We got an interesting email from a visitor today. He asked us if Kamworor's 4:24 was the fastest mile ever run in a marathon?
Was his 8:55 split for 21 and 22 the fastest 2 mile split ever in a marathon?
We got an interesting email from a visitor today. He asked us if Kamworor's 4:24 was the fastest mile ever run in a marathon?
Was his 8:55 split for 21 and 22 the fastest 2 mile split ever in a marathon?
No. Andres Espinosa was 12 seconds down with a mile to go in Boston in 1997. Cosmas Ndeti ran a 4:28 to win but Andres was only four ticks back at the finish. Crazy.
A 4:20 is the record.
I seem to remember a very fast mile coming off the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the 2000 olympic marathon. Very early in the race, a guy with no chance of winning put a big move on the field. I want to say 4:19, for the downhill segment off the bridge.
I don't remember exactly and the only time I've seen it was when I was watching it live on TV.
Hendrick Ramala did something in the 4:1x-high to 4:2x low neighborhood at NYC in 2005.
Sartor Resartus wrote:
Hendrick Ramala did something in the 4:1x-high to 4:2x low neighborhood at NYC in 2005.
Yep. It was around mile 17 coming down 1st Avenue. Fastest marathon mile I remember seeing.
Geoffrey Mutai and Moses Mosop split about 4:23 for the 16th mile at Boston in 2011.
Ramala was known for crazy surges. Fairly sure he blasted a sub 4:20 once in a major marathon. For some reason the field all followed him. He blew up and finished way down but one particular race (maybe NYC?) was just a crazy fartlek.
Look at the 3rd mile in London (downhill). Ryan Hall and others have run it in 4:23 if not faster.
In this video hyping the nyc marathon for people about to run it, Meb claims the elites ran a 4:22 in 2005 on 1st avenue and Ritz claims 4:16 one year. (The entire video is really good at hyping you to run nyc).
Go to around 8:40 in the video to hear from Meb and Ritz
I believe Alana Hadley blazed a 5:57 or so at this year's NYC marathon.
Not faster than Kamworor's splits, but pretty close - Stefano Baldini at the end of the 2004 Olympic marathon. According to this report, he split 4:28 from 24 to 25, then ran the last 1.2 in 5:28, so right around 4:33 pace. So he was probably right around 9:00 from 24 to 26.
Rick Einstein wrote:
http://www.marathonguide.com/news/exclusives/Olympics2004/MensOlympicsMarathonRace.cfmNot faster than Kamworor's splits, but pretty close - Stefano Baldini at the end of the 2004 Olympic marathon. According to this report, he split 4:28 from 24 to 25, then ran the last 1.2 in 5:28, so right around 4:33 pace. So he was probably right around 9:00 from 24 to 26.
Given what we know about Italian cyclists, this is basically proof positive that the last white guy to win the Olympic marathon was certainly on EPO, everyone agree?
not david epstein wrote:
Given what we know about Italian cyclists, this is basically proof positive that the last white guy to win the Olympic marathon was certainly on EPO, everyone agree?
No.
I seem to recall it as 4:17, but that's just my memory of the TV broadcast.
mpizarro1 wrote:
I seem to recall it as 4:17, but that's just my memory of the TV broadcast.
I meant to say that it was Ramaala's mile in 2005 NYC. But I may be getting confused about 4:17 because it was near mile 17. 4:21 also rings a bell.
Here is a link to the Strava data from one of the bike spotters. Disregard the first 4 miles because we synched our watches early in the day and then met the athletes when they came over the bridge. I was assigned to spot for Desisa- he fell off around 24. This was with a Garmin 910xt, and splits are obviously
approximate.
Better question is if his 4:24 was the fasted mile run AFTER already having run 20 miles?
Wonder boy Samuel Wanjiru must have a record in place somewhere in fastest splits collection. He was feared by the best for his surges in the middle of the marathons. That's even why Geb admittedly said it was difficult to race Wanjiru same thing to Robert Cheruyot (Mwafrica) admission. Wanjiru was a racer.
It was absolutely the hardest mile on the course (perhaps ever) to run a mile at that pace in a marathon
Multiple turns in either direction, elevation gains and drops and an awful road surface.
Kudos to him for that, but the other two guys matched it stride for stride.
Never seen anything like that before.
white dudes wrote:
given what we know about all caucasian males, that they won all olympic marathons up til baldini, and are no longer competitive, that is proof positive that caucasian males all doped, agreed?
I hope you're not implying that the Africans are clean
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