Athletics 2022

Good run by Phil Healy over 400m in Karlsruhe last night. She finished second across two heats in a time of 51.97. She finished just 0.05 of a second behind the Polish winner.

She could have taken the win had she been a tiny bit more aggressive in the opening 200m. She is consistently running sub-52 now. If she can kick on from here, she could potentially do some damage at World Indoors in Belgrade.

7.27 in the heats earlier in the day. Looks to be in great form

Elsewhere Sam Healy with indoor PB of 7.60m in Long jump in US last night and only 2cm off his outdoor best.

Luke McCann breaks sub 4 for the first time in Millrose (invitational mile) with a 3.58.21 for second

McCann on the pre program invitational mile (3.58.21 for 2nd)

Molly Scott with 7.25 tonight for the win vs the European Indoor champion (Del). 7.25 in the heats also

Elsewhere Sarah Healy with u23 Irish Record 1500m for 3rd in 4.11.00. Nadia Power with a PB (4.13.60) for 5th in same race

Rhasidat Adeleke smashing the 200m Irish record over night with a 22.85 improving in Healys mark of 23.10 from 2 years ago

At the same meet, Davicia Patterson won the 600m last night and finished 3rd in the 400m tonight in 53.91

Wow.Just watching it, brilliant running..It was all Alexander with the commentary, Coscoran reeled him in..some finish by the 2 Irish lads..

Edit: Should have added the back story. Nick Willis was going for 20 years in a row to run sub 4 for the mile. He'd had a failed attempt where he ran just over 4 on just after midnight on New Years Eve a month ago.

Brian Fay moves to 11th on All time 5000m list with the fastest ever indoor time by an Irishman in 13.24.00 (oversized track so wont be an Irish record)

Less turns and the sharpness of the turns in general offer advantage making them not eligible for records much like a net downhill road race.

The Track in question is 307m meaning that you have 30 bends vs 50 on a standard 200m indoor track. To put it into context though this is his universities home track and he broke the school record by 9 seconds so not to be discounted as a lightning fast time

Luke mCann, NR for 1km. 2.17, fooook

Nick Griggs also with an u20 record in 7.57.38. Only turned 17 2 months ago

Holy smoke Grant Fisher running 12.53 with a 3.57 last mile and Mark Scott 12.57 Just wow.

Savage times for indoor 5000m.

Technology (shoes and track) definitely playing a part in running times now. I guess it's the new reality

Really, correcting me over less than a second. 4 out of the 10 fastest times ever indoor in that race

1. Kenenisa Bekele 12:49.60

2. Haile Gebrselassie 12:50.38

3. Daniel Komen 12:51.48

4. Isiah Koech 12:53.29

5. Grant Fisher 12:53.73

6. Eliud Kipchoge 12:55.72

7. Mohammed Ahmed 12:56.87

8. Marc Scott 12:57.08

9. Thomas Longosiwa 12:58.67

10. Emmanuel Bor 13:00.48

3.57.6 at 1600m so I suppose you're right, my bad🙄

This summer could be an epic match up between himself and Axel Christensen both are absolutely tearing up the track at European level at the moment. No 5,000/10,000 option for Christensen either so I imagine he will opt for the 3k rather than 2k steeple

Savage. Delighted for him

Terrific run by Sarah Healy in Birmingham to finish second in the 1500m. Her time of 4.0.6.9x just missed Ciara Mageean’s NR. It’s looking like 2022 could be a breakthrough year for her.

Andrew Coscoran was very disappointing in the men’s 1500m. He finished well down the field outside 3.40. After his fantastic win in Staten Island, I expected a big performance from him. He seems to struggle for consistency.