Rhodium Nights wrote:
I thought Tariku Bekele switched to the marathon?
He ran Houston this year, finished in the top 15 I believe. He went out too hard and bonked. Classic first marathon
T. Bekele probably refers to Telahun Haile Bekele who has 12:52 PB from last year
Cheptegei is gonna run sub 12:40 at the Monaco meet
No way he’s clean lol
NumbersMakeTheWorldGoRound wrote:
Stats guys might notice that Ahmed was clocked in 3:58.59 for his last 1600m (3:58.587 exactly). What's so special about 3:58.59 you ask? 3:58.60 is exactly 4:00.00 mile pace for the mile.
However, likely Ahmed's last mile was a tick over 4:00 as he ran 61.54 the lap previous to his last 1600m, thus if he had ran the last 9.344 meters of that lap at 61.5 pace, that would bump his last mile up to 4:00.02
Either way, his last mile might be as close to bang on 4:00.00 as anyone has ever closed in a 5000. Pre would be proud.
Jakob And Hagos closed in 3:58 in London
The reality of running wrote:
NumbersMakeTheWorldGoRound wrote:
Stats guys might notice that Ahmed was clocked in 3:58.59 for his last 1600m (3:58.587 exactly). What's so special about 3:58.59 you ask? 3:58.60 is exactly 4:00.00 mile pace for the mile.
However, likely Ahmed's last mile was a tick over 4:00 as he ran 61.54 the lap previous to his last 1600m, thus if he had ran the last 9.344 meters of that lap at 61.5 pace, that would bump his last mile up to 4:00.02
Either way, his last mile might be as close to bang on 4:00.00 as anyone has ever closed in a 5000. Pre would be proud.
Jakob And Hagos closed in 3:58 in London
4:00.00 is closer to 4:00 than 3:58 is closer to 4:00
Ahmed is great but you all under estimate Jakob. I am sure that he is never going to beat him again. Ahmed didn't improve, he was in this kind of shape in Doha or even better and without jakob going for gold and kicking too early, he would have got beaten. So yes, that's just my intuition but I don't think Ahmed is ever going to beat jakob again in any distance.
The interesting thing now is the depth of the 5k field we have, and add Cheptegei if he gets the 5k world record or gets close in Monaco. Throw the 12 best 5k runners we have right now with some pacers and we could almost get 12 sub 12:50 and even a world record, that's insane. Is this the deepest field we've ever had ?
jabouk wrote:
What a run!
BTC is training right.
Think about the times the men and women have posted in the last two events BTC has arranged. These athletes mentally getting prepared to run fast without the normal competitive aspects of racing in front of a crowd and against unknown foe. They sure are mentally tough and incredibly talented athletes dedicated to being the best under very difficult circumstances the world is facing.
Stay safe and healthy all you athletes out there. Can’t wait to see BTC’s posted video today.
Halvard wrote:
Ahmed is great but you all under estimate Jakob. I am sure that he is never going to beat him again. Ahmed didn't improve, he was in this kind of shape in Doha or even better and without jakob going for gold and kicking too early, he would have got beaten. So yes, that's just my intuition but I don't think Ahmed is ever going to beat jakob again in any distance.
The interesting thing now is the depth of the 5k field we have, and add Cheptegei if he gets the 5k world record or gets close in Monaco. Throw the 12 best 5k runners we have right now with some pacers and we could almost get 12 sub 12:50 and even a world record, that's insane. Is this the deepest field we've ever had ?
I think Ahmed would’ve beaten Jacob today and would certainly beat him in anything over 5k. Jacob is a 1:46 / 3:30 dude. Ahmed has zero speed. In a time trial, I take Mo.
Just an incredible run. Lomong was right there but could only manage 64s for the last two laps.
