he ran a 26 second last lap in an indoor 3k
he ran a 26 second last lap in an indoor 3k
lagat wrote:
he ran a 26 second last lap in an indoor 3k
Welcome to last weekend, where you been?
... with most of the rest of us who just saw the wcsn coverage for the first time (via the front page).
that was pretty amazing. you could see him having trouble with his speed on the turn (nearly throwing him off the track/lane). my response when i watched it, from the beginning, was, "what? doesn't lagat win this race? ... holy crap; he's fast."
for those who missed the link:
it's worth your while.
The most interesting thing about that race was not his time, or that he won, or the manner in which he won, but that he actually did something I've never seen an elite do before--sit down after the race. El G did it in celebration following the Olympics, but that's about the last elite race I've seen over the last 10 years where it genuinely seemed like the winner wasn't a super hero.
The thing is, when I finish a race I couldn't possibly sit down. I can't stand still for about five minutes. I'm not Lagat, but I am pretty fast.
I am always amazed that the africans seem to recover so quickly.
Smokey wrote:
The thing is, when I finish a race I couldn't possibly sit down. I can't stand still for about five minutes. I'm not Lagat, but I am pretty fast.
I am always amazed that the africans seem to recover so quickly.
They never used to until EPO - look at El Guerrouj and others - it's a sign. Watch video of Morceli and the Africans and Europeans of that era and earlier and then watched what happened at - for some reason - the same time Rosa, Hermens and others got into the mix. All of a sudden very few runners are hurtin' after a race, win or lose. It's all training and conditioning. Sure.
NoT HuRTinG wrote:
All of a sudden very few runners are hurtin' after a race, win or lose. It's all training and conditioning. Sure.
so, what? there are drugs that really fix that problem?
Confused American Hahaha.....