Jake Smith, 1:00:31 half marathon, worlds in Poland, short or legit?

The silver medalist in the women's race ran a pb of almost 4minues. Perhaps it was the tailwind

along the waterfront and the absence of headwind in the part of the course that is the main factor here. 1-2 min gains are reasonable.

Jake ran a 28:01 10,000m over the summer, paced around by his team mates. Not an official race but was live streamed on his Instagram. The course was legit as was his time

GPS measured 13.2+ miles for all the athletes that uploaded their times on Strava so the course wasn’t short

1 447 Jacob KIPLIMO UGA UGA 58:49 CR

2 400 Kibiwott KANDIE KEN KEN 58:54

3 361 Amedework WALELEGN ETH ETH 59:08 PB

4 444 Joshua CHEPTEGEI UGA UGA 59:21 PB

5 356 Andamlak BELIHU ETH ETH 59:32 SB

6 398 Leonard BARSOTON KEN KEN 59:34 SB

7 428 Stephen MOKOKA RSA RSA 59:36 NR

8 362 Morhad AMDOUNI FRA FRA 59:40 NR

9 401 Benard KIMELI KEN KEN 59:42 SB

10 357 Leul GEBRESILASE ETH ETH 59:45 SB

11 358 Hailemaryam KIROS ETH ETH 1:00:01 PB

12 409 Hamza SAHLI MAR MAR 1:00:04 PB

13 406 Mohamed Reda EL AARABY MAR MAR 1:00:17 PB

14 427 Lesiba Precious MASHELE RSA RSA 1:00:24 PB

15 408 Mouhcine OUTALHA MAR MAR 1:00:26 PB

16 446 Victor KIPLANGAT UGA UGA 1:00:29 SB

17 407 Othmane EL GOUMRI MAR MAR 1:00:30 PB

18 373 Jake SMITH GBR GBR 1:00:31 PB

19 448 Stephen KISSA UGA UGA 1:00:34

20 449 Bohdan-Ivan HORODYSKYY UKR UKR 1:00:40 NR

21 431 Julien WANDERS SUI SUI 1:00:46 SB

22 355 Guye Idemo ADOLA ETH ETH 1:00:50 SB

23 429 Collen MULAUDZI RSA RSA 1:00:51 PB

24 441 Aras KAYA TUR TUR 1:00:51 PB

25 389 Tadesse GETAHON ISR ISR 1:00:52 NR

26 394 Eyob GHEBREHIWET FANIEL ITA ITA 1:00:53 PB

27 363 Florian CARVALHO FRA FRA 1:00:58 PB

28 391 Maru TEFERI ISR ISR 1:00:58 SB

29 414 Jose Luis SANTANA MARIN MEX MEX 1:01:11 PB

30 413 Juan PACHECO MEX MEX 1:01:20 PB

31 349 Ayad LAMDASSEM ESP ESP 1:01:21 PB

32 365 Benjamin CHOQUERT FRA FRA 1:01:32 PB

33 331 Carlos Martín DÍAZ DEL RIO CHI CHI 1:01:32 NR

34 421 Krystian ZALEWSKI POL POL 1:01:32 NR

35 375 Simon BOCH GER GER 1:01:36 PB

36 351 Juan Antonio PÉREZ ESP ESP 1:01:39 SB

37 436 David NILSSON SWE SWE 1:01:40 PB

38 410 Hassan TORISS MAR MAR 1:01:42 PB

39 387 Girmaw AMARE ISR ISR 1:02:03 PB

40 422 Samuel BARATA POR POR 1:02:19 PB

41 354 Tiidrek NURME EST EST 1:02:20 NR

42 402 Benard Kipkorir NGENO KEN KEN 1:02:26

43 396 Pietro RIVA ITA ITA 1:02:28 SB

44 395 Stefano LA ROSA ITA ITA 1:02:28 PB

45 367 Nicolas NAVARRO FRA FRA 1:02:29 PB

46 350 Adel MECHAAL ESP ESP 1:02:30 PB

47 399 Morris Munene GACHAGA KEN KEN 1:02:30 SB

48 332 Ivan Dario GONZALEZ COL COL 1:02:31 PB

49 393 Daniele D'ONOFRIO ITA ITA 1:02:32 PB

50 368 Mohamud Ibrahim AADAN GBR GBR 1:02:41 SB

51 430 Tadesse ABRAHAM SUI SUI 1:02:46 SB

52 384 Hlynur ANDRÉSSON ISL ISL 1:02:47 NR

53 434 Mikael EKVALL SWE SWE 1:02:48 SB

54 442 Kaan Kigen ÖZBILEN TUR TUR 1:02:53 SB

55 435 Emil MILLÁN DE LA OLIVA SWE SWE 1:02:53 PB

56 340 Segundo JAMI ECU ECU 1:02:57 PB

57 364 Abderrazak CHARIK FRA FRA 1:02:58

58 383 Kevin SEAWARD IRL IRL 1:02:58 PB

59 353 Roman FOSTI EST EST 1:03:03 PB

