2009 Footlocker finals when sophomore lukas verzbicas dropped the field 6 and a half minutes into the race and won it. He started jogging the last 20 meters when he realized he had it wrapped up and won by 15 seconds.
2009 Footlocker finals when sophomore lukas verzbicas dropped the field 6 and a half minutes into the race and won it. He started jogging the last 20 meters when he realized he had it wrapped up and won by 15 seconds.
Buster Douglas beating Tyson.
Meb winning Boston in 2014
Alberto getting his come-uppance
The Ugandian winning the 800 today over Ajee.
colorunner123 wrote:
A black swan event is an occurrence (such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the sinking of the Titanic, the conquest of the Aztec Empire by a tiny band of Spanish conquistadors) that was completely outside the realm of expectations.
I believe Bekele's performance today was a black swan event of sorts, since basically nobody expected him to scare the WR.
Another T&F black swan was Billy Mills' surprise victory in the 1964 Olympics 10000 meters. What others can you think of?
not a black swan to me, i hoped for it. Ok to be honest a bit suprising the time, but was expecting him to devastate the field in Berlin.
skylon69 wrote:
Buster Douglas beating Tyson.
What’s crazy is that Buster Douglas was only a 42-1 underdog. Bekele must have been at least a 10,000-1 underdog to run 2:01:41. The outside world cannot understand this. This is one of the freakiest events in sports history.
What about Dave Wottle's 800 win in 1972 or Mike Shine's Silver in the 400h in 1976?
Steve Jones winning Chicago Marathon in 1984 in WR. How about Carlos Lopez setting a WR in the marathon in 1985 at age 38 after being injured for about 2 years. So Bekele almost setting a WR isn't that all unusual
I would argue that leading at slow pace is much preferred to any other position. You'll get good position going into that last 300m and you'll most likely stay out of trouble (unless Jakob is on your literally on your heels apparently).
Centro ran a tactically beautiful race that day.
On January 13, 1978, at the CYO Invitational held at the Cole Field House, Dick Buerkle broke the indoor mile world record with a time of 3:54.93, finishing ahead of Filbert Bayi and Paul Cummings. He allegedly ate nine oreos and two peanut butter jelly sandwiches only a few hours before the race.
Did anyone notice Bekele was thru the tape, with it wrapped around his chest and flapping back......and the clock showed 2:01:40. I restarted , froze it a million times. I looked at a million different films. Just lokked to me he hit the line at 2:01:39. Just me I guess.
1:49.84 - 800m Freshmen National Record - Cooper Lutkenhaus (check this kick out!!)
Jakob on Oly 1500- “Walk in the park if I don’t get injured or sick”
Emma Coburn to miss Olympic Trials after breaking ankle in Suzhou
VALBY has graduated (w/ honors) from Florida, will she go to grad school??
Men who run twice a day and the women who love/put up with them