Grant Fisher 12:44.09 WR, Jimmy Gressier 12:54.92 ER at BU Valentines Day Meeting!

In the post-race interview by LetsRun.com, one of the finest this writer has ever seen, Grant Fisher let his proverbial hair down and spoke about running by himself for 6 minutes and 22 seconds. Grant thanked his two pacers, credited with getting him to the halfway point. “Running those 200 meters by myself felt like 400s… It is tough to run 30-second laps by yourself..there are only a few in the world can do that.” Grant Foster has run 3:33.99 PB at 1,500 meters, 7:22.91 WR/AR at 3,000 meters, and now, 5,000 meters in 12:44.09, breaking the WR by five seconds, which was held by Kenenisa Bekele (12:49.60) for twenty-one years.

Grant Fisher is a remarkable, exceptional WR breaker and Olympic racer. He is one of the special ones; please treasure his race and deep thoughts! 

Fisher 12:44.09 WR, Gressier 12:54.92 ER

BOSTON (USA, Feb 14): Grant Fisher confirmed his plans and clocked at BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center’s new World indoor record over 5000 m with 12:44.09. The previous mark of Kenenisa Bekele was 12:49.60 from Birmingham meet 2004. It is also better than his US outdoor record of 12:46.96 from Brussels 2022 and the fastest ever non-African time indoor/outdoor. It happened only 6 days after his 3000 m World Indoor/short track record at the Millrose Games. Second French Jimmy Gressier achieved the European indoor record of 12:54.92. Her former record is 12:57.08 by Briton Mark Scott in 2022. In third, Yaseen Abdalla 13:09.99 NR for Sudan ahead of Swiss Jonas Raess 13:14.03. The top 8 went sub 13:20. Tinoda Matsatsa won the 800 m in 1:45.21 indoor PB ahead of Ireland´s Cian McPhillips’s 1:45.33 overall PB. The facility record by Luciano Fiore is 2:16.74 PB in the 1000 m over Dan Watcke (20), which is 2:17.77 PB. Harrison Witt won the mile in 3:52.87 PB, beating Luke Houser in 3:53.19 and Ben Allen in 3:53.37. The top 6 clocked sub 7:40 in the 3000 m; the winner was Romain Legendre from France with a massive PB of 7:36.28, followed by Gulveer Singh of India’s 7:38.26 national record and Morgan Beadlescomb’s 7:38.55 indoor PB.

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