Nick Willis 800 Time Trial before 2007 World Championships

he looks so relaxed when he runs

he should really consider using his arms!

I met him @ millrose games!

5:23 "Beij... Osaka is all that matters" Freudian slip, but a great indicator of how much the Olympics mattered to him. Way to go Nick!

Fiance

holy, his GF is hot as hell.

does anyone know the background song ?

Killer Kev knows what hes talking about!

Good luck brutha. Smash Webb!

A time trial is not a race. No matter how fast he wanted to go in the last 200, it will never compare to the actual moment when his adrenal glands drops C9_H13_NO3 into his blood and he wills his body to carry himself faster than the dudes next to him having the exact same experience. Race.

Willis is the big dog, and the big dog's gonna eat in Osaka.... and that's a fact!

Hey

Training Hichal el Gueroudj (3*800) 1'47" 1.47" 1.48" ha ha ha

Great Stuff. All the best for Osaka Nick!

Great Stuff. All the best for Osaka Nick!

Nick and Ron were not happy about that workout. The 1:49-1:50 range was a conservative safety net target so that there would be a 90% chance he'd run faster and use it as a confidence booster. Not so. He was supposed to simulate the last 800 of a WC 1500m race and all he could do was run 26.8 off a 56.8 lap. He's looked a lot better, and faster, at the end of races at Michigan. There was NO last gear there. He used to be able to accelerate away from other runners and looked relaxed doing it. Not in that time trial. Why bring Boaz into it just to run a mediocre 1:50? I hope he just had an off night. Good luck Nick.

damn, this video production is incredibly sick!! Whoever put this together, thank you. I love it.

as for Willis and the last 100M, it wasn't like he went out to run as hard as he could. Coach specifically told him to try and run a 1:49. (he was one sec. off). So what? Coach was screaming relax. And if you saw him kick in the mile at Indoor Nationals in 2005, he was literally floating in his jasaris. he sh*t all over Ahmed (from arkansas)!! Point is, the man has got wheels and definitely has what it takes to make the finals.

Represent, Willis!!

Willis is going to win gold at the biejing Olympics. Lovelock, Snell, Walker...

He's yelling relax because you run fastest relaxed. Whenever you strain your just wasting energy...

Everyone tries to relax throughout the race. What do you want him to yell? "TIE UP!"

go mottram

this is supposed to be a time trial 800, why is the coach yelling "relax" down the last straight

Ok clearly everyone is looking in to his time too much, Nick was supposed to do negative splits and run a 149-150, and he ran a 150, by no means is that the best he can, but it was what he is supposed to do, also for those to care to know, his 800m pb is 1:45. Best of luck in Osaka.

The flats aour Kenyan colors. I've never seen Reeboks in a store. Do they even sell spikes and flats to the public?

they needa show his fiance again

Nice video. Hammer time in Osaka Nic.

I like those red reebok flats

Sick stuff dude, sick, catch you back in NZ some time. Picked you in my fantasy athletics team for Osaka, so get me some points!

god luck nick, represnt

Good times, good times

Go Valleys

Willis you are my hero

I ran a 1:44 time trial last week on a 400 meter dirt track

Leo Manzano ran 1:45 time trial. Hmmmmmm.

Nice piece on Nick. Whats he goona do in Osaka?
The BIG Boys will be there. Can Nick even make it to the final?? He'd be damn lucky to !! REALITY

I loved the Google Earth and and mic on Nick. Awesome.

o and Sierra es muy bonita!

You go willis! Your Fiancee, Sierra is gorgeous!

Yea he ran a 1:50 because that's what he was SUPPOSED to do. Warhurst was yelling relax the whole time. This wasnt all out or even race pace. This was hitting pace, he'll do fine in Osaka

He was just trying to negative split. He finished into a jog I think it was pretty easy for him.

well, he didn't seem to look that good after that 1:50. down the last straight I can see some strugle. Like I said before he is a VERY good runner. However he needs more then luck to make the finals at the WC.

If he was doing a Lydiard style time trial they aren't supposed to be all out and at the end of it he didn't look fatigued at all. I think he is ready to roll.

I seem to remember reading that Seb Coe had a workout of 3x800 in 1:50 each. Doing just one??? Can anyone confirm this Coe story?

1:50.1 w/ flying start (=1:51 ); Nick will need a lot of luck in Osaka.

Not that impressed! He is a very good runner, but 1:50? He doesn%u2019t stand a chance in making the finals. O well good luck anyway.

good luck in at the World Championships, Nick! Ron Warhurst is awesome.

just amazing...imagine being fit enough to time trial a 1:50.1 trying to negative it in a huge way.

oh yeah! Go Nick!

Seriously, could flotrack be ANY more baller?

I mean---nice.

Well I think he was 1:22.8 at 600 and he finished in 1:50.13 so that comes out to what 27.33. Anyway good luck Nick!

His fiance is hot.

27 last 200..not 26

thanks for another sick video! really cool

Your the man Willis!! Go hard and get meaty

Classy guy and a classy video.

Nick you are the man. we are behind you good luck mate

Nice little intro there.

nice work - good luck in osaka nick!