Yared lost the Road Mile Race/WR to Elliot Giles, then beat Jakob in the Zurich DL 1500m race that Josh finished 5th in who then destroyed the Fifth Avenue Mile Record - weird season!
I mean that’s the way you make running exciting. Having one dominant champion from competition to competition usually gets boring. The only reason it wasn’t boring with Bolt was because of his natural star power, and because he was hitting historic times. Most track athletes are not as charismatic as he was. TLDR, track athletes are boring people, stuff like this makes it exciting.
Right, there are so many world 'elites' right now at the 1500m, that world records could happen regularly. This new bunch is running fast from the very beginning as opposed to running more slowly and trying to rely on the kick.
@@robford3211Kerr has been mopping the floor over Jakob the past couple of years when they go h2h. Jakob cracks under pressure when facing Kerr by and large, with minor exceptions.
@@robford3211 whoa whoa whoa! Let’s not go there. I love them both tbh. Kerr is the better competitor but Jakob is the better runner. Jakob’s best events will be the 3000 and 5000. I just wish he grabs the wr for 1500 and mile so he can finally focus on the longer distances.
@@Nextman916 couldnt be mroe wrong, jakob hasnt beaten him everytime they faced besides the olympics which he made mistakes he acknowleged and the other time due to sickness, jakob is far and away better, and it has been in less than a year span that he ahs been beaten, you are obviously short sighted, havent been watching the sport for long, or just stupid, all athletes have dips, and those "minor exceptions" are the vast majority they have faced in championship or olympic races. the real "minority exceptions" but your obviously are kerr winning, youre likely stupid as biased as you have this view hopefully you can look past the span of the last year and do some real research.
Fun fact: Sydney Maree was originally from South Africa, but he moved to the US due the international sanctions against South African athletes participating internationally due to apartheid.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 The decline comes after a pretty steep incline so there's positives and negatives in the course. Either way it was an excellent performance for his last race of the year - hopefully he can stay injury-free for next year.
Not a big fan of him. Blaming the running industry for his lack of marketing of himself for not getting a sponsorship until this year is ridiculous. I ran 16’30 and 77’37 (5k, half) and somehow I was able to get free shoes, apparel, nutrition, and travel stipends from multiple brands. It’s not up to the brands to find you, you have to either hire an agent or do it yourself 😂
I’m thinking that Josh Kerr had some time off after the Olympics and had a few too many beers and kebabs then I think he got back into the game as he said he had about three weeks of altitude training before diamond league Zurich. He ran slow in Zurich so I’m guessing during his three weeks of training he was just getting mileage in and not really any speed tuning up work and then he goes and runs this crazy time, yes I know there was a bit of downhill and tailwind. I’m guessing we saw a similar thing with nuguse where he ran not that quick at the road mile he did a few weeks ago but then he went and won the 1500m diamond league. I’m guessing with him he didn’t properly taper and get the right speed work in until Zurich. It just goes to show that a good taper with the intense speed work is very important but it doesn’t take up much of the athletes training. They’re doing higher mileage and less intensity most of the time. Seems like the tapering and specific repetition workouts are like the cherry on top and the decorations. They don’t take much time and you do them at the end of the production but they’re essential for the final product and can be tricky to perfect.
@@TheSteinbitthe’s had more than 1 good race this year. indoor 2 mile world record of 8:00, 3,000m gold at indoor worlds, a 3:45 mile in Eugene, silver in the olympic final with a 3:27, and a 3:44 in this race obliterating everyone else. I think this is probably his best year yet
For it not being a WR, based on the criteria for other road races the problem for this course is the elevation drop from start to finish, which is over the 1m drop per 1km that is allowed. And then the other issue is that the start and finish are not within half the distance of the race from eachother based on a straight path between them.
An enjoyable race but between the strong tailwind, the halfway incentive and a field which doesnt hold a candle to Zurich, let alone the Olympics, it’s not clear how Kerr’s performance can be said to rival the best performances of 2024. Does anybody really think Kerr’s performance here really compares to, say Jakob’s 3k world record?
"And was really able to challenge the world's best." He beat Ingebritsen in the World Champs and got an Olympic silver! He's already one of the world's best, no? Or are you talking about road racing?
