Henry Rono's incredible 1978 season by the numbers

malmo wrote:

The World Records: 81 days duration, without the aid of pacemakers, unless you consider 13:48 (10k WR) and 3:49.5 (3k WR) “pacemaking”?

4/8 1 13:08.4 WR 5000 Triangular Meet Berkeley, CA (:49.6 margin, Josh Kimeto, 13:58.0)

5/13 1 8:05.4 WR 3000sc Northwest Relays Seattle, WA (:30.7 margin, Jim Johnson 8:36.1)

6/11 1 27:22.5 WR 10000 International Vienna, AUT (:30.5 margin, Domingo Tibaduiza 27:53.0)

6/27 1 7:32.1 WR 3000 Bislett Games Oslo, NOR (:8.2 margin, Suleiman Nyambui 7:40.3)

The Splits

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WR 5000m Berkley, CA 5/8/78 70 degrees, sunny

1. 13:08.4 Henry Rono WSU

2. 13:58.0 Josh Kimeto WSU

3. 14:03.0 Samson Kimobwa WSU (10k WR holder)

1:07 (67)

2:10 (63)

3:14 (64)

4:15 (61) 1600m

5:18 (63)

6:20 (62)

7:24 (64)

8:28 (64) 3200m

9:31 (63)

10:35 (64)

11:38 (63)

12:09 (31) 4600m

13:08 (59.4)

(2:42.0, 2:36.0, 2:39.5, 2:37.0, 2:33.9)

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WR steeplechase Seattle WA 5/13/78 hail, rain, windy, 55 degrees. 200+ attendance. :30.7 margin of victory

1: 8:05.4 Henry Rono WSU

2. 8:36.1 Jim Johnson CNW

3. 8:52.1 Evens WSU

4. 8:54.7 Barr CNW

63.8

66.2 (2:10.0)

64.0 (3:14.0)

65.5 (4:19.5)

65.3 (5:24.8)

65.1 (6:29.9)

61.4 last lap

After the last lap, the wind really came to life, hitting 15-20 mph. “It was very hard after 5 laps,” he said. “The last 200 meters were hard too.”

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WR 10000, Vienna AUT 6/11/78 72 degrees 500 attendance Jos Hermans paced first 9 laps

1. 27:22.5 Henry Rono, KEN

2. 27:53.0 Domingo Tibaduiza, COL

3. 27:58.9 Joel Cheruiyot, KEN

2:47.5

13:48.2

22:02.1

27:22.5 13:34.3 57.0

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WR 3000m Oslo, NOR 6/27/78

1. 7:32.1 Henry Rono KEN

2. 7:40.3 Sulieman Nyambui, TAN

3. 7:40.4 Nick Rose GBR

2:34.0

3:49.5 1500 Rono takes lead

4:04.5 60.0

5:04.5 60.0 2:30.5

6:04.5 60.0

7:03.5 59.0

7:32.1 28.6 2:27.6 3:42.6