Duuuude.... Beast!! It feels like it hasn't been that long since I watched Lagat break the 5000m USA indoor record (the first time at Reebok at 13:11.50), but that was 14 years ago at this point. Incredible job by Blanks. Bravo!
Nico Young won the 3K in 7:37, then doubles back and gets top ten out of 3rd heat in 13:22. How much rest? 3, 4hrs? That's insane. Got to be the most impressive athlete of the meet. Just saying. 27:15 10K this coming spring/summer?
Nico Young won the 3K in 7:37, then doubles back and gets top ten out of 3rd heat in 13:22. How much rest? 3, 4hrs? That's insane. Got to be the most impressive athlete of the meet. Just saying. 27:15 10K this coming spring/summer?
Bosley also doubled, in 7:43/13:29. He is just a bit off of his form last year when he ran was 3rd in xc and ran 13:11 here (or close to that) and the 3k CR 7:36 much later in the season but there's plenty of time to knock that down and the double speaks to his ability to run a very good 10000m on the track as well.
All of the stuff about Blanks being unable to close seems silly now. Crazy, but at his current trajectory, he might have a chance to go to Paris. He doesn’t even train at altitude. Maybe he should take off the spring semester off and go hang with Mike Smith??
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