He means that the scale on the X and Y axes are not equal. Otherwise, at 5280 feet in a mile the X axis would be almost 200 time longer that the Y axis and I would need a much bigger iPhone to read it. The steepness of the up and downs is therefore dramatically exaggerated. Hope that makes sense 👍🏻
I don’t know how no one is explaining this, IT IS NOT THE DOWNHILL THAT MAKES THIS COURSE NOT RECORD ELIGIBLE 😂 the course is point to point. to be eligible the start and finish can’t be more than half the total race distance apart. So for a mile race, the start and finish must be within a half mile of each other. Net downhill is one of the reasons for that rule, but it is not THE reason this course isn’t eligible. How is no one in running media explaining this properly???? 😅
In the post-race interview Josh said he doesn't really get excited by going for fast times just for the hell of it - racing opponents, as in the Worlds & Olympics, is what excites him. If he stays injury-free over the winter he'll be tough to beat next season.
Nuguse and Ingebrigtsen would have smashed Kerr in this race. Unfortunatly they decided to run the Diamond League final instead of this big local race.
Whilst ingebritsen is the number 1, it's only just. Multiple athletes such as Kerr, nugusse, Hocker, Wightman can beat him in races and he's definitely strongest when he has a pacer rather than a 'genuine tactical race'. Kerr has the tactics and ability to claim gold at next Olympics. At the moment he is best placed to beat ingebritsen and the 1500m, mile, 2 mile, 3000m and 5000m are all really competitive at the moment which is great. The rivalries are all drawing attention and I believe a new middle distance league with 1500m to 10000m distances needs setting up with massive sponsorship and better TV coverage.
He ran a faster mile on the road where you are not allowed to wear spikes than he did on a track where you ARE allowed to wear spikes. (I mean, you CAN legally wear spikes, but do you really want to damage your spikes and spend money on extras?) He's only a second behind the mile world record, absolutely incredible. I think he can run faster than that on the track with more training as well. Also, running your 800m pr after running a 2 flat 800 is absolutely nuts, I know for SURE that if I ran a 2:30 800, if I ran an 800 of 2:12, I'm NOT throwing down a 2:12 after a 2:30 first 800.
What happened to Kerr in the last diamond league? Was he saving himself for this? Was it just not his day in Zurich? Understanding this helps build an understanding of an athlete’s abilities. It’s a lot less interesting when you have no clue if an athlete will perform well or just won’t one day for an unknown reason
Kerr should try and run 3'42" in a true track race. If he does not then it is meaningless. He needs to break a real world record outdoor which everybody cares.
I believe if it is true that Kerr went crazy it is not safe to allow him to continue to compete in public. If he is taking medication for this condition is it violating the doping restrictions? It may be the reason for him running faster than he ever has before. If it is truly "unbelievable" that he could sprint so fast downhill the authorities should consider the possibility he is getting a "boost" from his psych meds.
Once again I will ask you to please try and describe a great sporting achievement with words other than ‘crazy’ or ‘insane’. We have better attention spans than that and these words that you are using are juvenile and awful. It makes me cringe to see someone that cannot think of alternative and more intelligent, interesting and respectful words. We are not all Americans who copy all the same common and inaccurate words from the internet!! Surely you learnt other words in your so called high education system!!
Which people are thinking that Jacob avoid meeting Kerr on the road,if anybofy avoid meeting someone of the two,it must be Kerr.Was Kerr in Oslo,in Monaco,in Lausanne,in Silesia?Will he be at the finals in Brussel?I think he can't,because he maybe is not qualified.Asking of why Jacob avoid meeting Kerr in a anonymous race in New York,while he is preparing for the finals at the Diamond League in Brussel,where I think he again will go for a really fast time,because it then will be a new week since his little infection so he will be much more recovered,and may be back in his form from Silesia.
That would place him 5th all time in the mile on the track. Something seems a little off here, running that slow to begin and nearly breaking the mile world record is impossible.
Second half is downhill, plus Kerr mentioned that there was a big tailwind. Because it is a linear course, the tailwind would give a sizeable advantage over a span of 800 meters
You clearly have done no research, it's not exactly that simple. The course has a hill in the middle. It's not entirely downhill, and the tailwind was unmeasurable seeing as it's an entire mile? Like? Why even say anything when you know nothing at all.