60 372 Kristian JONES GBR GBR 1:03:05 PB

61 438 Polat Kemboi ARIKAN TUR TUR 1:03:10 SB

62 369 Adam CRAIG GBR GBR 1:03:12 PB

63 426 Nicolae Alexandru SOARE ROU ROU 1:03:14 PB

64 370 Tom EVANS GBR GBR 1:03:14 PB

65 439 Sezgin ATAÇ TUR TUR 1:03:21

66 451 Roman ROMANENKO UKR UKR 1:03:26 SB

67 307 Otmane NAIT HAMMOU ART ART 1:03:28 NR

68 411 Maxim RĂILEANU MDA MDA 1:03:34 PB

69 440 Saffet ELKATMIŞ TUR TUR 1:03:34 PB

70 382 Hugh ARMSTRONG IRL IRL 1:03:37 PB

71 452 Oleksandr SITKOVSKIY UKR UKR 1:03:41 PB

72 312 Jean Marie Vianney NIYOMUKIZA BDI BDI 1:03:43 PB

73 313 Koen NAERT BEL BEL 1:03:44 SB

74 334 Simon HOLBEK KØNINGSFELDT DEN DEN 1:03:48 PB

75 316 Gilmar Silvestre LOPES BRA BRA 1:03:51 SB

76 445 Moses KIBET UGA UGA 1:03:54 SB

77 302 Joaquin ARBE ARG ARG 1:03:55 SB

78 425 Luís SARAIVA POR POR 1:03:56 PB

79 339 Alvaro ABREU MARTIN DOM DOM 1:03:58 NR

80 311 Timon THEUER AUT AUT 1:03:59

81 453 Nicolás CUESTAS URU URU 1:04:00 SB

82 405 Remigijus KANČYS LTU LTU 1:04:00 NR

83 433 Adhanom ABRAHA SWE SWE 1:04:02 SB

84 347 Iraitz ARROSPIDE ESP ESP 1:04:07

85 381 Iván ZARCO HON HON 1:04:08 NR

86 403 Ignas BRASEVIČIUS LTU LTU 1:04:09 PB

87 336 Thijs NIJHUIS DEN DEN 1:04:10 SB

88 310 Christian STEINHAMMER AUT AUT 1:04:11

89 455 Luis Alberto ORTA VEN VEN 1:04:11

90 317 Ederson VILELA PEREIRA BRA BRA 1:04:19 SB

91 386 Yitayew ABUHAY ISR ISR 1:04:21 PB

92 450 Igor OLEFIRENKO UKR UKR 1:04:22 SB

93 315 Daniel DO NASCIMENTO BRA BRA 1:04:27 PB

94 335 Andreas LOMMER DEN DEN 1:04:28

95 420 Adam NOWICKI POL POL 1:04:31 SB

96 412 Jesús Arturo ESPARZA MEX MEX 1:04:35 PB

97 378 Konstantin WEDEL GER GER 1:04:45

98 343 Christian VASCONEZ ECU ECU 1:04:49 PB

99 454 Marvin BLANCO VEN VEN 1:05:06 PB

100 376 Amanal PETROS GER GER 1:05:22

101 419 Damian KABAT POL POL 1:05:26 PB

102 404 Valdas DOPOLSKAS LTU LTU 1:05:28 PB

103 348 Jorge BLANCO ESP ESP 1:05:31

104 374 Tobias BLUM GER GER 1:05:33

105 333 Jeison Alexander SUAREZ COL COL 1:05:42 SB

106 418 Adam GŁOGOWSKI POL POL 1:05:50

107 423 Nuno LOPES POR POR 1:06:30

108 306 Fouad IDBAFDIL ART ART 1:06:35 PB

109 342 Byron PIEDRA ECU ECU 1:06:45 SB

110 379 Wan Chun WONG HKG HKG 1:06:58 PB

111 341 Rafael Vicemte LOZA BEJARAN ECU ECU 1:08:30

112 345 Oscar Antonio ALDANA ESA ESA 1:08:31 NR

113 330 Valentin BETOUDJI CHA CHA 1:08:46 PB

114 416 Charlton DEBONO MLT MLT 1:08:51 SB

115 415 Stefan AZZOPARDI MLT MLT 1:09:18 PB

116 417 Sonny FOLCHERI MON MON 1:16:01 PB

117 301 Ilir KËLLËZI ALB ALB 1:17:27 SB

385 Arnar PÉTURSSON ISL ISL DNF

392 Nekagenet CRIPPA ITA ITA DNF

424 Rui PINTO POR POR DNF

437 Napoleon SOLOMON SWE SWE DNF

388 Ayala GASHAU ISR ISR DNS

Half marathon ever been this deep with such great times? I hope the times are legit and that they will be upheld. Many athletes ran 3 to 4 minutes faster than they had ever achieved in the past and that is why I have a strange feeling about this race but if I’m wrong, may karma , take care of my pessimism.

Deep field.

Consistent pacing, not crazy.

If you were prepared, you were going to PR.

Many athletes have only been training for this opportunity.

true story wrote:

