Could an elite male beat all women's distance world records in one race?

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7 years ago 11/16/2016 7:20pm EST

re: Letsrun bafoonery

Letsrun bafoonery wrote:
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
Women's Marathon record is 2:17:42. Mixed gender WR is actually 2:15:25. But that is honestly splitting hairs because for a top male the marathon wouldn't be the deal breaker.
It's all going to come down to the 800 and whether they can recover well enough from that to handle the half and full.
I think the best bet to do this would be Farah. Honestly whether you're a 2:03 or 2:07 marathoner isn't going to make much difference, its all going to come down to whether you can run an 800 at that pace without killing yourself for the longer distances. If a guy like Farah could get through the 800 in decent shape then going out and running the slower longer distance wouldn't be as tough. But I think that 800 would be a killer to anyone trying this.
Also I'm assuming your start with the faster things and try to hit the womens WR when you reach that distance in the race rather than finish with the fast stuff. That way seems easier to me.
Mixed gender WR wtf?

Run in a race with males as opposed to female only.

7 years ago 11/16/2016 9:17pm EST

re: eyewitness

Wouldn't the 800 - 10K need to be done on the track? Like some have said, it would need to start from the gun to be legit, so this needs to start on a track and remain on a track the first 25 laps. Then off to the roads to break the HM and MAR records. Doable, but would take some serious cash bonuses for anyone to give it a shot. Starting off a marathon with a 1:52 800 en route to a 4:07 first mile would be very difficult.

It would be amazing to see. The sheer bravado of it. I think Trump would pay the bonuses.

7 years ago 11/16/2016 10:47pm EST

re: Old Father Karma

I like the idea of making it a fartlek. Maybe something like 15 low first 5k, 14 low 2nd 5k progressing to the 8:05 3k, 4:11 mile and 3:49 1500 to get the 10k, 5k, mile and 1500 records done. Then cruise at 5:10 pace for 10k, and run 1:52 last 800 of the half marathon for that 65, then run a 70:20 last half marathon. Of course if you want to throw in the Steeplechase, it probably gets a lot harder. Haha!

7 years ago 11/17/2016 11:36am EST

re: Letsrun bafoonery

Letsrun bafoonery wrote:
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
Women's Marathon record is 2:17:42. Mixed gender WR is actually 2:15:25. But that is honestly splitting hairs because for a top male the marathon wouldn't be the deal breaker.
It's all going to come down to the 800 and whether they can recover well enough from that to handle the half and full.
I think the best bet to do this would be Farah. Honestly whether you're a 2:03 or 2:07 marathoner isn't going to make much difference, its all going to come down to whether you can run an 800 at that pace without killing yourself for the longer distances. If a guy like Farah could get through the 800 in decent shape then going out and running the slower longer distance wouldn't be as tough. But I think that 800 would be a killer to anyone trying this.
Also I'm assuming your start with the faster things and try to hit the womens WR when you reach that distance in the race rather than finish with the fast stuff. That way seems easier to me.
Mixed gender WR wtf?

I wouldn't bet on it, but if anyone in history is doing it Mo Farah is the guy. Start the Marathon on a track with a 1500m. Run a 3:49 closing in 1:52, take a mile or two at 5min-15 pace to cool-down. Proceed to run a 29:flat 10k closing in 14min low... couple of 5min-5:15miles to cool-down, then run the last half in 64low to get it done......

7 years ago 11/17/2016 4:01pm EST

re: Star

Star wrote:
Doesn't count unless the distance is from the gun.
So you'd have to go out in 1:52, etc.
I think a 29 low 10K with the first mile in 4:07 and the first half of that mile in 1:52 would be very hard.
Even someone with 26:20 ability would have trouble making 29 with that fast of a start and the fatigue that would kick in early.

Why not have multiple starting lines? As long as it's not a standing start there's no reason you couldn't do it. A 2:04 marathoner could easily throw away a minute or two standing up before secondary guns go off for the shorter record attempts and still finish that marathon sub 2:15...

7 years ago 11/17/2016 4:19pm EST

re: gasdfs

Not sure how the OP did his numbers. Here's what I got:

Run 800 in 1:53

Then 4:29/mi pace for next 700m (1500m in 3:50)

Then 4:35/mi pace for next 1500m (3000m in 8:06, you will easily pass mile under WR enroute)

Then 4:54/mi pace for next 2000m (5000m in 14:11)

Then 4:52/mi pace for next 5000m (10,000 in 29:17)

Then 5:11/mi pace for next 11km (HM in 65:0x)

Then 5:22/mi pace for last 21 km (M in 2:15:25)

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