Lopez Lomong LONGEVITY appreciation thread

the more I think about it, maybe I should have titled this thread the RANGE thread.

I think the 800m to 10k range is even more amazing than the years.

Said Aouita: 1:43, 3:29, 3:46, 7:29, 8:13, 12:58, 27:26, 8:21 steeple

Alan Webb: 1:43, 3:30, 3:46, 7:39, 8:11, 13:10, 27:34

Mo Farah: 1:48, 3:28, 3:56, 7:32, 8:03, 12:53, 26:46, 59:07, 2:05:11

Eliud Kipchoge: 3:33, 3:50, 7:27, 8:07, 12:46, 26:49, 59:25, 1:59:40

Galen Rupp: 1:49, 3:33, 3:50, 7:30, 8:07, 12:58, 26:44, 59:47, 2:06:07

Kenenisa Bekele: 3:32, 4:01, 4:49, 7:25, 8:04, 12:37, 26:17, 1:00:09, 2:01:41

Haile Gebrselassie: 1:49, 3:31, 3:52, 4:52, 7:25, 8:01, 12:39, 26:22, 58:55, 2:03:59

It is pretty clear he is one of the few at his level that has done it the right way....

Yellow Brick Road Runners wrote:

Said Aouita: 1:43, 3:29, 3:46, 7:29, 8:13, 12:58, 27:26, 8:21 steeple

Alan Webb: 1:43, 3:30, 3:46, 7:39, 8:11, 13:10, 27:34

Mo Farah: 1:48, 3:28, 3:56, 7:32, 8:03, 12:53, 26:46, 59:07, 2:05:11

Eliud Kipchoge: 3:33, 3:50, 7:27, 8:07, 12:46, 26:49, 59:25, 1:59:40

Galen Rupp: 1:49, 3:33, 3:50, 7:30, 8:07, 12:58, 26:44, 59:47, 2:06:07

Kenenisa Bekele: 3:32, 4:01, 4:49, 7:25, 8:04, 12:37, 26:17, 1:00:09, 2:01:41

Haile Gebrselassie: 1:49, 3:31, 3:52, 4:52, 7:25, 8:01, 12:39, 26:22, 58:55, 2:03:59

Galen has never run 3:33 and his 1:49 doesn’t count.

great list, but I suppose only Aouita and Webb count, for it is the excellence at 800m that separates the power athletes from the distance runners.

Pretty amazing to be world class at 800m and 10k

Nah, Geb's 3:31i is still so close to the WR and he ran WR for the marathon before supershoes

Aouita and Webb are impressive with 1:43s for sure, but that long distance range takes the cake imo

Bernard Lagat..range and longevity can match Lomong.

You could have mentioned that Lomong actually made the Olympic 1500m team, helping to knock Webb out in 2008.

Then places 7th in the 2019 World Championships.

That is pretty good longevity and range.

ronald mexico clarke wrote:

My son was watching a Nick Symmonds youtube video and I said, "why don't you watch one of his actual races instead of these goofy exploits?"

So he picked the 2008 Olympic Trials 800m. It was a thrilling race, with Symmonds a dominant 1, Wheating closing well for 2nd, and Christian bearded Kansas guy diving for 3rd.

But I was amazed to see Lopez MF Lomong in that race. Amazing to see him as a MD star in his youth, and now STILL running great, but at the 5 and 10k.

Has there ever been another US runner with both amazing longevity, but even more impressively to me, the RANGE of excellence fro 800m to 10k???

Bernard Lagat. Perfect example of Longevity and range

Its is for that very reason that he is #2 on my personal top 5 runners list.

Galen has never run 3:33 and his 1:49 doesn’t count.[/quote]

Why would his officially timed 1:49 not count?

westsouthrunner wrote:

ronald mexico clarke wrote:

My son was watching a Nick Symmonds youtube video and I said, "why don't you watch one of his actual races instead of these goofy exploits?"

So he picked the 2008 Olympic Trials 800m. It was a thrilling race, with Symmonds a dominant 1, Wheating closing well for 2nd, and Christian bearded Kansas guy diving for 3rd.

But I was amazed to see Lopez MF Lomong in that race. Amazing to see him as a MD star in his youth, and now STILL running great, but at the 5 and 10k.

Has there ever been another US runner with both amazing longevity, but even more impressively to me, the RANGE of excellence fro 800m to 10k???

Bernard Lagat. Perfect example of Longevity and range

Its is for that very reason that he is #2 on my personal top 5 runners list.

Just to add on to it.

Lagat:

800m:1:46

1500m:3:26.3

mile:3:47

2:00m 4:54

3000m:7:29

5000m:12:53

10000m: 27:49 or 27:48 road

marathon: 2:12

FreeBarabbas wrote:

Galen has never run 3:33 and his 1:49 doesn’t count.

Why would his officially timed 1:49 not count?[/quote]

It was an oversized indoor track.

Why would his officially timed 1:49 not count?[/quote]

It was an oversized indoor track.[/quote]

Ahh. I forgot that covering 800m in 1:49 doesn't count as covering 800m in 1:49 if it's on an oversized indoor track. Thanks for clearing that up.

I notice that as a distance runner, Lomong is especially jacked (I know this because I google "shirtless pictures lopez lomong hot sweaty" in my free time) for a distance runner. I wonder if this has anything to do with his longevity?

Huge respect for Lomong, his range and longevity. I've been banging the drum for him on here since the late aughts. In 2007 alone he: won NCAA Indoor 3000m, won every 1500m/mile race he entered, including NCAA Outdoor 1500m with a 3:37, ran 1:45.79 at USA's in late June and took 3rd at NCAA XC in November, behind McDougal and Rupp.

Yellow Brick Road Runners wrote:

Alan Webb: 1:43, 3:30, 3:46, 7:39, 8:11, 13:10, 27:34

And Webb ran ALL of those in a two year period. Aouita in a three year.

Don't sleep on Augustine Choge: 1:44, 3:29, 3:50, 7:28, 12:53 and 59:26. Arguably at Mo level of range, always overlooked since Eliud made the bigger splash.

Historical nominees go to Rod Dixon and Fernando Mamede.

Lhotse wrote:

It is pretty clear he is one of the few at his level that has done it the right way....

100% agree

Free Barabbas

I am sorry that you are not that bright but Galen’s 1:49 indoors does NOT count. Surely you cannot be this stupid? Do you think a 10000m on a 500m outdoor track would count? Educate yourself.

Not American, and a couple years younger, but Bethwell Birgen has run a 3:35 every season since 2009. I'd like to see how long he stays at the highest level.

Maybe more focus on 3-5K for a late career surge.

How does Ben True still get no respect ?

They’re the same class in high school (True bested Lomong at Footlocker). True has had more consistency, with a great 5000 every year. More range? Maybe not better range but 1500-half marathon and then you factor in XC skiing. Damn impressive. Great XC success as well.

Just wait till he hits the roads.