Lagat 27:49!

How fast was his last lap?

From Jon's recap from the Payton Jordan thread:

Jon Gault wrote:

Lagat looked very good. Osako took the lead with 600 to go and started to drop the rest of the field and Lagat just sat on him until 200 to go. He stepped it up then and then with 100 to go switched gears again and cruised to the win. 2:02 final 800, 58.8 final lap for Lagat, looked like he had more left in the tank too.

Well Lagat at 41 is almost as fast as Kenenisa at 33. Lagat is CHEATING.

according to rumours, he trained through. So yes he can make the team.

Incredible.

Bernard Lagat just ran a 27:49.35 world record for men over age 40, breaking the previous record of 28:30.88 by Martti Vainio in 1991.

This was also his first 10k ever on the track at age 41.

He also set the masters 10k road world record in 27:48 last year at age 40, which broke the previous masters world record of 28:00 held by Haile Gebrselassie.

Lagat's masters world record in the road 10k was also his first 10k on the road. It also is the American 10k road record for US runners of any age that is tied with the 27:48 run by Mark Nenow in 1982.

This guy is absolutely amazing.

Just goes to show aging is biological, not chronological.

1996 1500 3:37.7

How many posters were not even in elementary school in 1996?

The great thing about this is that the U.S. will have not one but two 40+ men on its distance squad in Rio. Go Bernard!

Bad Wigins wrote:

Just goes to show aging is biological, not chronological.

Absolutely.

Lagat at 41 could be like a normal guy at 35.

rjm33 wrote:

Incredible.

Bernard Lagat just ran a 27:49.35 world record for men over age 40, breaking the previous record of 28:30.88 by Martti Vainio in 1991.

This was also his first 10k ever on the track at age 41.

He also set the masters 10k road world record in 27:48 last year at age 40, which broke the previous masters world record of 28:00 held by Haile Gebrselassie.

Lagat's masters world record in the road 10k was also his first 10k on the road. It also is the American 10k road record for US runners of any age that is tied with the 27:48 run by Mark Nenow in 1982.

This guy is absolutely amazing.

Lagat is amazing and inspiring.

It is strange that there seems to be so little information out there about how he trains and the training methods of his coach, James Lee.

We have a lot of stuff about Lydiard, Kellogg or Coe training, but Lagat's longevity means that he has a great balance bewtween training and recovery and he does not seem to get badly injured compared to even legends like Bekele or Geb.

Vainio produced a tainted drug test.

So they have that in common.

If Lagat has been on anything as long as the haters want to claim, he is better at medicinal chemistry than he is at running.

troof be told wrote:

The great thing about this is that the U.S. will have not one but two 40+ men on its distance squad in Rio. Go Bernard!

No disrespect to them, but that's not great, that's depressing.

That's almost as fast as the 5000m pace he ran to win the 2007 World Championships.

inspired wrote:

Lagat is amazing and inspiring.

It is strange that there seems to be so little information out there about how he trains and the training methods of his coach, James Lee.

We have a lot of stuff about Lydiard, Kellogg or Coe training, but Lagat's longevity means that he has a great balance bewtween training and recovery and he does not seem to get badly injured compared to even legends like Bekele or Geb.

You just need to pay better attention. There is lots out there on Li's work with Lagat, including workout videos with lengthy comments.

The secret sauce is the lack of a secret sauce.

IIRC:

- Runs six days a week, never doubles.

- 70 mpw max (although that was before he was racing 10k)

- Not a lot of balls-to-the-wall workouts. Consistency is key and most workouts are contained.

Like I said, nothing too shocking. Google can tell you more.

He's got a good shot at the team, but by no means a lock.

Mead, who was on last year's Beijing 10k team, ran 7:38 indoors to beat Lagat in Feb .

Kipchirchir, also on last year's Beijing 10k team, won the 5000m last night (13:18, :55 close).

Rupp is Rupp.

A few others could be in mix as well.

a1:46 1/2miler who moved u wrote:

1996 1500 3:37.7

How many posters were not even in elementary school in 1996?

I wasn't. Because I was 26 then.

tokyo is 4 wrote:

He's got a good shot at the team, but by no means a lock.

Mead, who was on last year's Beijing 10k team, ran 7:38 indoors to beat Lagat in Feb .

Kipchirchir, also on last year's Beijing 10k team, won the 5000m last night (13:18, :55 close).

Rupp is Rupp.

A few others could be in mix as well.

Having the Olympic standard plays into Lagat's hands now. All he has to do is hope for a slower race, and then utilize his still effective kick. Yea maybe he lost in a 7:38 race, however that is a lot different than a 28 10k.

I also wonder how much Lagat would be "in the heads" of all those runners that haven't made the Olympics or WC? Surely the mental game would be in favor of Lagat.

anyone has a link to the a video for the race?