2022 Outdoors

[Occasional Hope]

Anthonique Strachan (22.55) beat SAFP (22.79) in the latter's season debut; SAFP slowed up at the end but was already beaten. Video about an hour and a half in: VELOCITY FEST 11 LIVE STREAM - YouTube

[RunUnlimited]

Anthonique Strachan (22.55) beat SAFP (22.79) in the latter's season debut; SAFP slowed up at the end but was already beaten. Video about an hour and a half in: VELOCITY FEST 11 LIVE STREAM - YouTube

That's the fastest 200m Strachan has run since she was 20 years old (22.50 in 2014), though she did manage a time of 22.56 in the Tokyo Olympics last year. Almost more important than the time though is how she is winning races against quality opposition, though with the caveat that we are still in April. But Strachan seems to be finally showing that she belongs in the elite level after being a star in the junior age groups.

[LuckySpikes]

A cracking marathon debut in Hamburg for Yalemzerf Yehualaw, running the fastest debut marathon ever, 2:17:23 - no.6 all-time.

[LuckySpikes]

Startlists for Saturday's Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford - https://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/pjc22/program.pdf - with a few Brits (incl Jenny Nesbitt in the 1500!)

Unfortunately, it's all being streamed on FloTrack.

[Aussiestatman]

I can’t wait the 20 hours or so until the road running sponsored by Adidas

[Aussiestatman]

I can’t wait the 20 hours or so until the road running sponsored by Adidas

Especially the women’s 10k. I believe we could see a world first. Not a WR but most to finish under a certain time, say 31.23. Quickest sixth ever is 31.23. We could get 8 under that in good conditions.

[LuckySpikes]

Especially the women’s 10k. I believe we could see a world first. Not a WR but most to finish under a certain time, say 31.23. Quickest sixth ever is 31.23. We could get 8 under that in good conditions.

It surprises me that there's never been more than six women run faster than 31:23 in the same race. I suppose a lot of these races only invite 4 or 5 really top-class women.

[LuckySpikes]

Tim Hutchings & the relentlessly cheerful Carrie Tollefson on comms for the adizero Road To Records road races in Germany. The Women's Half Marathon has just got underway.

[Aussiestatman]

Especially the women’s 10k. I believe we could see a world first. Not a WR but most to finish under a certain time, say 31.23. Quickest sixth ever is 31.23. We could get 8 under that in good conditions.

9 under 31.23 for the first time

[Occasional Hope]

WJR Of 9.96 for Letsile Tebogo of Botswana.

[MysteryBrick]

21.87 for Christine Mboma on April, and also a sub-11 100m. I think she will go very quickly this year, and some difficult decisions will need to be made by World Athletics.

[CAML]

Erriyon Knighton 19.49(+1.4) in the 200. He'll still be a junior in 2023.

[Occasional Hope]

Wow, almost incredible.

[Ladyloz]

Both World Junior Records set in the Men's 100m and 200m on the same day.

[Ursus]

Erriyon Knighton 19.49(+1.4) in the 200. He'll still be a junior in 2023.

Wow. Usain who?

Forget junior, that’s 4th all time and two of those ahead of him are all time greats in Johnson and Bolt. We knew he was a talent but that’s astonishing.

[treadwater1]

Outstanding run from Knighton, is there a better U20 WR on the books, Amos perhaps

[trickstat]

Steve Lewis's 43.87 to win the Seoul Olympics in 1988 was amazing at the time but I think 19.49 is better relative to current standards. I would say there's little between Knighton and Amos in level of performance. Mondo's PV is pretty good and in an event where you will often peak a long way into your 20s or even later.