malmo wrote:
The World Records: 81 days duration, without the aid of pacemakers, unless you consider 13:48 (10k WR) and 3:49.5 (3k WR) “pacemaking”?
4/8 1 13:08.4 WR 5000 Triangular Meet Berkeley, CA (:49.6 margin, Josh Kimeto, 13:58.0)
5/13 1 8:05.4 WR 3000sc Northwest Relays Seattle, WA (:30.7 margin, Jim Johnson 8:36.1)
6/11 1 27:22.5 WR 10000 International Vienna, AUT (:30.5 margin, Domingo Tibaduiza 27:53.0)
6/27 1 7:32.1 WR 3000 Bislett Games Oslo, NOR (:8.2 margin, Suleiman Nyambui 7:40.3)
The Splits
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WR 5000m Berkley, CA 5/8/78 70 degrees, sunny
1. 13:08.4 Henry Rono WSU
2. 13:58.0 Josh Kimeto WSU
3. 14:03.0 Samson Kimobwa WSU (10k WR holder)
1:07 (67)
2:10 (63)
3:14 (64)
4:15 (61) 1600m
5:18 (63)
6:20 (62)
7:24 (64)
8:28 (64) 3200m
9:31 (63)
10:35 (64)
11:38 (63)
12:09 (31) 4600m
13:08 (59.4)
(2:42.0, 2:36.0, 2:39.5, 2:37.0, 2:33.9)
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WR steeplechase Seattle WA 5/13/78 hail, rain, windy, 55 degrees. 200+ attendance. :30.7 margin of victory
1: 8:05.4 Henry Rono WSU
2. 8:36.1 Jim Johnson CNW
3. 8:52.1 Evens WSU
4. 8:54.7 Barr CNW
63.8
66.2 (2:10.0)
64.0 (3:14.0)
65.5 (4:19.5)
65.3 (5:24.8)
65.1 (6:29.9)
61.4 last lap
After the last lap, the wind really came to life, hitting 15-20 mph. “It was very hard after 5 laps,” he said. “The last 200 meters were hard too.”
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WR 10000, Vienna AUT 6/11/78 72 degrees 500 attendance Jos Hermans paced first 9 laps
1. 27:22.5 Henry Rono, KEN
2. 27:53.0 Domingo Tibaduiza, COL
3. 27:58.9 Joel Cheruiyot, KEN
2:47.5
13:48.2
22:02.1
27:22.5 13:34.3 57.0
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WR 3000m Oslo, NOR 6/27/78
1. 7:32.1 Henry Rono KEN
2. 7:40.3 Sulieman Nyambui, TAN
3. 7:40.4 Nick Rose GBR
2:34.0
3:49.5 1500 Rono takes lead
4:04.5 60.0
5:04.5 60.0 2:30.5
6:04.5 60.0
7:03.5 59.0
7:32.1 28.6 2:27.6 3:42.6
These results don’t tell the real story. The pace in some of those races was unreal. Like sprinting the straights cruising the turns. Running 57.8 4th lap at the May Pepsi meet, and yes as he took off they went to commercial, .
43 years later that still angers me.
I was fortunate to see him race, if Kenya did not boycott the 76 and 80 Olympics surely would have won a gold in the event he chose. He was that far ahead of his peers. But will never know.