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Purely hypothetical of course. Let’s say you have a fairly good-for-age 12 year old that can run a 30 second 200 and a 6:00 mile. Let’s also say they live in a complete vacuum and the only thing they want to do with their life is break 4:00 in the mile at any point, whether it’s at 18 or 28 years old. If you were their hypothetical coach, would it be more effective to train them like a 400 runner until they break 60, then an 800 runner until they break 2:00, then a miler until they finally break 4:00, or should you just stick with miler training? In my mind, since you’re working with them over many years with one goal while they go through puberty, evolving the training as they develop seems reasonable, but the simple argument of “they’re a miler. Train them like a miler” definitely holds water.

(We got quite desperate for conversation topics on our long run this morning)

My city has a proud middle distance/distance running history. Former Olympic champions, world record holders etc. However in the last few years the middle distance/distance running community has imploded. People don’t seem to care about training with other people - they’d rather do their own personalised sessions. Barely anyone new is getting into it. Clubs that once used to be massive barely have anyone turning up to club workouts. No one is interested in socialising outside of the training. The clubs never get any teams in races anymore. Why is everyone so individualistic these days? And how can this be reversed?

Everyone said Keely had a 98.93% chance of winning 😂Odira is the reigning world champ in case you forgot!!

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Event	Time (local)	Athletes
Women's Hammer	12:00 PM	Camryn Rogers, DeAnna Price, Jie Zhao, Rachel Richeson, Anita Wlodarczyk, Jiale Zhang, Erin Reese, Annette Echikunwoke, Janee' Kassanavoid
Women's Shot Put	12:30 PM	Jessica Schilder, Chase Jackson, Sarah Mitton, Yemisi Mabry, Axelina Johansson, Fanny Roos, Jordine Van Klinken, Jaida Ross, Maggie Ewen, Maddison-Lee Wesche
Women's 100m Heat A	12:32 PM	Sha'Carri Richardson, Tina Clayton, Adaejah Hodge, Kayla White, Jonielle Smith, Amy Hunt, Shawnti Jackson, Gemima Joseph, Celera Barnes
Women's 100m Heat B	12:39 PM	Melissa Jefferson, Shericka Jackson, Cambrea Sturgis, Tia Clayton, Jenna Prandini, Tamari Davis, Jassani Carter, Dina Asher-Smith, Favour Ofili
Men's Discus	12:44 PM	Mykolas Alekna, Daniel Stahl, Kristjan Ceh, Matthew Denny, Roje Stona, Lawrence Okoye, Ralford Mullings, Alex Rose, Sam Mattis, Reggie Jagers III
Men's 400m	1:04 PM	Busang Kebinatshipi, Jacory Patterson, Vernon Norwood, Chris Bailey, Khaleb McRae, Rai Benjamin, Michael Norman, Nathaniel Ezekiel, Chris Robinson
Men's 110m Hurdles	1:12 PM	Ja'Kobe Tharp, Cordell Tinch, Jamal Britt, Kendry Menendez, Orlando Bennett, Dylan Beard, Jamar Marshall, Demario Prince, Braxton Brann
Women's 2 Mile	1:20 PM	Aleshign Baweke, Hirut Meshesha, Shelby Houlihan, Margaret Akidor, Marta Alemayo, Yenawa Nbret, Gabriela Stafford, Karissa Schweizer, Elise Stearns, Ella Donaghu, Aynadis Mebratu, Asayech Ayichew, Mizan Alem, Margot Appleton
Women's Long Jump	1:33 PM	Tara Davis-Woodhall, Malaika Mihambo, Larissa Iapichino, Hilary Kpatcha, Claire Bryant, Monae' Nichols, Alyssa Jones, Alexis Brown, Maja Askag
Men's 100m	1:37 PM	Oblique Seville, Kenny Bednarek, Kayinsola Ajayi, Christian Coleman, Ackeem Blake, Lachlan Kennedy, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Brandon Hicklin, Joseph Amoah
Women's 3000m Steeple	1:45 PM	Faith Cherotich, Winfred Yavi, Peruth Chemutai, Marwa Bouzayani, Doris Lemngole, Norah Jeruto, Gesa Krause, Lea Meyer, Gabrielle Jennings, Lexy Halladay, Gracie Hyde, Angelina Ellis, Emma Coburn, Taylor Lovell, Olivia Markezich, Courtney Wayment, Angelina Napoleon
Men's Shot Put	1:57 PM	Joe Kovacs, Leonardo Fabbri, Rajindra Campbell, Tom Walsh, Payton Otterdahl, Adrian Piperi, Jordan Geist, Roger Steen, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Uziel Munoz, Konrad Bukowiecki
Women's 100m Hurdles	2:04 PM	Masai Russell, Tobi Amusan, Grace Stark, Ackera Nugent, Devynne Charlton, Danielle Williams, Alaysha Johnson, Tonea Marshall, Keni Harrison
Women's 800m	2:11 PM	Keely Hodgkinson, Lilian Odira, Anais Bourgoin, Prudence Sekgodiso, Sanu Jallow, Addy Wiley, Hayley Kitching, Halimah Nakaayi
Men's 200m	2:21 PM	Letsile Tebogo, Makanakaishe Charamba, Bryan Levell, Tate Taylor, Zharnel Hughes, Jose Figueroa, Sam Blaskowski, Courtney Lindsey, Adrian Kerr
Women's 100m	2:29 PM	Melissa Jefferson, Sha'Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson, Tina Clayton, Cambrea Sturgis, Adaejah Hodge, Tia Clayton, Kayla White, Jonielle Smith, Amy Hunt, Jenna Prandini, Shawnti Jackson, Tamari Davis, Jassani Carter, Dina Asher-Smith, Favour Ofili, Gemima Joseph, Celera Barnes
Women's Mile	2:37 PM	Faith Kipyegon, Georgia Hunter Bell, Jessica Hull, Nikki Hiltz, Birke Haylom, Dorcus Ewoi, Tsige Duguma, Saron Berhe, Klaudia Kazimierska, Emily Mackay, Sarah Healy, Heather MacLean, Gabija Galvydyte, Worknesh Mesele, Laura Muir, Taryn Parks
Men's Bowerman Mile	2:50 PM	Yared Nuguse, Cameron Myers, Timothy & Reynold Cheruiyot, Ethan Strand, Azeddine Habz, Hobbs Kessler, Cole Hocker, Vincent Ciattei, Robert Farken, Colin Sahlman, Gary Martin, Abraham Alvarado

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What are your goals this week? Could be for a meet or for your training.

The BBC are reporting it starts at 7pm but can't find it anywhere on iPlayer or YouTube! Any help would be great..

Instead of the diamond league having different athletes each meet and most people not doing all 15, the athletes sign contracts to the diamond league and match up every meet. Talented young athletes can start world continental tour challenger and work up there way through bronze, silver, gold, and eventually the diamond league, kinda like the Formula series. This could help increase total fans and viewers as it would be much easier to track what's going on and what are the athlets to look for. But it would be a huge switch for the current fans.