1 #309 Ahmed, Moh 12:47.20
32.081 (32.081)
1:34.573 (1:02.493)
2:37.125 (1:02.553)
3:39.061 (1:01.936)
4:41.574 (1:02.513)
5:43.990 (1:02.417)
6:45.093 (1:01.103)
7:46.636 (1:01.544)
8:48.604 (1:01.969)
9:49.948 (1:01.344)
10:50.262 (1:00.314)
11:49.742 (59.480)
12:47.191 (57.450)
2 #315 Lomong, Lopez 12:58.78
32.329 (32.329)
1:34.792 (1:02.463)
2:37.351 (1:02.560)
3:39.318 (1:01.968)
4:41.817 (1:02.499)
5:44.227 (1:02.410)
6:45.332 (1:01.105)
7:46.848 (1:01.517)
8:48.830 (1:01.983)
9:50.153 (1:01.323)
10:50.547 (1:00.395)
11:54.666 (1:04.119)
12:58.776 (1:04.110)
seppppp wrote:
Halvard wrote:
Ahmed is great but you all under estimate Jakob. I am sure that he is never going to beat him again. Ahmed didn't improve, he was in this kind of shape in Doha or even better and without jakob going for gold and kicking too early, he would have got beaten. So yes, that's just my intuition but I don't think Ahmed is ever going to beat jakob again in any distance.
The interesting thing now is the depth of the 5k field we have, and add Cheptegei if he gets the 5k world record or gets close in Monaco. Throw the 12 best 5k runners we have right now with some pacers and we could almost get 12 sub 12:50 and even a world record, that's insane. Is this the deepest field we've ever had ?
I think Ahmed would’ve beaten Jacob today and would certainly beat him in anything over 5k. Jacob is a 1:46 / 3:30 dude. Ahmed has zero speed. In a time trial, I take Mo.
Jakob tripped ahmed from behind at least 3 times in just over 400m in Doha. Let’s not forget that. Go back and watch Doha.
Jakob Ingebrintsen is far down rhe list.
Anyway does this time counts in the IAAF rankings as the world leading time or is it non elligible?
Lion belt wrote:
Jakob Ingebrintsen is far down rhe list.
Anyway does this time counts in the IAAF rankings as the world leading time or is it non elligible?
I think it does count yes.
BTC made sure to respect all the standard rules.
Ismael Kirui Was the GOAT in the 5000
Two time world champion
I was thinking I can't wait for a real Diamond League 5000 for Mo and Shelby but then I remembered the WAF eliminated the 5000 DL discipline. Great move guys.
Halvard wrote:
Ahmed is great but you all under estimate Jakob. I am sure that he is never going to beat him again. Ahmed didn't improve, he was in this kind of shape in Doha or even better and without jakob going for gold and kicking too early, he would have got beaten. So yes, that's just my intuition but I don't think Ahmed is ever going to beat jakob again in any distance.
The interesting thing now is the depth of the 5k field we have, and add Cheptegei if he gets the 5k world record or gets close in Monaco. Throw the 12 best 5k runners we have right now with some pacers and we could almost get 12 sub 12:50 and even a world record, that's insane. Is this the deepest field we've ever had ?
Some people just can't let go of there great white hope. If a white American runner had ran this time, you Jakob fanboys would switch camps at the drop of a hat.
Halvard wrote:
Ahmed is great but you all under estimate Jakob. I am sure that he is never going to beat him again. Ahmed didn't improve, he was in this kind of shape in Doha or even better and without jakob going for gold and kicking too early, he would have got beaten. So yes, that's just my intuition but I don't think Ahmed is ever going to beat jakob again in any distance.
The interesting thing now is the depth of the 5k field we have, and add Cheptegei if he gets the 5k world record or gets close in Monaco. Throw the 12 best 5k runners we have right now with some pacers and we could almost get 12 sub 12:50 and even a world record, that's insane. Is this the deepest field we've ever had ?
Only way Jakob beats Moh is if he succesfully trips him while running like a clown
evening wrote:
Halvard wrote:
Ahmed is great but you all under estimate Jakob. I am sure that he is never going to beat him again. Ahmed didn't improve, he was in this kind of shape in Doha or even better and without jakob going for gold and kicking too early, he would have got beaten. So yes, that's just my intuition but I don't think Ahmed is ever going to beat jakob again in any distance.
The interesting thing now is the depth of the 5k field we have, and add Cheptegei if he gets the 5k world record or gets close in Monaco. Throw the 12 best 5k runners we have right now with some pacers and we could almost get 12 sub 12:50 and even a world record, that's insane. Is this the deepest field we've ever had ?
Only way Jakob beats Moh is if he succesfully trips him while running like a clown
Only way Moe beats Jakob is if Jakob gets tackled by three Ethiopians.
Jakob's a bit too heavy.
Man are you racist. Just let the athletes be who they are. No one needs this racial bias in sports
I'm racist? And not the person I was responding to who instigated that type of response? Good lord