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I'm not sure what you mean by "experimental," but at Boston 1985 Geoff Smith went out at WR pace, hitting 5K in 14:15. He was 1:02:51 at half with no one in the same area code. 20 miles was 18 seconds under WR pace still, but then teh wheels came off -- cramping, walking, and a 2:14:05 finish. He won by over 5 minutes anyway.
This info was gleened from Tom Derderian's definitive book.
I was thinking Geoff Smith too!
2008 Osaka Marathon, Kayoko Fukushi went out a bit too fast. Here is the letsrun recap:
http://www.letsrun.com/2008/fukushidebut0128.php
Here is the only youtube that I could find quickly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLh4HxBggs
That's her mom in the stands that the coverage focuses on.
How about lukas V at the New Balance Nationals last year
Gerry Lindgren went through 26 miles at sub 2 hour marathon pace but then he passed out 100m from the finish line.
How did the subject line change? anyway, you're right.
RWD: What do you think you could have run in the marathon?
GL: In 1970 or '71 I think it was, I was talked into running the marathon at Seaside, Oregon. Several of the best American marathon runners were there and several times they warned me not to go out too fast. Still, at five miles, I wondered why everyone was so far back. I was on two-hour marathon pace at the turn-around and still under two-hour pace with four miles left to run. But with still a couple miles to go the bear jumped on my back and I faltered. I ended up finishing behind four real marathoners and each of them was laughing at me as they passed. One other time I kept a sub-two-hour pace for 26 miles but I passed out before the finish. In those days marathons were run without water aid stations and it was the thinking of the time that you dehydrate for two-three days before a race so you are lighter.
Steve Jones, 1986 European Championships, WR pace at half way, finished in 2:22:12.
Marathon is too easy. You need things like HS going out in 49 in the 800m or guys like Louie Quinta taking out the NCAA 1500m at AR pace.
Jim Peters 1954 Commonwealth Games marathon.
Didn't Earl Jones run an 800m going through the bell in low/mid 48 and crawl home the last 200?
The Waterboy wrote:
Gerry Lindgren went through 26 miles at sub 2 hour marathon pace but then he passed out 100m from the finish line.
You forgot the "/sarcasm off" at the end of that sentence.