Bekele's 5000m Record Splits

Here's what I have:

12:37.35 - 2:33.2, 2:32.2, 2:31.8, 2:30.5, 2:29.4.

I just have 1000m splits, but I've got them for the each WR since 1995.

Nice... can you post the 1500 and mile splits?

I wonder what Bekele could've done off of 7:35; when he split 7:32 he still held on to 12:40.18.

I don't have 400m splits, I wish I did. I've just got 1000m splits.

12:37 is ridiculous for sure, but I think his most impressive race on the track was perhaps the Olympic 5000 last summer. He just keeps ripping off these fast laps from the front, never looking back. 12:57? No rabbits.

Bekele dropped the hammer in the Oly 5k after reaching 3k in a pedestrian 8:00 for a final 2k of 4:57. I was honestly surprised that Kipchoge couldn't get a bit closer to him, but then he has not been in top form for many years now.

In his WR he closed in 4:59.9 off of 7:37. Unreal stuff!

When Geb ran his 12:39 WR he closed very fast on his own for the last 6 laps if i recall correctly... He was below 5:00 as well off a slow 3000m where the rabbits couldn't take him through 3000m on required pace..

I was watchin this race live and never thought Geb would get it...

It was a brilliant run!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnyx06yjhU4&feature=related

Whatever, Tergat still can beat both of them on the right day!

prob.

the_430miler wrote:

Whatever, Tergat still can beat both of them on the right day!

Guess he just never had the right day

man, sometimes I just have to stop and think about how ridiculous this time is. a 4:04 mile is pretty legit in the U.S. college system. bekele has averaged three in a row. a 7:37 3K is pretty legit in the U.S. pro system. bekele runs that then speeds up for another 2K to get the WR. ****ing sick.

cross bluntry wrote:

man, sometimes I just have to stop and think about how ridiculous this time is. a 4:04 mile is pretty legit in the U.S. college system. bekele has averaged three in a row. a 7:37 3K is pretty legit in the U.S. pro system. bekele runs that then speeds up for another 2K to get the WR. ****ing sick.

EPO is an amazing drug.

And your mom is an amazing wh@%e.

big bad doom wrote:

cross bluntry wrote:

man, sometimes I just have to stop and think about how ridiculous this time is. a 4:04 mile is pretty legit in the U.S. college system. bekele has averaged three in a row. a 7:37 3K is pretty legit in the U.S. pro system. bekele runs that then speeds up for another 2K to get the WR. ****ing sick.

EPO is an amazing drug.

I am a journalist working on a science story about optimum pacing strategies. Can you tell me the source for these numbers? I'd love to use them in my article, along with any more recent ones you have (also women or different distances).

TrackBot! Optimize 12:37.35 5000m 153.3 152.2 151.8 150.8 149.5

TrackBot! Optimize 5000m 153.3 152.2 151.8 150.8 149.5

Optimized time for 12:37.6 5000.0m based on even pacing:

12:35.12

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Richard A. Lovett wrote:

I am a journalist working on a science story about optimum pacing strategies. Can you tell me the source for these numbers? I'd love to use them in my article, along with any more recent ones you have (also women or different distances).

There's a guy who frequents this board whom you need to interview. He goes by the ID calculo, formerly, Ventolin^3. He has an amazing eye for detail and splits in MD WR runs dating back to the epic time of Jim Ryun. Did you know, Ryun was capable of 3:24 for 1500, 1:39 for 880 and 44 point low for 440? After you discuss this with calculo, you will see the light. Even Bekele would have had no hope against the true power of Ryun.