@@jacobdoyle420 Learn better grammar when you insult someone and lay off the 420. There is a reason that course isn't ratified and Giles WR still stands. Kerr ran 1.44m for the last 800m
Calling this his greatest race is crazy, a downhill road race. There's a big reason he lost last week and was beaten by a 19 year old and did not run the Diamond League final and go for a world record there.
Kerr said in the after race interview that he finds it difficult to stay motivated to run at a high level every race. I understood that without Kerr having to explain himself. It's common sense. I don't know what you were going on about.
Yared lost the Road Mile Race/WR to Elliot Giles, then beat Jakob in the Zurich DL 1500m race that Josh finished 5th in who then destroyed the Fifth Avenue Mile Record - weird season!
Yeah it just goes to show how your race is affected by outside forces. Anything can happen!
The best comment 😂
Nah I would say this is pretty normal, it's rare for even world/national record holders to dominate to the point of winning most races
AND COLE HOCKER BEAT ALL THESE LIL BROS
I mean that’s the way you make running exciting. Having one dominant champion from competition to competition usually gets boring. The only reason it wasn’t boring with Bolt was because of his natural star power, and because he was hitting historic times. Most track athletes are not as charismatic as he was.
TLDR, track athletes are boring people, stuff like this makes it exciting.
What a great era this is for 1500m/mile racing. These guys need to grab all the WRs to stamp it as the best ever.
Right, there are so many world 'elites' right now at the 1500m, that world records could happen regularly. This new bunch is running fast from the very beginning as opposed to running more slowly and trying to rely on the kick.
Too bad they're paid chickenfeed. The prize for being one of the fastest on earth is $5000.
What other pro sport pays that little to the very best?
Went down to 5th ave to watch this live. It is really something else to see Kerr run in person.
Kerr mentioned there was a decent tailwind in his post race interview. Still, a cracking run.
I just saw Josh Kerr last week in Edinburgh, Scotland at my athletics club 😅, how incredible to see him do so well❤
Kinda suggests that athletes are not machines and have good days and not-so-good days. This was a very good day for Kerr. Amazing run!!!
@@stevewashington4372 No kidding, Sherlock, you don't say?
That's always the case unless the athlete is on something.
@@Tritiuminducedfusion It was a worthwhile comment I thought.
@@Tritiuminducedfusion would somebody give this man a Snickers
3:45 on the track this year and then 3:44 on road…Kerr is a beast.
@garystroup
Kerr talks way too much : he is definitely a great miler but not as talented or accomplished as Jacob
@@robford3211Kerr has been mopping the floor over Jakob the past couple of years when they go h2h. Jakob cracks under pressure when facing Kerr by and large, with minor exceptions.
@@robford3211 whoa whoa whoa! Let’s not go there. I love them both tbh. Kerr is the better competitor but Jakob is the better runner. Jakob’s best events will be the 3000 and 5000. I just wish he grabs the wr for 1500 and mile so he can finally focus on the longer distances.
@@Nextman916 couldnt be mroe wrong, jakob hasnt beaten him everytime they faced besides the olympics which he made mistakes he acknowleged and the other time due to sickness, jakob is far and away better, and it has been in less than a year span that he ahs been beaten, you are obviously short sighted, havent been watching the sport for long, or just stupid, all athletes have dips, and those "minor exceptions" are the vast majority they have faced in championship or olympic races. the real "minority exceptions" but your obviously are kerr winning, youre likely stupid as biased as you have this view hopefully you can look past the span of the last year and do some real research.
Thr Jacok fan boys are so cringe
Wow... I didn't even know this race took place. Congrats to Josh Kerr on this amazing time!
Well done Josh .
What a beast, man! I love the straight out mile! It's such a cool race, man! Way to go, Kerr! Kessler fought like a beast. Props
Fun fact: Sydney Maree was originally from South Africa, but he moved to the US due the international sanctions against South African athletes participating internationally due to apartheid.
The tiny nation of Scotland holding both the male and female records, what are the odds...
