"could have"
quick question wrote:AR today, WR tomorrow wrote:he's close to the world record, but don't take that as being close to Bekele. Bekele CAN clearly run sub8 if he wanted to.FogRunner wrote:Holy cripes! Didn't realize he was so close to Bekele's WR. Give it some time - only 5 seconds over 8 laps... that's nothing. Go GR!
Bekele 8:04.35 WR 2008
Rupp 8:09.72 AR 2012
Go Rupp!! Congrats
Yes, so he must have run his last 3000m in about 7:33 - 7:34 Correct me if I'm wrong.
Mrr82 wrote:
What makes this all the more amazing, on top of his 4:08-4:01 splits. His first lap was 34.38!!??? I'm all for conservative starts and negative splitting, but that first lap might have cost him 2-3 seconds. If he had gone out in 31, he might not have closed quite as fast, but he would surely have run faster. All of his other splits made sense. Running 8:09 is amazing, running it with a 34.38 first lap is out of this world and makes his run truly world class.
That first 200 split included the 19 more yards. But that doesn't really take anything away, 7:35 is still legit.
Fast 3000 wrote:
[quote]Mrr82 wrote:
First 200 in 34 + 19 more yards then 3000m
8:09.75 - 34 - 19 more yards.
zip zero nada wrote:Fast 3000 wrote:That first 200 split included the 19 more yards. But that doesn't really take anything away, 7:35 is still legit.
[quote]Mrr82 wrote:
First 200 in 34 + 19 more yards then 3000m
8:09.75 - 34 - 19 more yards.