World 1500m champion goes for 3000m gold in Glasgow on Saturday and reveals: “I don’t do crazy workouts or crazy mileage. I just don’t miss days.”
By his own admission, Josh Kerr has no filter. He shoots from the hip and has no qualms about speaking his mind. So when asked what his goal is at this weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he answers without hesitation.
“To win,” he says. “I’m here to win in front of my home crowd.
“I’m in fantastic shape,” he adds, “although it’s a lot easier said than done.”
Rivals in the 3000m include Yared Nuguse of the United States plus Selemon Barega and Getnet Wale of Ethiopia. After his recent 3:47.83 win in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games, Nuguse looks particularly dangerous although reigning champion Barega is the man to beat.
Not only did the 24-year-old win the last world indoor 3000m title in Belgrade but he is the Olympic 10,000m champion and possesses a lightning quick finish. Ethiopia takes the World Indoor Championships seriously, too, topping the medals table in Belgrade two years ago.
After winning the world 1500m title last August and then breaking Mo Farah’s world indoor record for two miles at Millrose, though, Kerr fears no one. “I’m in fantastic shape as I showed in Millrose and I think I’ll be a real problem for whoever’s on the start list. It’s going to be a hard race but that’s why I signed up for it.”
On that Millrose record, Kerr clocked 8:00.67 but admits it wasn’t easy. “It was extremely hard,” he says. “I messaged Farah’s team and told them ‘there’s a reason this one stood so long’. I love going after one of his records as he has such an amazing legacy in our sport and it’s really cool to take one of them.”
Josh Kerr (Getty)
After such brilliant form lately, what are the secrets of Kerr’s success? He sums it up succinctly.
“I don’t do crazy workouts or crazy mileage,” he says. “I just don’t miss days.”
The 26-year-old adds: “Consistency is my biggest weapon. I’ll break any athlete down with how consistent I’m going to be training wise and just getting the work done. I just don’t miss days. I haven’t missed any days (recently) and that always ends in really good results for me.”
In recent seasons Kerr has been reluctant to make too many transatlantic trips from his base in the United States to compete in Europe. But he’s made an exception with the World Indoors being on home…
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