About this episode

Aisha and Eric discuss Josh Kerr's mile world record and the predictions made in Will Leer's college thesis.

Aisha Praught-Leer and Eric Jenkins record on the day after Josh Kerr runs 3:42.66 to break the mile world record. Eric's friends don't get it. Aisha's husband spent the day texting every person he's ever run with. Discussed in this episode: – The world record reaction: Eric was pacing around his room, more nervous than Josh. Aisha and Will watched from Crested Butte with just one chair, the fireplace stoop, Tour de France on the TV and London Diamond League on the laptop, Will screaming before 9 AM during HOA quiet hours. They drove home overnight just to record. They listened to Chris and Kyle emergency CITIUS MAG pod in full. – Will Leer's college thesis: His undergraduate thesis in applied mathematics and philosophy modeled out how and when the mile world record would fall, and what optimal splits would look like. Josh Kerr was not yet on anyone's radar when it was written. – Why this is unlike anything we've seen: Breaking Two and the Faith Kipyegon world record projects were incredible and gripping. But this is the first time a world record was called months in advance, built toward publicly with workouts posted on YouTube, and then delivered live in an actual Diamond…

People in this episode

Hosts: Aisha Praught-Leer, Eric Jenkins

Topics covered

• mile world record
• Josh Kerr
• Will Leer's thesis
• race breakdown
• tactical analysis
• record predictions

Keywords

• mile world record
• Josh Kerr
• Will Leer
• CITIUS MAG
• race analysis
• tactical running
• record predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CITIUS MAG

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