\u201cI don’t want to wait until my track career is completely over to then crawl onto the roads and see what happens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven 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,\u201d he added. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 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\u2019s Abel Kipchumba (59:09) just two months after breaking the U.S. record in 59:17 at the Houston Half Marathon. Kipchumba\u2019s winning time broke the event record, beating Haile Gebreselassie\u2019s 59:24 from 2007 (although the course has since been changed several times).<\/p>\n
\u2013 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether it\u2019s 5K\u201310K or something wilder like 10K\u2013marathon, the next two years will dictate my direction,\u201d he said last November. \u201cIf I debut in the half soon, that\u2019ll influence how aggressively I shift toward the roads. Careers don\u2019t last forever\u2014usually your body decides before you do. So I want to make the most of the years when I\u2019m healthy and excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Last year\u2019s NYC Half had a record-breaking 28,709 finishers for the largest half marathon in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u2013 The full field is expected to be announced in February.<\/p>\n
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