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aloha warrior
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/20/2012 4:42PM - in reply to tracks on tracks off Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

tracks on tracks off wrote:

Viren's 10000m in Munich, falling over and setting a world record is the best.

The world record that Viren broke (27:38) was Ron Clarke's 27:39.4 (Clarke broke his previous record of 28:19 by 40 seconds) on July 14, 1965. That was over SEVEN YEARS before Viren broke the record by just ONE SECOND. And Clarke was running solo. I doubt Clarke was doping and there was always suspicion about Viren.
ukathleticscoach
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/20/2012 4:43PM - in reply to Quenton Cassidamius Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

Quenton Cassidamius wrote:

Geb vs Tergat in Sydney was the greatest race of all time. You usually come up with good stuff but how could you screw this up? No other 10000 meter race even come close. Those two going stride for stride over the last 100m and Haile winning with the lean for an Olympic gold was historic.


It's subjective, or do you always think you are right?
bingo jim
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/20/2012 5:58PM - in reply to ukathleticscoach Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
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RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/20/2012 6:15PM - in reply to bingo jim Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

bingo jim wrote:

steve jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-_3Ug3wqU&feature=related


Read the original post. T and F Historian had that in his top 4.
tanaka's back
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/20/2012 7:21PM - in reply to Read Before Responding Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Does anyone else tear up EVERY time you watch the B&W 1964 "Look at Mills! Look at Mills!" call?

I'm not a crier, but damn, without fail, that footage gets me every time. It's like raw human spirit exposed for a brief glimpse. That finish was supernatural.
The Concreet Runner
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/21/2012 12:11AM - in reply to tanaka's back Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
You always got great stuff man. You ever gonna do any road races. Specifically what is the best road race ever on concreet?
800m coach 235
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/21/2012 12:15AM - in reply to The Concreet Runner Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
It seems the T & F Historian likes American or white 10,000m runners. Haille and Tergat was the greatest.
The Monk
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/21/2012 6:25AM - in reply to T and F Historian Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Thank you so much. Can you post the 80 Olympic Steeplechase final-Bayi and Malinowski?
Sair
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/21/2012 7:29AM - in reply to The Monk Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
One vote for the 10,000m world finals.

Why?

a) Last 5k in under 13 mins, one of the most impressive bits of running ever.

b) It was the point when the challenger Bekele definitively overtook the Emperor Haile

c) What teamwork! The ethiopian trio decimated the entire rest of the field.
Sair
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/21/2012 7:36AM - in reply to Sair Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
That should read 2003 world championship.
GUH
RE: Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best 6/21/2012 8:29AM - in reply to Sair Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I was just about to mention that race.

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