen from him. That being said he's a man who sets big goals. I think the indoor World Record is a plenty lofty goal unless he has become an athlete equally adept at the 3K/2Mile as the mile a la Jakob or Katir.
As a Brit you clearly don't follow Kerr's results closely enough. He ran 7:33 last year with a 54 last 400 off a slow pace. 26 last 200. He outkicked Grijalva, a 12:52 runner who also ran 7:29 and was 4th in the World Championship 5k in 2023 and 2022.
With his 1500m success, 800m speed, and already demonstrated 3k range it's not crazy to think with a good fall of mileage it's not outrageous to threaten 8 in the 2 mile.
Just for full accuracy, Kerr's splits were 54.85 with a 26.98 last lap within a race that converts to 8:09.74.
Grijalva's outdoors 7:29.43 is worth an 8:05 2 Mile using the standard 1.08 conversion. The Indoor World Record of 8:03 is worth a 7:27.6 3K roughly. It's not outrageous to think Kerr could get to sub-8, but it would require a big jump from what we've seen from him. That being said he's a man who sets big goals. I think the indoor World Record is a plenty lofty goal unless he has become an athlete equally adept at the 3K/2Mile as the mile a la Jakob or Katir.
Just for full accuracy - he ran 7:33 when he was in a heavy training phase. His fitness at the World Championships was MUCH better and he had even lost weight. He easily could have run a 7:27 outdoors, if not faster.
Just for full accuracy - he ran 7:33 when he was in a heavy training phase. His fitness at the World Championships was MUCH better and he had even lost weight. He easily could have run a 7:27 outdoors, if not faster.
Easily is strong. I think he will be in a heavy training phase again, as from all his comments he is looking to have his season replicate last year’s. Anything under 8:03 would be a great result. If he really got sub-8, we should be looking at sub-3:28 outdoors.
I see Kerr as an 800m/1500m type so it would be awesome if he could break 8:00 or come close to it. If he can get even just KINDA close to Jakobs 3k/5k ability Jakobs loss to him isn’t gonna be a fluke. Something to take note of is his difference in physique over the past year. He’s a lot leaner and overall smaller, paired with his longer distance escapades maybe in an attempt to turn into a 1500-5000 guy eventually
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Yes WFT is right. Even with the finely timed indoor tracks and the super spikes, 8:09 would be about the best he can do.
“WFT is right” must have something to do with fungible tokens, right?
What are you guys talking about? Hasn’t it already been pointed out that Kerr closed in 26.98/54.85 in a 7:33 3k at Millrose last year? It seems like a given that he could have run 8:07y that day, and perhaps significantly faster.
Part of your disbelief is a disrespect or misunderstanding of Kerr (i.e. not understanding that he has ample strength for 3k/2 mile, his second best events), part is a misunderstanding of 2-mile times. The distance isn’t contested (let alone time-trialed) by the world’s best very often, but there are plenty of guys every year who could smash 8:10.
<8:03.4 indoor WR seems like a perfect target for Kerr.