which one was the better perfomance. or were they both equivalent
which one was the better perfomance. or were they both equivalent
26:41 but both are eqaully class
I believe Wanjiru ran his in the same race Bekele went 26:17, so he at least had benefit of multiple rabbits. Not sure about the 7:30 from Bekele. Still, I'd say the 26:41 as no one of "western descent" has even been close to it, whereas one or two have done 7:30.
How do these africans run such ridiculous fast times at such a young age
Bekele came 2nd to Hailu Mekonnen's 7:30.53 (Bek's time was 7:30.
1 07:30.5 Hailu Mekonnen ETH
2 07:30.7 Kenenisa Bekele ETH
3 07:31.0 Paul Bitok KEN
4 07:31.6 John Kibowen KEN
5 07:32.2 Richard Limo KEN
6 07:32.4 Abderrahim Goumri MAR
7 07:32.4 Abiyote Abate ETH
8 07:36.0 Assefa Mezgebu ETH
9 07:36.5 Alberto García ESP
10 07:39.6 Million Wolde ETH
11 07:40.0 Luke Kipkosgei KEN
12 07:40.2 Benjamin Limo KEN
13 07:40.8 Marius Bakken NOR
14 07:41.0 Mohammed Mourhit BEL
15 07:43.4 Rachid Chékhémani FRA
Clearing the bs up wrote:
How do these africans run such ridiculous fast times at such a young age
They're incredibly talented and hard working. Bekele has still never lost a 10k on the track. Wanjiru destroyed the field at the Beijing Olympics Marathon.
Of course the most impressive teenage performance is not listed on here - Eliud Kipchoge runs 12:52 to defeat Kenenisa Bekele and Hicham El Guerrouj at the 2003 World Championships.
Sammy´s perfomance is the more impressive one
Another fact many people just don´t know:
WANJIRU DID A 14:30 IN AGE OF 14
...I was very proud on myself when I did first time in age of 20...
that is probably the best perfomance. kick was amazing. did those 3 juniors, bekele,wanjiru,kipchoge probably do big mileages. the time they ran those fast times
And a better question is could Americans or other Westerners approach world class times in their late teens if they trained differently. We do have precedents (admittedly from another era) in Jim Ryun and Gerry Lindgren.
Clearly, they mature earlier (to the extent it is their actual age), but they don't make much progress. Some Kenyans
have PR's set at age 17!!!!
i have to mention hicham el guerrouj ran a 13:45 5000m at age 18 and then a 3:33 1500 2 years later he droped his times by a lot
Clearing the bs up wrote:
How do these africans run such ridiculous fast times at such a young age
1. Their birth certificates are estimates and they usually guess several years young if anything
2. They run incredibly more miles at a young age than everyone else just due to their lifestyle (some run to school and back every day and get 100-mile weeks just out of that...). Thus they are very fit at a young age but don't have as much potential for improvement from then on.
yeah haile geb ran 60 mpw for what like 10 years or so.
(6 to school 6 back 5 days a week)
fff wrote:
Clearly, they mature earlier (to the extent it is their actual age), but they don't make much progress. Some Kenyans
have PR's set at age 17!!!!
So do many, i.e. most, Americans.