Season best Times:
2011 7:27.66
2009 7:28.37
2008 7:33.14
2007 7:33.06
2006 7:30.48
2005 7:28.56
2004 7:27.72
2003 7:30.91
2011 12:59.01
2010 12:51.21
2009 12:56.46
2008 13:02.06
2007 12:50.38
2006 12:54.94
2005 12:50.22
2004 12:46.53
2003 12:52.61
He has a good 5-6 years left in him and maybe an additional 5 on top of that if he wants to run this fast into his late 30s.
That man is a machine. Year in, year out. Just pounding out the miles and churning out the times.
Are sub 3:34's more impressive than consistently going sub 12:55? I don't know.
El Guerrouj was far more impressive at consistently running sub 3:30 1500s. src = iaaf.
Bernard Lagat
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1500m
2011 3:33.11 Paris Saint-Denis 08/07/2011
2010 3:32.51 Monaco 22/07/2010
2009 3:32.56 Tanger 12/07/2009
2008 3:32.75 Rieti 07/09/2008
2007 3:33.85 Eugene 10/06/2007
2006 3:29.68 Rieti 27/08/2006
2005 3:29.30 Rieti 28/08/2005
2004 3:27.40 Zürich 06/08/2004
2003 3:30.55 Zürich 15/08/2003
2002 3:27.91 Monaco 19/07/2002
2001 3:26.34 Bruxelles 24/08/2001
2000 3:28.51 Zürich 11/08/2000
1999 3:30.56 Zürich 11/08/1999
3000m
looks like eliud has him well beaten in the 3k & 5k. Is it possible kipchoge is older than Lagat??? Kipchoge does look 30, but 35?? wow.
2011 7:32.13 Rieti 10/09/2011
2010 7:29.00 Rieti 29/08/2010
2009 7:33.15 Paris Saint-Denis 17/07/2009
2008 7:43.73 Eugene 08/06/2008
2007 7:38.77 Zürich 07/09/2007
2006 7:34.41 Réthimno 21/07/2006
2005 7:38.00 Monaco 09/09/2005
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2000 7:33.51 Monaco 18/08/2000
bangalangadanga wrote:
Are sub 3:34's more impressive than consistently going sub 12:55? I don't know.
Sub 12:55 is way, way, way better.
Kipchoge is very consistent indeed and he is 28yrs.