GPS measured 13.2+ miles for all the athletes that uploaded their times on Strava so the course wasn’t short

Short .. 13.48 GPS would be accurate...

Been calling Jake to make a big breakthrough today but nobody listened apparently.. Huge talent

As Jakes coach session pointed to 60mid with some towards 60flat- so not a massive surprise. One championship race with perfect weather, 4 laps and big build up with little races to taper for. So legit, and Jake will go faster- so forget times and we are most proud of top 20 and 2nd European!

+1

I genuinely cant decide if it's a problem with the course or with the footwear...

jfrb wrote:

Deep field.

Consistent pacing, not crazy.

If you were prepared, you were going to PR.

Many athletes have only been training for this opportunity.

Yes you have to remember that most of these athletes came into this year gunning for the olympics. Now that they’ve been in super good shape while barely being allowed to race this year, it is completely unsurprising that so many people did is well as they did.

The course was measured by one of the top measurers in the world (required for a World Athletics Series competition (WC, WHM, OG, Race Walking Cup). Plus, the course will need to be re-measured by another WA measurer as part of the record ratification process (if not already done).

In addition, the measurer was at the race to ensure the course was properly set up and run as measured.

The fact of the majority of runners in both the men’s and women races set personal bests and in many cases national records seems odd to me but of course this does not mean that the course was short but it really is pretty unusual to have the vast majority of the field in a competition such as this setting personal bests and national records and in many cases athletes were beating their best times by 2 to 4 minutes which is also very unusual and almost begs the question was the course legitimate? In addition, many of the athletes with setting personal best for 10 km on route to the half marathon which again cast doubt on the legitimacy of the distance. Once again, if I’m wrong on this, my bad and may “karma” take points away from me in the future.

Example, Navarro, France - previous best of 64 minutes high who ended up 45th in 60 to 29. Before the race he was hoping to beat 64 minutes and he was amazed by his time. His first reaction with another French runner (Carvalho) was “is the course legitimate?” Carvalho, built more like a rugby player than like a distance runner ran 60 mins+.... Beating his personal Best by a huge margin.

However, others will state that this athlete, Navarro, set a record well in line with his best time for Marathon as he ran two hours and 10 minutes last year in Valencia.

Typo: 62:29 for Navarro and not as printed previously

Another great run by Jake Smith today.

Paced at Cheshire Marathon today, decided to continue after 25kms. Finished his long run (debut marathon) in 2:11:00.

https://runcheshire.niftyentries.com/Results/Wrexham-Elite-Marathon

https://www.strava.com/activities/5188493182

(with only 1 gel and no special drinking).