Geoffrey Kamworor split 13:01 from 15k to 20k at the World Half Champs - Valencia 2018

ChuggsBunny wrote:

i just LOVE! that Mo's 5k PB is less than 10 seconds faster than this, the armchair fans just wont be able to comprehend that their Hero isnt the best in the world. So excited to watch him get destroyed at London in front of his home fans

Mo at his most fit was worth at least a mid-low 12:40s how is there any doubt of that? The man just wins.

Ignoring the wind for a moment, that was the fastest 6k ever. His pace means he ran the last 6k around 15:32. Bekele would have probably had the previous 6k best during his 10k WR, but that was only around 15:45.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Ignoring the wind for a moment, that was the fastest 6k ever. His pace means he ran the last 6k around 15:32. Bekele would have probably had the previous 6k best during his 10k WR, but that was only around 15:45.

15:34 actually.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Ignoring the wind for a moment, that was the fastest 6k ever. His pace means he ran the last 6k around 15:32. Bekele would have probably had the previous 6k best during his 10k WR, but that was only around 15:45.

Sileshi Sihine ran 12:46 for the second half of a 10000m race. I wonder what his 5th km split was.

Not a Mo fan, but still... wrote:

Mo at his most fit was worth at least a mid-low 12:40s how is there any doubt of that? The man just wins.

He lost when he ran his best time, of 12:54, so I doubt he could run any faster.

bwakem wrote:

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Ignoring the wind for a moment, that was the fastest 6k ever. His pace means he ran the last 6k around 15:32. Bekele would have probably had the previous 6k best during his 10k WR, but that was only around 15:45.

Sileshi Sihine ran 12:46 for the second half of a 10000m race. I wonder what his 5th km split was.

He ran his 5k PR at the end of a 10k?

bwakem wrote:

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Ignoring the wind for a moment, that was the fastest 6k ever. His pace means he ran the last 6k around 15:32. Bekele would have probably had the previous 6k best during his 10k WR, but that was only around 15:45.

Sileshi Sihine ran 12:46 for the second half of a 10000m race. I wonder what his 5th km split was.

Yeahhhhhh I’m going to call BS on that.

Please illuminate me on when that happened. That would be the most impressive performance of all time if so. But I'm very skeptical.

I believe the fastest ever 5k in a 10k was Bekele's 12:57 close in 2008. Even then, his km pace for the first 5k was around 2:46, so that would make about 15:43 for 6k.

El Wrong'o wrote:

Not a Mo fan, but still... wrote:

Mo at his most fit was worth at least a mid-low 12:40s how is there any doubt of that? The man just wins.

He lost when he ran his best time, of 12:54, so I doubt he could run any faster.

It turns out that Mo won the race when he ran his PR of 12:53.11 in the year...2011.

Your brain is full of sh*t.

It's not a big surprise at

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Please illuminate me on when that happened. That would be the most impressive performance of all time if so. But I'm very skeptical.

I believe the fastest ever 5k in a 10k was Bekele's 12:57 close in 2008. Even then, his km pace for the first 5k was around 2:46, so that would make about 15:43 for 6k.

For the 2003 10k WC in Paris it lists Bekele as the leader at 5k in 13:52.33 and Bekele as the winner in 26:49.57 meaning he closed in 12:57.24.

Apophis99 wrote:

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Please illuminate me on when that happened. That would be the most impressive performance of all time if so. But I'm very skeptical.

I believe the fastest ever 5k in a 10k was Bekele's 12:57 close in 2008. Even then, his km pace for the first 5k was around 2:46, so that would make about 15:43 for 6k.

For the 2003 10k WC in Paris it lists Bekele as the leader at 5k in 13:52.33 and Bekele as the winner in 26:49.57 meaning he closed in 12:57.24.

Sorry to double post but does anyone have a video of this full race with English commentary that I could download? I’ve seen it on Youtube before but it seems to have been pulled. It’s an excellent pre-race motivation video.

We should really get these videos started as torrents.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Please illuminate me on when that happened. That would be the most impressive performance of all time if so. But I'm very skeptical.

I believe the fastest ever 5k in a 10k was Bekele's 12:57 close in 2008. Even then, his km pace for the first 5k was around 2:46, so that would make about 15:43 for 6k.

Everyone on this thread just keeps posting inaccurate information. It's amazing to read through all the comments and realize how clueless everyone is. Not that I'm any better, but try to do some math and research before you post.

Yikes

Zero credibility stuff wrote:

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Please illuminate me on when that happened. That would be the most impressive performance of all time if so. But I'm very skeptical.

I believe the fastest ever 5k in a 10k was Bekele's 12:57 close in 2008. Even then, his km pace for the first 5k was around 2:46, so that would make about 15:43 for 6k.

Everyone on this thread just keeps posting inaccurate information. It's amazing to read through all the comments and realize how clueless everyone is. Not that I'm any better, but try to do some math and research before you post.

Yikes

Not everyone.

I don’t think anyone has ever closed faster at 10k+ than Bekele did in Paris 2003. The knucklehead above must have mistook Bekele’s 5k gold and Olympic Record 12:57.82 for a split.

I couldn’t find good Beijing 10k splits beyond K. Tadese leading at the half in 13:48, meaning Bekele closed the second 5k faster than ~13:13, but I doubt he was so far off the lead that it compares to his Paris split.

Sorry, meant 2003 vs Gebreselassie. It was definitely 12:57 though off a slow pace.

cwarcarblue11 wrote:

Sorry, meant 2003 vs Gebreselassie. It was definitely 12:57 though off a slow pace.

I suppose that’s relative being a Championship race and all, but yeah.

spade detector wrote:

bwakem wrote:

Sileshi Sihine ran 12:46 for the second half of a 10000m race. I wonder what his 5th km split was.

Yeahhhhhh I’m going to call BS on that.

It was well publicised at the time but being 14yrs ago it's hard to find a source now. There is a mention of it here though:

bwakem wrote:

spade detector wrote:

Yeahhhhhh I’m going to call BS on that.

It was well publicised at the time but being 14yrs ago it's hard to find a source now. There is a mention of it here though:

http://fl.milesplit.com/discussion/topics/2187

Actually reading further down that page it seems to have been debunked and it was really 13:19/13:20 for the 5k splits.

Kamworor is just one of the all time greats. That 2016 half marathon win where he falls down and gets trampled but still destroys everybody are situations you can't train for. It's like in Gladiator when they poison the guy and send him off to battle.

And Kamworor's smiling and waving to the crowd for the last 100m like that effort was EASY.

Epic.

just a legend wrote:

Kamworor is just one of the all time greats. That 2016 half marathon win where he falls down and gets trampled but still destroys everybody are situations you can't train for. It's like in Gladiator when they poison the guy and send him off to battle.

And Kamworor's smiling and waving to the crowd for the last 100m like that effort was EASY.

Epic.

He is ridiculously talented, one in a generation. I think Hermens let him reach his fitness potential doing all of them, HM, Marathons, Cross-Country. However, soon he will reach his peak and definitely should go for the HM and Marathon WR within the next 2-3 years.