Emil Millán de la Oliva- the future of long distance running

The second fastest time in his age group.

Only one Kenyan has ran faster.

camelorunner wrote:

Almost no one outside Sweden knows who he is. Do you remeber the young guy sprinting behind Mo Farah at the 60 min race in Diamond League.

Yep, that's the kid.

Emil Millán de la Oliva ran a new great 10 000 m race at Finnkampen today. The 19-year-old ran a one-hour race, where he managed 20,128 meters, was less than 48 hours later on the starting line in Finnkampen's 10,000 meters and 29:10,22.

He was actually jogging for 9 000 m and finishes last 1000 m in 2:36.

This time is the second fastest in the world. I have think with international competition, he can do 28:00.

What do you guys think about his performance?

I was wondering who that annoying guy was running behind Farah. Ridiculous.

He ran 13:28 recently. He is the real deal.

camelorunner wrote:

Almost no one outside Sweden knows who he is. Do you remeber the young guy sprinting behind Mo Farah at the 60 min race in Diamond League.

Yep, that's the kid.

Emil Millán de la Oliva ran a new great 10 000 m race at Finnkampen today. The 19-year-old ran a one-hour race, where he managed 20,128 meters, was less than 48 hours later on the starting line in Finnkampen's 10,000 meters and 29:10,22.

He was actually jogging for 9 000 m and finishes last 1000 m in 2:36.

This time is the second fastest in the world. I have think with international competition, he can do 28:00.

What do you guys think about his performance?

Who can better predict Emil`s future running possibilities than Sweden`s best running coach ( and one of the best in the world )? Well ......he seem to be a "perpetum mobile" with a great anaerob/aerob engine and will be a great "time runner", but he lacks the necessary sprint speed to get international medals in World and Olympic Championships at 5000/10000m . In European Champs there is a better chance to medal because not so strong opposition ( except Ingebrigtsen`s) . Emil`s best chances will come at the half and the marathon in the future. He ran 13:29 at 5000m in Sweden`s Folksam Grand Prix and that indicates he already now can run sub 28 min at 10000m. A very talented young runner and I wish him all the best.

Thanks for the insight god JS! If he was under your wings, do you think he could reach international top level?

Stop it JS.

You just changed your name to JohnnyS (JS).

You aren't coaching any international level athletes. Probably some C-level kenyans.

And what are you talking about? He for sure has some decent sprinting ability.

The kid finished his last lap in 57 seconds today.

Actually 56.84 seconds.

He did this alone without anyone chasing him.

Under my wings he could reach his optimum capacity for sure.

camelorunner wrote:

And what are you talking about? He for sure has some decent sprinting ability.

The kid finished his last lap in 57 seconds today.

For sure decent sprinting ability after a slow race , but not enough to medal in World champs

or the Olympics.

The Wizard JS wrote:

camelorunner wrote:

And what are you talking about? He for sure has some decent sprinting ability.

The kid finished his last lap in 57 seconds today.

For sure decent sprinting ability after a slow race , but not enough to medal in World champs

or the Olympics.

He impressed me in the one hour race because anyone who can keep up with Farah on the last lap of any race has to have something going for them and yes he can run a 55 second last lap in a distance race which is pretty good for a European.

. I loved his attitude in the one hour race as he was laughing, fist pumping, encouraging Farah and Abdi when he was lapped, and just showed a great positive attitude for one so young. Further his size and weight and biomechanics are absolutely perfect for a distance runner and he has very good form. Going by his name is he of Portuguese origin? 13:29 for 5000 indicates 27:48-27:55. Once again, he might become a great future marathon runner especially taking his size, jockey weight, and great biomechanics into account. he’s built like a white African.

De la Oliva 29.10, 22 (1)

Leandersson 29.20,45 (3)

Ekval 29.29, 38 (2)

Saleva, Fin. 30.25, 20 (6)

Wilmann, Fin. 30.59, 00 (8)

Niinisto, Fin. 31.47, 46 (7)

In a bizarre twist to this race in Sweden the six runners each had to run in separate lanes for the entire distance! This was to minimize social contact in the race. There were only six runners with three Finns also participating.

I think his father is from Bolivia or Peru.

His mother is Swedish. He also has a 15 year old sister that ran 800m 2:07 today and represented the national team.

Ghost1 wrote:

De la Oliva 29.10, 22 (1)

Leandersson 29.20,45 (3)

Ekval 29.29, 38 (2)

Saleva, Fin. 30.25, 20 (6)

Wilmann, Fin. 30.59, 00 (8)

Niinisto, Fin. 31.47, 46 (7)

In a bizarre twist to this race in Sweden the six runners each had to run in separate lanes for the entire distance! This was to minimize social contact in the race. There were only six runners with three Finns also participating.

This is an annual two day competition with all events. The Swedes usually dominate long distance and middle distance events. The Finns are better at the technical events like javelin. Finnkampen means the battle with the Finns. This year it took place in Finland. The Finns actually forced the Swedish national team to travel back to Sweden and then fly back to Finland in the morning due to corona. That's stupid. The risk is higher among the 4000 Finns in the audience attending the event rather than 100 Swedish athletes who all were corona tested prior to entering Finland.

The race can be seen here.

It starts at 1:43:30

https://www.svtplay.se/video/27980211/friidrott-finnkampen/friidrott-finnkampen-6-sep-11-30?start=auto

camelorunner wrote:

I think his father is from Bolivia or Peru.

His mother is Swedish. He also has a 15 year old sister that ran 800m 2:07 today and represented the national team.

OMG, Great genetics the De Oliva family. The 15-year-old sister of Emil 2:07 is a future sub two runner almost certainly with logical progression. That is already a very precocious time for a young lass. Impressive.

Well, I knew this kid before, but mainly for also trying to be a youtuber and rapper besides running:

https://www.youtube.com/c/EmilMillan/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCVKpVxYY0c_sch6ouEKvTA/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOqEZKisgbuFlJI55ws-VQg/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid

I agree that his speed is kind of supbar though (only 1:58 800m and 3:53 1500m indoors this year), which actually is quite interesting for someone of his age, it's the opposite most of the time.

His sister Alice Magnell Millán is quite talented too btw, she already ran 4:20 and 16:22 at the age of 15 and also tries to be a tiktok influencer:

https://www.tiktok.com/@brittagittamannen

I am wondering if those two precocious kids would do well to accept scholarship offers from American universities in the NCAA division 1 if conditions get back to normal for running because right now it does not seem the right time to go to the USA. What do you think, on the other hand, that those two kids can do just as well to reach the highest levels by staying in Sweden?

A few years ago....6 years ago....