I am planning to have my high school and middle school runners watch the OT 800 final as well as the NCAA 1500 to watch Clayton Murphy relax into his kick.
Are there any other runners/races that could be as good for teaching? It would be nice to have some women included in the list.
Who else relaxes as well as Clayton Murphy in the final 150 of a race?
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Duane Solomon
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Centrowitz. Lagat. Most really good kickers actually. The Billy Mills or Manzano types who are clearly working their ass off for every ounce of speed seem to be more the exception. Although my memory isn't great and maybe Billy Mills Was smooth too.
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Anyone else who is on the juice. He will be out at the semis in Rio. Silky smooth to the locker room.
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SFH and Morgan Uceny.
They would get so relaxed that they could actually lie down. -
VIdeo anywhere?
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Murphy didn't look like the epitome of relaxed to me. Lagat does though.
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Symmonds
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Allyson Felix. That 400 final.
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Is there a youtube video of the race? I'm in the UK and I can't watch the replays because apparently they (the NBC ones) aren't available in this country...
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hysteriaBegetsHyperbole wrote:
Murphy didn't look like the epitome of relaxed to me. Lagat does though.
Bernie is the real silky smooth.
Don't get me wrong, Lagat clearly knows how to kick, but I wouldn't say he looks like the epitome of relaxed. His eyeballs nearly pop out of his head every time. Fairly clean form though, which I suppose is what matters (other than actually closing fast lol). -
Cant watch NBC wrote:
Is there a youtube video of the race? I'm in the UK and I can't watch the replays because apparently they (the NBC ones) aren't available in this country...
Here you go. You're welcome:
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Wottle
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k
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Try the USTAF TV site:
http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&do=videos&video_id=182847 -
Lenny Leonard wrote:
Wottle
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k
52/52 smooth
Yes. Also, tons of people relax that well, it's just that almost all of them slow down! -
Ummm...ever heard of Jordan Hasay?
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Nijel Amos DEFINITELY relaxes the last 150.. his form is smoother than Lagat and Murphy. Lol
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Wilson Kipketer
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The real silky smooth is Asbel Kiprop. He looks like he's running 72 second laps when he's sprinting 52 second laps. Go watch any of his sub 3:30 videos.
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Kiprop is probably the smoothest runner in a generation.
Daniel Komen had the best form and is the smoothest runner of all time.
