Bekele 2M stride or step

Yeah of course it's possible. 60 seconds per lap at 200 steps per second = 2m per step. It's basic math.

Herb Elliot had a 9 foot stride at times, according to his eccentric coach.

Basic math lesson. wrote:

Yeah of course it's possible. 60 seconds per lap at 200 steps per second = 2m per step. It's basic math.

Well, apparently that math isn't so basic that you can figure it out.

You just said he's running twelve thousand steps per minute, which at 2m per step is 24000m.

Bekele was an under-achiever. His 5000m WR is apparently over 10 minutes slower than it what it should've been.

The conclusion was right. It just should have read "one minute per lap at 200 steps per minute = 2m per step."

Ever watched the 110HH? It's tough to chop strides down to 2.0x meters at that speed.

Assuming 180 spm, 2m stride length would be a bit slower than 60s laps (360m/min).

different math wrote:

The conclusion was right. It just should have read "one minute per lap at 200 steps per minute = 2m per step."

But it doesn't say that, does it.

200 steps per lap is an easier way to describe it.

Okay there is a sidewalk exactly 2meters wide on my soccer field run, so I would have to jump from one leg to the opposite, essentially jumping over the sidewalk?? I've tried this and I can't do it and I'm 6"5' with a 35 inseam!

naam wrote:

Someone here said Bekele has a 2meter stride length, surely they meant step length? Is it possible to cover 2 meters of ground with initial contact on 1 foot to initial contact on the opposite?

The math on this one is not difficult.

5000m in 12'37"35 (12.6225 minutes) is 396.12 m/min. At a stride rate of 200 per minute, he's covering 1.98m with each step. If his stride rate was lower, his stride length would be long.

This paper suggests that Bekele's average stride length in the Osaka 10000m was 1.97m--1.23 ratio of stride length to height (1.23*1.6m).

Yuri in ze alcoves wrote:

naam wrote:

Someone here said Bekele has a 2meter stride length, surely they meant step length? Is it possible to cover 2 meters of ground with initial contact on 1 foot to initial contact on the opposite?

The math on this one is not difficult.

5000m in 12'37"35 (12.6225 minutes) is 396.12 m/min. At a stride rate of 200 per minute, he's covering 1.98m with each step. If his stride rate was lower, his stride length would be long.

This paper suggests that Bekele's average stride length in the Osaka 10000m was 1.97m--1.23 ratio of stride length to height (1.23*1.6m).

Forgot to link the paper:

And bekele has a shorter, quicker stride than the other athletes. I bet most runners moving that fast (13min 5k) are 2m+.

What do you think Kiprop is at? Finishing up lap 3, I counted 33 steps over 100m. You do the math.

naam wrote:

Okay there is a sidewalk exactly 2meters wide on my soccer field run, so I would have to jump from one leg to the opposite, essentially jumping over the sidewalk?? I've tried this and I can't do it and I'm 6"5' with a 35 inseam!

You are confusing "step length" and "stride length".

Step length is how far your feet are when they are both on the ground.

Stride length is how far apart they are when running.

Being 6ft5 affects step length but not stride length. Stride length is a matter of muscles. Step length is a matter of height.

iifii wrote:

naam wrote:

Okay there is a sidewalk exactly 2meters wide on my soccer field run, so I would have to jump from one leg to the opposite, essentially jumping over the sidewalk?? I've tried this and I can't do it and I'm 6"5' with a 35 inseam!

You are confusing "step length" and "stride length"

Am I?? Lets say Bekele had to run over a lava pit and the gap is 2 meters wide, would he fall in the pit or clear the full gap without either leg falling in?

naam wrote:

iifii wrote:

You are confusing "step length" and "stride length"

Am I?? Lets say Bekele had to run over a lava pit and the gap is 2 meters wide, would he fall in the pit or clear the full gap without either leg falling in?

What does that have to do with anything I just said?

All i wanna know is does bekele clear 2 meters, lets forget about the terms, does he basically jump 2 meters from only 1 leg landing on the oppisite or does he jump 1 meter, lands then jumps another meter and that totals 2meter stride?

He jumps 2 meters. His 200 stride rate is total, not per leg.

iifii wrote:

naam wrote:

Okay there is a sidewalk exactly 2meters wide on my soccer field run, so I would have to jump from one leg to the opposite, essentially jumping over the sidewalk?? I've tried this and I can't do it and I'm 6"5' with a 35 inseam!

You are confusing "step length" and "stride length".

Step length is how far your feet are when they are both on the ground.

Stride length is how far apart they are when running.

Being 6ft5 affects step length but not stride length. Stride length is a matter of muscles. Step length is a matter of height.

?!?!?!?!!?!!?!?!?!?!?!? Are you high?

naam wrote:

Someone here said Bekele has a 2meter stride length, surely they meant step length? Is it possible to cover 2 meters of ground with initial contact on 1 foot to initial contact on the opposite?

Yes, that was me. His stride length in track races was always almost exactly 2 meters regardless of pace, which is very unusual.

Do some simple arithmetic and you will see that fast running requires a long stride.

Many faster runners have a much longer stride length than that when they are sprinting.

naam wrote:

Okay there is a sidewalk exactly 2meters wide on my soccer field run, so I would have to jump from one leg to the opposite, essentially jumping over the sidewalk?? I've tried this and I can't do it and I'm 6"5' with a 35 inseam!

Yes you can, just run fast.