World Record
World Record
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video?
Sick but not the GOAT..... One world record makes you amazing. Not greatest ever
Anybody have results from the race? I want to see how Lagat did too.
And can Andy Vernon even show his face around the UK after this one? He might have just secured the title of Dunce of the Year after the whole Twitter debacle. Who needs a tough field when you can just run away from the field in the first place.
Anyone have replays
Here's the full race:
Ventolin's broken calculator wrote:Further proof that he is a mid distance guy
not quite
his best distances back on 3'28 day woud be in order :
3k / 5k / 1500 / 10k
which looks odd, but you can summarise it as such :
"a 3k/5k guy who's best distance is 3k, then 5k & outside of 3k/5k range, his 1500 is better than 10k"
Lagat is the most incredible runner to watch ever. His form is just beautiful. He's 40 and almost beating mo farah. Imagine if he were in this race when he was 29 or something. 7:55?
The Bayman wrote:
Who needs a tough field when you can just run away from the field in the first place.
That's the whole point. If you can run away from the field then your competition isn't tough enough.
Mo is an outlier. His performances are not on par with normal top athletes. What is his secret?
kkfk wrote:
illegitimate wrote:Agreed, he is strongest at 3K then 5K and 10k/1500 about the same ability. Pretty incredible range tbh
False. He has run nothing close to 3:28 in those events. 1500 is his best distance so far.
Nope. He lost the 3:28. I'd say he's better at the races he wins.
i must admit i am shocked at this run
back on his 3.28 day, i said he was capable of 7'19+ in a perfect race
since then he has just concentrated on longer races culminating in london M
i really wouda thought all that mileage for the M wouda killed his short race speed & his quick 1500 & 3k days were all over
it doesn't really appear to have done much damage to his speed !
with 4'03+/3'59+ splits he certainly coud look at 8'01+ at "perfect" even pace indoors worth with 1.08 as ~ 7'25+i
i use a 1.01 conversion for indoors to out, which -> if he nails a "perfect" 3k outdoors this year of
~ 7'20-high / 7'21-low
he may have lost less than 1s over 3k with ageing & all that mileage for M !!!
ventolin^3 wrote:
Ventolin's broken calculator wrote:Further proof that he is a mid distance guynot quite
his best distances back on 3'28 day woud be in order :
3k / 5k / 1500 / 10k
which looks odd, but you can summarise it as such :
"a 3k/5k guy who's best distance is 3k, then 5k & outside of 3k/5k range, his 1500 is better than 10k"
Agreed with this & disagree with others. Very difficult to say that his best event is 1500m while he has dominated the 10k so strongly over the years. Perhaps his 15 eclipses his 10k but there's no way to say 15 is his best.
Double False wrote:
Nope. He lost the 3:28. I'd say he's better at the races he wins.
Well you say wrong. We are clearly talking about best timewise/fitness wise.
You are talking about best chance to win (which you are also wrong about because 3:28 is about as good as it gets these days. That, and he has lost more than once in the 5000/10000).
illegitimate wrote:Very difficult to say that his best event is 1500m while he has dominated the 10k so strongly over the years. Perhaps his 15 eclipses his 10k but there's no way to say 15 is his best.
10k all-time list is rubbish & the times don't compare in absolute value to 3k let alone 5k
i did my own mathematical tables & say mo was capable of 26'25 - 26'30 at his peak in a "perfect" 10k, that woud be worth
3.29.1 - 3'29.7
7'23.5 - 7'25.1
12'44.2 - 12'46.7
clearly his already 3'28+ is superior to 10k by those tables
even kennster's 26'17+wr is "only" worth
~ 1'41.8
3'27.8
7'21.3
12'40.5
RESULTS FOR 2 MILE
Bernard lagat 8:17
illegitimate wrote:
Agreed with this & disagree with others. Very difficult to say that his best event is 1500m while he has dominated the 10k so strongly over the years. Perhaps his 15 eclipses his 10k but there's no way to say 15 is his best.
How is it "very difficult"? It is as simple as looking at the times. Is his 10k time better than 3:28? You are having trouble the difference between best timewise and dominating. It's not very difficult at all. It is basic math.
illegitimate wrote:
3.58 flat last 1600 roughly
I thought only American HS'ers ran 3200 m?
Crash and Burn wrote:
It is relevant.
You be a world class idiot!!! You graduaate 7th grade? Edjamacate youself! Mobot was 10 feet from the line and they had no idea the WR was in play. You be one big dumaaaaassss