“I don’t want to wait until my track career is completely over to then crawl onto the roads and see what happens,” he said.
“Even if I run a half this spring and it goes incredibly well, I don’t think I’ll abandon the track and move to the roads,” he added. “I think you’re seeing more and more people use half marathons and 10K/5K training interchangeably. I don’t think they’re too different that you’d have to change a ton.”
– The NYC Half is not a record-eligible course because it is point-to-point. Last year, Conner Mantz ran 59:15 to just narrowly take second behind Kenya’s Abel Kipchumba (59:09) just two months after breaking the U.S. record in 59:17 at the Houston Half Marathon. Kipchumba’s winning time broke the event record, beating Haile Gebreselassie’s 59:24 from 2007 (although the course has since been changed several times).
– Fisher has not set a timeline for an eventual marathon debut. The schedule for the 2028 Olympics allows for a 10,000m and marathon double.
“Whether it’s 5K–10K or something wilder like 10K–marathon, the next two years will dictate my direction,” he said last November. “If I debut in the half soon, that’ll influence how aggressively I shift toward the roads. Careers don’t last forever—usually your body decides before you do. So I want to make the most of the years when I’m healthy and excited.”
– Last year’s NYC Half had a record-breaking 28,709 finishers for the largest half marathon in the United States.
– The full field is expected to be announced in February.
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