The big guns aren’t racing this event perhaps?
Are big guns even good at running? 💁♂️@TheSteinbitt
@@bh4560 Not a native English speaker I presume;)
The video should mention the tailwind. Great run though.
So excited to see what Hobbs can do in the next few years and LA in 2028
Him and Laros are the future of mid distance.
Really good coverage, thanks.
1:44 800m split is absurd that’s only about 4 seconds slower than the 800m world record after having ran another 800m before
That fast second half was clearly due to the decline in elevation to the finish. 27 ' elevation down to about 15' at the finish.
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 yeah but its still pretty insane 4 meters of elevation dont make that much of a difference, maybe 1/2 seconds
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 The decline comes after a pretty steep incline so there's positives and negatives in the course.
Either way it was an excellent performance for his last race of the year - hopefully he can stay injury-free for next year.
He is not this weekend in the final?
Eric Holt with a respectable 3:59.
I enjoy watching him. His form is so unique. You can tell it is him from a mile away
Not a big fan of him. Blaming the running industry for his lack of marketing of himself for not getting a sponsorship until this year is ridiculous. I ran 16’30 and 77’37 (5k, half) and somehow I was able to get free shoes, apparel, nutrition, and travel stipends from multiple brands. It’s not up to the brands to find you, you have to either hire an agent or do it yourself 😂
Incredible!!!!
He looked superb in that last 800m. Very impressive speed endurance.
I’m thinking that Josh Kerr had some time off after the Olympics and had a few too many beers and kebabs then I think he got back into the game as he said he had about three weeks of altitude training before diamond league Zurich. He ran slow in Zurich so I’m guessing during his three weeks of training he was just getting mileage in and not really any speed tuning up work and then he goes and runs this crazy time, yes I know there was a bit of downhill and tailwind. I’m guessing we saw a similar thing with nuguse where he ran not that quick at the road mile he did a few weeks ago but then he went and won the 1500m diamond league. I’m guessing with him he didn’t properly taper and get the right speed work in until Zurich. It just goes to show that a good taper with the intense speed work is very important but it doesn’t take up much of the athletes training. They’re doing higher mileage and less intensity most of the time. Seems like the tapering and specific repetition workouts are like the cherry on top and the decorations. They don’t take much time and you do them at the end of the production but they’re essential for the final product and can be tricky to perfect.
Was not expecting that
Why not? He won last year too
I don’t know if Kerr will be at Diamond League Finals or not but regardless this year has been amazing !!!
He won’t, he’s only got one good performance per season it seems.
He will not. He said it is to hard mentaly to run sub 3:30 again this season. If he tried he would have a black out he said.
? Hes had at least 3 standout performances this season @TheSteinbitt
@@TheSteinbitthe’s had more than 1 good race this year. indoor 2 mile world record of 8:00, 3,000m gold at indoor worlds, a 3:45 mile in Eugene, silver in the olympic final with a 3:27, and a 3:44 in this race obliterating everyone else. I think this is probably his best year yet
@@trevorturner8037 Inly Olympics was good, two miles, downhill park run and indoor stuff, nobody cares.
Bout time SOMEONE posted a time like this in this race...........what took so long?
For it not being a WR, based on the criteria for other road races the problem for this course is the elevation drop from start to finish, which is over the 1m drop per 1km that is allowed.
And then the other issue is that the start and finish are not within half the distance of the race from eachother based on a straight path between them.
Talk about the Paralympics
Amazing fast time much faster than anyone in this era on this course
I don’t know who I’m rooting for Josh Kerr or Jakob lmao
Downhill and tail wind on a straight road. Not sure how legitimate this time really is. However, great 800m finish in any circumstance.
No wonder he ran so fast. He was trying to get out of the city as fast as possible.
Why! It’s a great city❤
It used to be
Yikes!! Super fast closing 800m.
Jakob is waiting....
An enjoyable race but between the strong tailwind, the halfway incentive and a field which doesnt hold a candle to Zurich, let alone the Olympics, it’s not clear how Kerr’s performance can be said to rival the best performances of 2024. Does anybody really think Kerr’s performance here really compares to, say Jakob’s 3k world record?
Yes.
