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[El Guapo]

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[El Guapo]

Darragh McEllhenny just won a quality 1500 at the Trond Mohn Games in Norway

Finished like an absolute train in the last 100m and it was reasonably quick 3:38

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Darragh McEllhenny just won a quality 1500 at the Trond Mohn Games in Norway

Finished like an absolute train in the last 100m and it was reasonably quick 3:38

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The smackdown from you at the John Buckley 5.3 woke him up for sure Guapo
All he needs is another 8.1 seconds off that for Bejing

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6.3K views · 188 reactions | 🏟️ Trond Mohn Games 📅 28/5/2026 🏃‍♂️ 1,500m (Last 400m) 🎽 Darragh McElhinney - 1st ⏱️ 3:38.10 | Irish Track and Field TV

🏟️ Trond Mohn Games 📅 28/5/2026 🏃‍♂️ 1,500m (Last 400m) 🎽 Darragh McElhinney - 1st ⏱️ 3:38.10

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[Carmona]

Great to have a kick like that. Could come in very useful in Qualifying rounds. Thing is, he has to get somewhere near 3.30 first though.

As for Guapo, you targeting LA in the end, or what?

 

[El Guapo]

The smackdown from you at the John Buckley 5.3 woke him up for sure Guapo
All he needs is another 8.1 seconds off that for Bejing

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6.3K views · 188 reactions | 🏟️ Trond Mohn Games 📅 28/5/2026 🏃‍♂️ 1,500m (Last 400m) 🎽 Darragh McElhinney - 1st ⏱️ 3:38.10 | Irish Track and Field TV

🏟️ Trond Mohn Games 📅 28/5/2026 🏃‍♂️ 1,500m (Last 400m) 🎽 Darragh McElhinney - 1st ⏱️ 3:38.10

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Here is his coach taking about how the famed swimming physiologist Jan Olbrecht
had him doing 200s to improve his vLAmax

EP 244: Emmet Dunleavy

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Great to see him kicking at the sharp end of a race. The pattern for the last few years was the wheels coming off badly.

Didn't do you much good at John Buckley though did it Darragh?

 

[El Guapo]

Great to have a kick like that. Could come in very useful in Qualifying rounds. Thing is, he has to get somewhere near 3.30 first though.

As for Guapo, you targeting LA in the end, or what?

Probably easier than sorting out your own ticket and accommodation TBPHWY.

Certainly cheaper

 

[El Guapo]

Rabat Diamond League Sunday VMTV3

The first real meaty one on the calender although the Chinese legs were better this year.

Programme & Résultats - Rabat

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Proper 800m, 1500m on both side and the annual Championship grade non championship steeple.

Mark English and Andrew Coscoran flying the Flag for the Irish

 

[El Guapo]

Nick Griggs and Cathal Doyle both opened up last night

M1500m at about 50mins.

Good to see Doyle back he's been injured, it shows here. Both were a bit leggy but it's a decent dust up of a race

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Like most houses on this thread, our house is a sporting house – both as participants and consumers of a myriad of sports both on TV and in the stadium, from Olympics all the way to local. Like most sports fans, we take our sporting heroes seriously.

However, it appears I took the Femke Bol transition from 400mH to 800m in early 2026 a little too seriously – LOL, my birthday present from wifey arrived in the post today.



Not sure where we’re going to put her (she’s by the fridge for the moment), but safe to say she’s going to be a feature at Terrier Towers for a while.

 

[El Guapo]

Could easily have been Jakob TBPHWY