Millrose Games took place last weekend and the United Kingdom gets its own version this weekend with the Müller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham at Barclaycard Arena.

Here’s five quick things to watch:

 

Record-setting 1,000 meter race. Sharpie.

We could see British and American records fall in the 1,000 meter race. The crowd will be rooting for Laura Muir and with good reason. She’s on fire and is their big star. Muir ran a 3,000 meter race on February 4th in 8:26.41 to set a British, Scottish and European record to put her at no. 5 all-time at the indoor distance. As I’ve previously written, we should be paying more attention to her…especially because outdoors could make her an interesting addition to the current Jenny Simpson vs. Shannon Rowbury rivalry. For now, American fans can get behind Kate Grace. Grace will have her eyes on Jen Toomey’s 2:34.19 American record. Grace has already run an indoor personal best of 2:02.29 in Seattle and then backed up that fitness with a runner-up finish in the women’s Wanamaker Mile behind Sifan Hassan. The closest anyone has come to the American record was Mary Cain’s 2:35.80 in 2014.

European and North American records are on watch. If Maria Mutola is out there sleeping, I’d wake up. That 2:30.94 world record could also be in play.

Mo Farah opens up his 2017 season

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah takes a quick break from his altitude training stint in Ethiopia to race for the home crowd. Farah’s biggest challenger will likely be 25-year-old Andrew Butchart, who is having a very impressive indoor season. Last summer, he was a surprise fifth place finisher in the Olympic final as he clocked his personal best of 13:08:61 in Rio. It’s hard to see anyone beating Farah but Butchart to maybe go for it since he is coming off his 8:12.63 third-place finish in the Millrose Games two-miler.

Women’s 800

Joanna Jozwik goes for the sweep of the IAAF World Indoor Tour and has already secured her $20,000 paycheck and spot for the 2018 World Indoor Championships. Melissa Bishop also enters unbeaten after her 2:01.42 season’s best on Wednesday. With Jozwik’s 1:59.29, maybe they could target Ajee Wilson’s world best 1:58.27, which set a new American record at last weekend’s Millrose Games. Regardless, it will be a good race between the two.

Ryan Gregson loves airports

I’ve always been impressed with the amount of travel that Ryan Gregson and many members of the Melbourne Track Club manage to accomplish in a season yet always find a way to compete at a high level. You figure there would be a ton of factors working against them like jet lag, not knowing where to get food or where the best training spots are located. Gregson has managed to live a nomadic life and still run crazy fast. In the past week, he’s run two 4:06 miles for the Nitro series in Melbourne and then a 3:56.49 for the win on Wednesday at Athlone. He’ll have his hands full with five Kenyans including Bethwell Birgen and Silas Kiplagat, who are tied with 20 points respectively in the World Tour standings. The U.S. will be represented by Ben Blankenship and Garrett Heath.

Ageless Kim Collins runs No. 50, Elaine Thompson

Kim Collins will run forever. He’ll turn 41 in April and he will line up in the men’s 60 against a field that includes Richard Kilty, James Dasaolu, CJ Ujah and Olympic long jump champion Jeff Henderson. In the women’s sprints, double olympic champion Elaine Thompson will run the 60 meter dash against world indoor champion Barbara Pierre.