Marco Arop 1:11 Half Marathon

He has.

(1) I am not joking; (2) you failed; (3) would you like to try again, applying better reading comprehension? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The question is "Has any global elite 800m runner run a faster half marathon?" The answer is NO.

The question is NOT "What runners do you think coulda woulda shoulda run a faster half marathon?" 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Again: show me one, or you lose. Nobody has yes, BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE.

Only 1:41 man in the history of the sport to ever do so.

If you think that athletic achievements unique in the history of the sport are big deals, it is a big deal.

I coached with a 4x Olympian in the 4x4 (from a smaller African country) who ran mid 44s and was always under 16:30 in local 5ks. But he was about 6'2" and 170 so very lean.

Did he ever run an 800, even just for fun?

I assume he was too good at the 400 to ever seriously consider switching, but man if I was building someone in a lab to be a world-class 800 guy it would be "tall, lean, 44.x speed, natural 16:30 strength without any serious mileage"

That's pretty easy when only one 1:41 man in the history of the sport has gone and run a half marathon.

Pretty impressive I'd say that a natural 800m guy as good as he is would even do a half, much less one in a very respectable time. Mad respect for Marco on this effort, shows he's not just a 400/800 guy but an 800 guy with nice range possibilities for later in his career.

You know, the time almost isn't important, as stupid as that may sound.

The fact that a speed-based 800m silver medalist olympian is running a half-Mary in the off-season made me gasp with excitement.

The guy is a baller. I always say, he's a real-life Clark Kent.

Botswana?

Please show us a 1:42 man with a quick half, then.

1:43?

1:44?

1:45?

Hello? Hello??

Just face the fact that anyone who knows the sport finds this very impressive. You are embarrassing yourself at this point.

It is really the 46.10 that separates Arop from the rest who have run a half marathon that is “decent,” although of course his 1:41 is his best race and claim to greatness. Augustine Choge ran 1:44.86 and then almost 8 years later ran 59:26. But again those folks who want to bring up Alan Webb are just off topic here. But I will say Alan Webb could have probably run a 1:03 marathon at some point, maybe even faster. But that is arguably not relevant.

Alan Webb could have absolutely blown that time away. Everyone here knows that. These guys don't go around racing half marathons when they are focusing on track, but to think that other 1:42-1:45 guys couldn't run under 1:11 is ridiculous. You can keep up the bluster if you want, but your argument is silly.

All the crap talkers on this stupid site how many medals you guys got yeah none!!!!! I was a 1:48 guy that could hold until 10,000m running 29:05. After that I was garbage! Note everyone can run junk milage like the majority of the garbage on this board!!!!

Marco is really on his game. He's going to be a real force to deal with in the 1500m . Really humble guy and come out does a lot for the local track scene when he is at home. Good to see him doing well.

Agreed about Marco Arop. Seb Coe did Jim Ryun was similar in size to Arop, maybe 6'2", ran a 46 split in the mud after a 3:55 mile one day in college, was the world record holder at 880 (it's fair to say that with a pacer and a modern track, that 1:44.3 800m conversion would be seconds faster), 1500, mile, and two mile, with a 13:38 5000m pr, and ran 90 miles per week with some fast long runs as well, so I think it's safe to say that he was easily a sub-1:08 half marathon type with a 46 400m, as was Coe.

Delete the fragment, 'Seb Coe did'.

Steve-O a wild boy, indeed.

I think the reason there's so much controversy here is that there are so few points of comparison. this certainly seems impressive, but we also have basically no data points comparing other 'speed-oriented' world class 800m runners running half-marathons, so it's hard to say how big of an accomplishment this is. what is certain is that it is at least impressive from the perspective that he decided to do a half-marathon in the first place and ran a time that is 'elite' by ordinary human standards

I hate to sound like a Coevette supporter but what about Ovett? He ran 65 for the half mary as a joke and was the best middle distance runner of his time. Now we have Josh Kerr the current goat middle distance runner who had an amazing 800 this year. He fell but was in shape to run 1:45 for 800m if he didn't. Last year he ran CIM in 61 minutes as a a winter tempo run.