Chelimo 3x mile workout before Worlds

That's Dante. He has low iron. He's an 800m runner.

I think remember Asbel Kiprop told me he did 4 x 1600m @ 4: 05 down to 3. 55 up at altitude before he almost broke the 1500m world record.

You think that you remember him telling you.. appropriate.

He told me the same thing, so you remember correctly (assuming he told you).

I noticed that too. Honestly I think it's simply because Avinash is probably working a lot harder at that pace. Slow down the pace and he could probably run a bit more like Paul.

Credit to him though - he hung in there.

Yes. Dante acts like a pacer a lot of the time.

Remember, Paul is training for 10,000m and as you said Dante 800m.

I think the 5k is too stacked. This to me shows he might be able to run around 12:50 (I'm taking in to consideration the altitude). There are too many low 12:40 guys in the race, as well as Jakob. Chelimo isn't going to beat all but two of them.

1600m or 1609m?

This is how you use social media channels. Unlike New Gen.

Watching the video, it appears to be 1600m.

But as far as Chelimo goes. This workout was a banger. Really shows the form he's in. Will be very interesting to watch him tapered and race ready at low altitude, in a race environment, and see what goes down.

This is a good workout at altitude. Curious as to what the recovery was. Maybe 5+min (easy 400m walk jog). These splits should feel comfortable. The 800 split is the key indicator, and shows he's in good form. Chelimo is a championship racer and should show very well in Budapest.

Mods being extra authoritarian today

I just hope this is not another case of:
"Exhibition in training for social media likes... and another failure with an excuse at the real important day: championships final"

Do you remember how much EPO was he taking at the moment?
Or he didn't tell you?
Or he didn't remember to tell you?

Do you remember how much EPO was he taking at the moment?
Or he didn't tell you?
Or he didn't remember to tell you?

epo stuff aside, its amazing what an 800/1500 runner can do for a vo2 max style 5k type workout.

Seb Coe loved the 5k pace as well. said it was the key to keeping his mileage down a bit.

Beating a dead horse here, but remember when Rupp ran the indoor 2 mile american record in 8:07, and later that evening ran 5 x 1600 indoors running 4:21, 4:20, 4:20, 4:16, 4:01? And he never ran 12:50. I wouldn't put Chelimo's 3 x 1600 at 5,000 feet ahead of that. So Chelimo's workout doesn't make me think he is going to win a medal. All of the guys running 12:40's (4:04-4:06 1600 pace the entire 5000m race) can run a few 1600's with multiple minutes of rest in sub 4:10 at altitude.