Yes he did, and it was awesome.
Yes he did, and it was awesome.
He ran the last 700m on pure hate. The first 800 was 2:10
And there are people who complain about slow tactical races. That was better than any rabbited Diamond League I've ever seen.
Anyone have a link to the video?
Matuidi wrote:
And there are people who complain about slow tactical races. That was better than any rabbited Diamond League I've ever seen.
The marathon this morning was an awesome race as well, far better than any big city marathon I've seen in a while (except maybe Boston).
Wow are we sure he did the whole 1500 on pure hate? Is that possible? I could believe reports that he used it for the last 7-800
He let the rage build for the first 800m.
Then let just a little bit of hate escape for the next 300m
The bell triggered a full blown 100% supernova of hate for the last lap.
The most electrifying man in sports entertainment.
He has a 3:25 in him if he enters full hate mode for the whole race.
Roid Rager
I have the race recorded. Just watched it again trying to get splits on his last lap.
Looks like he broke 12 seconds down the back straight. BEAST
video of race:
Results are here:
Rank Name Nat Date of Birth Result Order
1 MEKHISSI-BENABBAD Mahiedine FRA 15 MAR 1985 7 3:45.60
2 INGEBRIGTSEN Henrik NOR 24 FEB 1991 6 3:46.10
3 O'HARE Chris GBR 23 NOV 1990 1 3:46.18
4 ROBINSON Paul IRL 24 MAY 1991 11 3:46.35
5 TESFAYE Homiyu GER 23 JUN 1993 10 3:46.46
6 BUSTOS David ESP 25 AUG 1990 14 3:46.92
7 BENITZ Timo GER 1 DEC 1991 3 3:47.26
8 MOUKRIME Tarik BEL 3 MAR 1992 4 3:47.33
9 EL KABBOURI Soufiane ITA 5 MAR 1993 13 3:51.98
10 ORTH Florian GER 24 JUL 1989 5 3:54.35
11 MASLOV Stanislav UKR 19 JAN 1989 12 3:54.59
12 GRICE Charlie GBR 7 NOV 1993 2 4:04.81
Ó LIONÁIRD Ciarán IRL 11 APR 1988 8 DNF
HOLUŠA Jakub CZE 20 FEB 1988 9 DNS
Intermediate times: 400m 1:03.47 BUSTOS David (ESP)
800m 2:10.12 BUSTOS David (ESP)
1200m 3:05.67 MEKHISSI-BENABBAD Mahiedine (FRA
Down go 5! Down go 5!
Matuidi wrote:
He ran the last 700m on pure hate. The first 800 was 2:10
And there are people who complain about slow tactical races. That was better than any rabbited Diamond League I've ever seen.
Sounds like you've not seen many Diamond League races
Not at all. Nobody ran an entire 1500. A couple of them ran about 600 meters and Benabbad ran about 550 much faster. It was nice of him to give them a head start. He was being very nice. That's what track's all about. Hug your opponents. Cheer for everyone, even dopers.
He even slowed down at the end so they could catch up a little bit and not be completely humiliated. What a gentleman. That was the 1500 of Brotherly Love.
Sure looked like it, never would have thought that was possible!
LetsRun.com Note: We changed the title of this thread. It was initially titled, "Did Mekhissi just run an entire 1500 on pure hate??"
For the record, he kept his shirt on but did showboat a little bit. The guy was DOMINANT in both races:
Nice bronze for O'Hare:
if he would have taken his jersey off again that would have been the sickest thing ever.
p.s. why the heck did letsrun change the name of the title of the thread, it was perfect before.
here is a video link. but mute the sound.
EPO?
He ran the last 200 in about 26 letting up, but even if he didn't let up he would have run have in the 25's, but last 800 was 1:51 they said? This wasn't that great a run, the rest of the field ran like crap. Europeans have turned into cowards on the the track.
Ha. I noticed that the mascot didn't come out to congratulate him.
