Video of Ingebrigtsen 1500m - blazing last lap

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Bad Wigins wrote:

the yellow guy died so of course he passed him, otherwise it would have been a close finish..

The point of course is that it wasn't close.

Only with hindsight out one's ass. Nobody knew when yellow guy passed him if he would die or not, including him. It was his one chance to win and he went for it. And now he is being discussed on the world famous message board, instead of wallowing in obscurity like all the others.

The Real Dr. Welby wrote:

WW a Running JD wrote:

All I noticed was that the kid in the blue who "crossed" himself before the race finished next-to-last. I guess the Big Guy upstairs didn't really give a rip about his faithful follower's race, eh?

No, it's because he was going out with your mom after the race and was asking the Big Guy to protect him from the things crawling in your mom's cooch.

So you're saying the big guy is punishing him for running so poorly?

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Look at this race, notice Ingebrigtsen has more of a forward lean than all the rest. Notice Cheruiyot, Cruz and Yifter etc all have a super-natural lean, the lean is an under emphasized ingredient. Most coaches try and remove it from their athletes.

Glutes are the strongest muscles, I've believed a long time that trying to avoid the forward lean isn't often beneficial. Marius Bakken had a strong forward lean as well.

UNO wrote:

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Look at this race, notice Ingebrigtsen has more of a forward lean than all the rest. Notice Cheruiyot, Cruz and Yifter etc all have a super-natural lean, the lean is an under emphasized ingredient. Most coaches try and remove it from their athletes.

Glutes are the strongest muscles, I've believed a long time that trying to avoid the forward lean isn't often beneficial. Marius Bakken had a strong forward lean as well.

I agree with this sentiment as well. Only recently have I noticed the drawbacks

of running with an erect form as a distance runner.

The forward lean, or rather slight degree adjustment of the whole body, allows for you to make proper contact with the ground while exerting less energy.

I assume this has much to do with the relationship between the quadriceps and hamstrings and their roles in sprints and distance.

A slightly more erect form( similar to Asbel Kiprop ) seems more efficient in shorter distances but no lean at all can be a detriment at any distance. Period.

Rotich the Rotich wrote:

UNO wrote:

Glutes are the strongest muscles, I've believed a long time that trying to avoid the forward lean isn't often beneficial. Marius Bakken had a strong forward lean as well.

I agree with this sentiment as well. Only recently have I noticed the drawbacks

of running with an erect form as a distance runner.

The forward lean, or rather slight degree adjustment of the whole body, allows for you to make proper contact with the ground while exerting less energy.

I assume this has much to do with the relationship between the quadriceps and hamstrings and their roles in sprints and distance.

A slightly more erect form( similar to Asbel Kiprop ) seems more efficient in shorter distances but no lean at all can be a detriment at any distance. Period.

Overthink much?

Maybe; I'm not very intuitive but very self aware, theorizing for me may make up for what practice does for you. Who knows? I'm sure someone will appreciate it.