Josh Kerr is better than Jakob
"And was really able to challenge the world's best." He beat Ingebritsen in the World Champs and got an Olympic silver! He's already one of the world's best, no? Or are you talking about road racing?
"really able to challenge the worlds best" ... Get real, he's already doing that...and he is one of the worlds best.... duhhhh
I was there,good race each yr
Should make video on jakob at copenhagen half
The 1500m WR is on borrowed time now it seems.
i'm confused. the elevation chart says not to scale. how? it shows feet in the y axis???
He means that the scale on the X and Y axes are not equal. Otherwise, at 5280 feet in a mile the X axis would be almost 200 time longer that the Y axis and I would need a much bigger iPhone to read it. The steepness of the up and downs is therefore dramatically exaggerated. Hope that makes sense 👍🏻
It can't be to scale because you need something in the middle to balance both sides 🦧⚖️🫡
Slight downhill with a tail wind will do the 1:44 second half.
was there tailwind?
whenever "elevation change" is mentioned, it is "downhill"!
Overall definitely, but there is still a reasonable kick up before half way, which would slow most runners and affect their rhythm.
Overall, yes. But not that much. Good hill in the middle. Still, a 1:45 at the end is unreal, tailwind or not.
Maybe Kerr is not as a 100m metter kicker as he might think, maybe could attack a 1500m world record from the beginning
This is not crazy for Josh’s standard in a downhill run. A slight downhill for the second half gives a crazy boost
I don’t know how no one is explaining this, IT IS NOT THE DOWNHILL THAT MAKES THIS COURSE NOT RECORD ELIGIBLE 😂 the course is point to point. to be eligible the start and finish can’t be more than half the total race distance apart. So for a mile race, the start and finish must be within a half mile of each other. Net downhill is one of the reasons for that rule, but it is not THE reason this course isn’t eligible. How is no one in running media explaining this properly???? 😅
We all wanna know what is TRP’s mile time!?
In the post-race interview Josh said he doesn't really get excited by going for fast times just for the hell of it - racing opponents, as in the Worlds & Olympics, is what excites him.
If he stays injury-free over the winter he'll be tough to beat next season.
Perhaps because he hasn’t really set any fast times? He’s more of a sit and kick guy.
Any thoughts on Duplantis vs Warholm?
Nuguse and Ingebrigtsen would have smashed Kerr in this race. Unfortunatly they decided to run the Diamond League final instead of this big local race.
Ingebrigtsen can't touch kerr in the mile
@@CrossCountryRun Strange
@@CrossCountryRun Jakobs 1 mile time is 3.43.73
Kerr in a downhill race with tailwind managed 3.44.3
You said?
Whilst ingebritsen is the number 1, it's only just. Multiple athletes such as Kerr, nugusse, Hocker, Wightman can beat him in races and he's definitely strongest when he has a pacer rather than a 'genuine tactical race'. Kerr has the tactics and ability to claim gold at next Olympics. At the moment he is best placed to beat ingebritsen and the 1500m, mile, 2 mile, 3000m and 5000m are all really competitive at the moment which is great. The rivalries are all drawing attention and I believe a new middle distance league with 1500m to 10000m distances needs setting up with massive sponsorship and better TV coverage.
Kerr's best shot was this year. He would 30 by the next Olympics.
It sounds impossible
Excellent performance ❤❤❤
Notice he wasn't wearing a watch. Different from recreational
I don’t Kerr 😂
What about Josh's brother Nick Kerr?
And his sister Coo
Kerr is so special!😮
They are allowed to use extra bouncy shoes on road races?
He ran a faster mile on the road where you are not allowed to wear spikes than he did on a track where you ARE allowed to wear spikes. (I mean, you CAN legally wear spikes, but do you really want to damage your spikes and spend money on extras?) He's only a second behind the mile world record, absolutely incredible. I think he can run faster than that on the track with more training as well. Also, running your 800m pr after running a 2 flat 800 is absolutely nuts, I know for SURE that if I ran a 2:30 800, if I ran an 800 of 2:12, I'm NOT throwing down a 2:12 after a 2:30 first 800.
