10,000m World Record Splits: A Bekele Comparison

Thought everyone needed something to do while NCAA's were postponed. Notice that nobody closes like Viren...

proof that even or negative splits is the best way to go in the 10k, can you please post splits for wr 5k/s?

So Ritz is as good as Lasse?

Viren was on drugs.

??? wrote:

Viren was on drugs.

Yeah, sure.

Now, KB, there's the poster boy for chemical aid. Kostre, Hermens ... Rosa in the other camp. Sure. Clean fun for all.

Michael Bautista wrote:

proof that even or negative splits is the best way to go in the 10k, can you please post splits for wr 5k/s?

It looks like more of the recent records are negative split while the older records are more positive. Any ideas why that might be?

CalRunner wrote:

It looks like more of the recent records are negative split while the older records are more positive. Any ideas why that might be?

Might be b/c the runners are alone to finish off the race and b/c they can't sit behind someone they push the pace. I would imagine when the record was over 28 minutes most of those winners had someone to run with for more than half the race, unlike now.

What are the numbers in the parentheses?

Looks like last km split?

Ah thank you

Ummmm.....beg to differ, Viren was positive approximately 11 seconds on his 2nd 5K. Notice the difference here....

Emil Zatopek (1950)- 14:37.0 / 14:25.6 = 29:02.6 (2:47.6)

NEG SPLIT APX 12 SECS

Henry Rono (1978)- 13:49.0 / 13:33.4 = 27:22.4 (2:36.9)

NEG SPLIT APX 16 SECS

Fernando Mamede (1984)- 13:45.40 / 13:28.41 = 27:13.81 (2:32.72)

NEG SPLIT APX 17 SECS

Salah Hissou (1996)- 13:25.45 / 13:12.63 = 26:38.08 (2:36.11)

NEG SPLIT APX 13 SECS

Paul Tergat (1997)- 13:18.0 / 13:09.85 = 26:27.85 (2:35.75)

NEG SPLIT APX 9 SECS

Kenenisa Bekele (2004)- 13:14.42 / 13:05.89 = 26:20.31 (2:31.97)

NEG SPLIT APX 9 SECS

I meant to say Viren was positive 11 secs and not the motor sc ooter Bekele is.

Lasse Viren (1972)- 13:43.9 / 13:54.4 = 27:38.4 (2:29.2)

I'm going to worship Zatopek and Clarke from now on.

I knew they were great but..

Zatopek 29:28.2 - 28:54.2 (34)

Clarke 28:15.6 - 27:39.4 (36)

Clarke taking 36 seconds off 10,000 gotta be up there with greatest distance WRs, that and Claytons marathon in '69

How does Viren positive split the race but run his last kilometre in 2:29?

good job answering a 2 year old post. btw

rhymes with guelph wrote:

How does Viren positive split the race but run his last kilometre in 2:29?

the race went out extremely fast with bedford leading the first lap in around 59. After about halfway the pace natrually slowed a little bit as they prepared for a kick. Then Viren made a huge move with about 600 to go and dropped everybody.

That was the race in which Viren famously fell.

Thinking about those 4km (5-9) ... 13:54 - 2:29 = 11:25 (14:17 5km pace) ... the race almost seems like a really intense workout - 5km hard, 4km steady, 1km all-out

Might be a fun one to try with a bunch of friends ... of course, I would have to be 30+ seconds slower per km for me ...

GRod wrote:

Notice that nobody closes like Viren...

Just ask Pre!!

I'll get Elvis to pass a message to call me. Let you know when he gets back in touch.