splits :
400m 62 Rotich, Andrew (KEN) 54.56
800m 61 Kiprop, Asbel (KEN) 1:49.91
1200m 61 Kiprop, Asbel (KEN) 2:46.61
splits :
400m 62 Rotich, Andrew (KEN) 54.56
800m 61 Kiprop, Asbel (KEN) 1:49.91
1200m 61 Kiprop, Asbel (KEN) 2:46.61
Sub 1:50. Nearly world record pace.
Wow, he really went for it.
ridiculous pace
no one there can go 3'26
1'51/1'52 was what shouda been requested
At least he tried to see what it felt like.
He hadn't really tried to run fast before.
Next time he will feel pretty comfortable at 1:51/1:52
This is how you get faster. You get out of your comfort zone now and then and learn what your body is capable of.
he can run 1'43 flat, so he knows what 1'49 is
genuine pb attempts are rare at this level & he got an opportunity today but placer blew it
anyone with a clue about the sport knows you don't attempt 1'49 unless you are in 3'26 shape
he isn't
1'49 was only going to lead to a horrible, prolonged death
it's a miracle he even hung onto mid-3'30 !!!
toro wrote:
This is how you get faster. You get out of your comfort zone now and then and learn what your body is capable of.
No it's not. If his goal is to someday break the WR, then yes, at some point you have to put yourself in that position.
But that is not how you get faster. That happens between the races.
When Ramzi and Daniel K. Komen both ran 3:29, I believe the 800m split was 1:48. Kind of a shame Kiprop couldn't have held on a little better. 3:30 is still a great time, but <3:30 really puts you in a small group of the best of all time. Given his youth and a pace that was apparently too quick for him, he should still have plenty of opportunities to run 3:29, maybe even 3:28 high if he's in peak form and goes out in 1:51.
3:29 would have given him legendary status. too bad, maybe next time.
hicham's "official" splits from iaaf in wr :
53.6
1'50.5
2'18.5
2'32.8
2'46.4
I would think that he's in 3:29 shape right now, for sure. Just a matter of time.
He held till the last 300, i say he should keep trying it.
as i pointed out in another post, he could certainly have gone sub-3:30 with proper pacing.
Are those his splits, or race leader splits?
It amazes me how quick he's recovered after looking well below par in Zurich 48 hours ago.
He had much better pace there, 55 & 1:52, but didn't go with it and at the end he struggled to run a last lap in about 58 off 2:35.
Yet today he's willing to go 1:49!?
hate to say it, but the guy is an idiot !
he needs to seriously re-evaluate his aims on the circuit & then seriously go after them
zurich was complete waste of time - maybe he only went their to pick up a fat fee ( non-performance related of course ) ?!
VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE GOING OUT IN 1:49. THATS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. WAY TO PUT IT ON THE LINE ASBEL!!!!!!
SOMEONE IN THE USA IS ROOTING HARD FOR YOU!!
ventolin^3 wrote:
hicham's "official" splits from iaaf in wr :
53.6
1'50.5
2'18.5
2'32.8
2'46.4
I'd question his 400m split there!
The IAAF World Record book has it at 54.3. However, the only video of the race I can find on Youtube, which is poor quality, has the first few seconds of the race missing and doesn't have a running clock, would imply that it was possibly nearer 55 flat. The commentator says they went through the first 400m in "just over 54 seconds", but that would be for the pace maker. At this point EL G was in 3rd, a good 5m behind the leader. If the 54.3 quoted in the IAAF book is for the leader, then EL G's would have been around 55.0
Take a look on Youtube and see what you think!
Deanouk wrote:
The commentator says they went through the first 400m in "just over 54 seconds", but that would be for the pace maker.
I heard "just under" 54 seconds, which would be consistent with a 54 mid for El G.
It's nice to actually see somebody go for it. It wasn't well paced, but it's the first time anybody has tried to kill it int the 1500 since Monaco last year.
Knowing what 1:49 is and knowing what 1:49 feels like en route to 1500 are two different things.
He did set a PR, by the way.
Training is one thing, but sometimes you have to experiment in real races to test your limits. You can't practice racing in training. You just can't simulate what happens when you test your limits in practice. You can race yourself into shape.
Besides the physiology, there is a psychology of hearing splits that you never heard before.
There is a fear of the unknown. 1:49 is no longer unknown to him.
Think about your own running.
There has to have been times where you just went out too fast.
You don't know what too fast is until you actually do it.
Then you learn for the next time.
Kiprop won the race by 5 seconds and set a PR.
A good day's work.