YOMIF KEJELCHA WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT - 3:48 ~ FEBRUARY 9TH

Farah's WR wrote:

grox wrote:

That is not a WR.

Yes it is. The only difference between a world best and world record is the amount of prize money. It's the fastest indoor 2 mile ever run. It's a world record.

It does not work like that.

It has nothing to do with money.

To avoid having people claim world records running clown distances, the IAAF sets the list of distances at which world records can be set. Two miles is a very dumb distance to run when the official distance run in championships is 3000m, not to mention the metric system is the only one used on the track. Hence, it was rightfully not made an eligible distance, to keep people focused on the relevant distances.

Daniel Komen's 7:24.90 is the 3000m indoor WR, vastly superior to Farah's unremarkable 2 miles best.

grox wrote:

Farah's WR wrote:

Yes it is. The only difference between a world best and world record is the amount of prize money. It's the fastest indoor 2 mile ever run. It's a world record.

It does not work like that.

It has nothing to do with money.

To avoid having people claim world records running clown distances, the IAAF sets the list of distances at which world records can be set. Two miles is a very dumb distance to run when the official distance run in championships is 3000m, not to mention the metric system is the only one used on the track. Hence, it was rightfully not made an eligible distance, to keep people focused on the relevant distances.

Daniel Komen's 7:24.90 is the 3000m indoor WR, vastly superior to Farah's unremarkable 2 miles best.

8:03 is about 7:27. So not vastly superior. Kjelcha can run 7:24 on the right day.

grox wrote:

Farah's WR wrote:

Yes it is. The only difference between a world best and world record is the amount of prize money. It's the fastest indoor 2 mile ever run. It's a world record.

It does not work like that.

It has nothing to do with money.

To avoid having people claim world records running clown distances, the IAAF sets the list of distances at which world records can be set. Two miles is a very dumb distance to run when the official distance run in championships is 3000m, not to mention the metric system is the only one used on the track. Hence, it was rightfully not made an eligible distance, to keep people focused on the relevant distances.

Daniel Komen's 7:24.90 is the 3000m indoor WR, vastly superior to Farah's unremarkable 2 miles best.

No one is disputing that Komen's 3k was better. No, the metric system is not the only one used on track. The mile is a world record. There's other events that aren't championship distances that are world records like the 1k. Thank you for acknowledging there's really no difference.

Farah's WR wrote:

No, the metric system is not the only one used on track. The mile is a world record.

This the only aberration left. Hopefully it will be gone some day.

There's other events that aren't championship distances that are world records like the 1k. Thank you for acknowledging there's really no difference.

The 1000m WR? Are you trying to prove or disprove my point that there can only be a handful of distances for WRs for them to be meaningful?

What does everyone on letsrun refer to Daniel Komen's 7:58 2 mile as a world record but get salty when Mo's 2 mile is referred to as a world record?

I think everyone talks about Komen's 3000m outdoor WR.

No Farah wrote:

What does everyone on letsrun refer to Daniel Komen's 7:58 2 mile as a world record but get salty when Mo's 2 mile is referred to as a world record?

The real question is why do Mo's fans think they're doing him any favors by trying to embellish his resume with an 8:03 "record." If they're smart, they should focus on his genuine accomplishments and not cheapen his image with false adornments.

Les wrote:

Kejelcha > Barega wrote:

Yes he is.

Barega beat Kejelcha twice last season head to head and ranked higher in the 5k Diamond League standings while running the year's fastest time, while also being 2 years younger than Kejelcha.

What happened to my guy Gebremeskel

Chiming in wrote:

Yomif's Island wrote:

This is exciting news. But where do you get the 3000m part from? I didn't notice it was mentioned in the video...

Salazar explicitly mentions the 3k record as a potential future attempt. Listen to both clips in case you missed it.

I think if he gets the mile WR at Millrose, he will go for a fast 3k in Boston. Might not be the WR, especially since it seems like he's been doing mainly mile training , but he has natural endurance as evident by his 59:16 HM so I wouldn't put it past him. I think he can go 7:28 easy though.

Run007xx wrote:

Just Geb wrote:

It's hard to offer any credence or legitimacy to your points when you don't even spell Gebrselassie's name correctly. You've had 20 years to learn that, dude. Major fail.

Hey Dumb Dumb. Haile's name is Amharic. In Ge'ez script, it's written as: ገብረስላሴ. It is more accurately anglicised as yehayilē gebiresilasē. However, spelling it that way would make it too difficult for western journalists, announcers, commentators and fans to pronounce properly (which they don't anyway). So at some point, people started simplifying it into what they felt was easier to read and pronounce. But to be clear, "Gebrselassie" is no more correct than "GebrSillasie", or any other spelling. It's hard to offer any credence or legitimacy to your points when you display your ignorance so prominently.

Yes, my grandmother speaks Amharic and Tigrinya. As you said, the proper spelling is "Gebiresilasē"...i.e. you failed twice. At least you're consistent, I suppose.