5th place 😂
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Still got silver tho😙
Flat ground would be easier to run fast than going up and down, so this is actually more impressive.
not really because the end was 4 meters below the start. if the end was at the same height of the start maybe you would be right.
What happened to Kerr in the last diamond league? Was he saving himself for this? Was it just not his day in Zurich?
Understanding this helps build an understanding of an athlete’s abilities.
It’s a lot less interesting when you have no clue if an athlete will perform well or just won’t one day for an unknown reason
There were reports of him being ill before the last diamond league
@@maxb148 ah fair enough! Thank you
Josh Kerr is the true Olympic Champ!
if he was the true champ he would have a OL gold - does he?
Clickbait title. I could not find a single source stating that Josh is suffering from a mental disorder.
Isn't this race slightly down hill?
Did you not see the graph at 3:00 to show the elevation change over one mile??
Yeah very slightly
Kerr should try and run 3'42" in a true track race. If he does not then it is meaningless. He needs to break a real world record outdoor which everybody cares.
I believe if it is true that Kerr went crazy it is not safe to allow him to continue to compete in public. If he is taking medication for this condition is it violating the doping restrictions? It may be the reason for him running faster than he ever has before. If it is truly
"unbelievable" that he could sprint so fast downhill the authorities should consider the possibility he is getting a "boost" from his psych meds.
What a joke. 😅
Are you alright?
Actually that would be Cole Hocker
I think you are on the wrong video. Cole Hocker did run in this race.
Are you illiterate?
Once again I will ask you to please try and describe a great sporting achievement with words other than ‘crazy’ or ‘insane’. We have better attention spans than that and these words that you are using are juvenile and awful. It makes me cringe to see someone that cannot think of alternative and more intelligent, interesting and respectful words. We are not all Americans who copy all the same common and inaccurate words from the internet!! Surely you learnt other words in your so called high education system!!
Won by 6 entire seconds.
Good lord.
And ppl wonder why jakob avoids him on the roads.....
Which people are thinking that Jacob avoid meeting Kerr on the road,if anybofy avoid meeting someone of the two,it must be Kerr.Was Kerr in Oslo,in Monaco,in Lausanne,in Silesia?Will he be at the finals in Brussel?I think he can't,because he maybe is not qualified.Asking of why Jacob avoid meeting Kerr in a anonymous race in New York,while he is preparing for the finals at the Diamond League in Brussel,where I think he again will go for a really fast time,because it then will be a new week since his little infection so he will be much more recovered,and may be back in his form from Silesia.
I don't think Ingebrigsen avoids Kerr. Jacob races a lot more than Kerr does. Josh is fairly selective about how often he races.
That would place him 5th all time in the mile on the track. Something seems a little off here, running that slow to begin and nearly breaking the mile world record is impossible.
Hes 6th all time already on the track. Nothing seems off atall tbh exactly what you would expect
Plus the 2nd half all pretty much downhill hence the huge negative split
You'd expect the elevation will have played a part in the second half being so much faster as it's mostly downhill...
Second half is downhill, plus Kerr mentioned that there was a big tailwind. Because it is a linear course, the tailwind would give a sizeable advantage over a span of 800 meters
Wtf are you even talking about 🤡?
mate, it was down hill with a tail wind. Curb your enthusiasm
You clearly have done no research, it's not exactly that simple. The course has a hill in the middle. It's not entirely downhill, and the tailwind was unmeasurable seeing as it's an entire mile? Like? Why even say anything when you know nothing at all.
@@jacobdoyle420 Learn better grammar when you insult someone and lay off the 420. There is a reason that course isn't ratified and Giles WR still stands. Kerr ran 1.44m for the last 800m
@@sunnydays5581 Pot calling the kettle black lmfao.
Calling this his greatest race is crazy, a downhill road race. There's a big reason he lost last week and was beaten by a 19 year old and did not run the Diamond League final and go for a world record there.
Kerr said in the after race interview that he finds it difficult to stay motivated to run at a high level every race. I understood that without Kerr having to explain himself. It's common sense. I don't know what you were going on about.
The last half is downhill so....
You couldn't run an 8 min mile "downhill"... so 🤷♂️.
Post your times, mouth. They are all running the same course, you donk.
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