From 1500m-marathon.
My first instincts would say Jakob's 7:17, Bekeles 5000m olympic gold in 2008, Kipchoge running under 2hrs (even if not legal).
If we include factors like age, Bernard Lagat getting 5th in the 5000m in Rio at almost age 42 is pretty insane to me (and him winning the olympic trials the same year with final lap of 52.)
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Wave lights + pacemakers brings the performance way down for me. I'd have to say Mo Farah 10k in London - home games, fell early, massive favourite, field covered his every move, olympics, great field, iconic stadium
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One of Bekele's world xc wins. Hard to see which, every time he faced a stellar field.
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A bebe Bi kila barefoot marathon in Rome. The marathon WR still to this day unmatched.
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WVNs’ 400m WR of 43.03
come in man
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qwf32q wrote:
From 1500m-marathon.
My first instincts would say Jakob's 7:17, Bekeles 5000m olympic gold in 2008, Kipchoge running under 2hrs (even if not legal).
If we include factors like age, Bernard Lagat getting 5th in the 5000m in Rio at almost age 42 is pretty insane to me (and him winning the olympic trials the same year with final lap of 52.)
Rexing 5K in trainers
Kawauchi running sub 14 something like the day after a 2h10 marathon
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Bill Rodgers Boston Marathon 1975
2:09.55
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2:00:35
//thread.
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7:17
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qwf32q wrote:
From 1500m-marathon.
My first instincts would say Jakob's 7:17, Bekeles 5000m olympic gold in 2008, Kipchoge running under 2hrs (even if not legal).
If we include factors like age, Bernard Lagat getting 5th in the 5000m in Rio at almost age 42 is pretty insane to me (and him winning the olympic trials the same year with final lap of 52.)
Bekele's 5k gold in 2008 or Geoffrey Mutai's 2:05 in New York pre-super shoes.
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For sprints: Bolt’s 200
For distance: Koman’s non-bouncy shoe 3000m
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3:59.4
1:40.91
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Way too many to pick from, but Sammy Wanjiru’s 2008 Olympic Marathon performance in Beijing makes the top 20, as he was something else.
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We all know it's 99% not legit, but I'd have to say Ruth's 2:09:56 marathon is the most "unbelievable" performance in all of distance running.
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qwf32q wrote:
From 1500m-marathon.
My first instincts would say Jakob's 7:17, Bekeles 5000m olympic gold in 2008, Kipchoge running under 2hrs (even if not legal).
If we include factors like age, Bernard Lagat getting 5th in the 5000m in Rio at almost age 42 is pretty insane to me (and him winning the olympic trials the same year with final lap of 52.)
For me it's Lasse Viren's 4th place 2-mile in 8:21 in 1976.
I know it wasn't winning race and not very fast by today's standards, but a few days before this race Viren ran in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He ran two 10k race with the second being gold, two 5k races with second being gold. Then he ran the marathon finishing 5th.
Viren ran that two-mile 4 days after the marathon. 8:21 was fast in those days. So almost 50 years later that is my great performances.
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Dave Moorcroft - Coventry Godiva Harriers - GB
World Record for 5000 by 5.79 seconds (no pacesetter pace). 13:00.41 set at the 1982 Bislett Games.
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some mentally challenged shrimp boat captain from Alabama ran back and forth across America a bunch of times. can't remember his name.
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I don\'t want my name here either wrote:
Dave Moorcroft - Coventry Godiva Harriers - GB
World Record for 5000 by 5.79 seconds (no pacesetter pace). 13:00.41 set at the 1982 Bislett Games.
And as great as that was, this was just as great, so it is virtually impossible to choose one.
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Marshall Ulrich solo unassisted Badwater Quad.
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