He beat Cheptegei’s WR today in Valencia with no pacers, no vaporflys. Absolute beast!
https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/valencia-10k-2020-kipruto-chepkirui-world-rec
LRC note: Spencer Nel of adidas has confirmed he was wearing the adidas Takumi Sen shoe- fall/winter 2019 version
What was the time?
26:24
Much mmuch faster than his track record.
Road running is now the fastest
Didn’t get the exact time, but it was 26:2X where X< 5
The women ran the 2nd best mark ever, 5s-ish over the world record (29:46 I think?)
The announcers the 5k record was broken en route. Is that record eligible? I don’t know the course so not familiar with whether the first 5k would be a record eligible course.
Abeneziel wrote:
26:24
Much mmuch faster than his track record.
Wow.
It makes the track records seem vulnerable too, considering he’s only 2 seconds behind Geb and 7 behind Bekele. I’d love to see an attempt at 25 laps with good pacing, but it seems like the focus has shifted to the roads.
And the craziest thing is that Kipruto probably isn’t even the best in the world. Could Cheptegei go sub 26:20?
I think they are not fast enough over 5000m
No one knows what any of this means anymore.
Run ix says he was wearing the Adios. I kind of assumed it’d be the adizero pro. Anyone know for sure?
Wow, dude is ready to break 26 on the track!
DietBacon wrote:
https://mobile.twitter.com/10KValencia/status/1216289249705766912
No WR for Sheila Chepkirui. Her time was corrected to 29:46 while the WR ie 29:43
Lofty Goals wrote:
Abeneziel wrote:
26:24
Much mmuch faster than his track record.
Wow.
It makes the track records seem vulnerable too, considering he’s only 2 seconds behind Geb and 7 behind Bekele. I’d love to see an attempt at 25 laps with good pacing, but it seems like the focus has shifted to the roads.
And the craziest thing is that Kipruto probably isn’t even the best in the world. Could Cheptegei go sub 26:20?
You run faster on the track. Geb's 10k on the road was 27:02. Kipruto should at least be able to get below 26:00 based off that. It's crazy but Bekele's record is numbered!
DietBacon wrote:
Run ix says he was wearing the Adios. I kind of assumed it’d be the adizero pro. Anyone know for sure?
It's difficult to see but it honestly looks like he is wearing the new bright red Takumi Sen 6
It wasnt that grey-white adidas shoe we have seen before atleast
Sledge_Hammer wrote:
You run faster on the track. Geb's 10k on the road was 27:02. Kipruto should at least be able to get below 26:00 based off that. It's crazy but Bekele's record is numbered!
That's wrong.
Now, you run faster on the road than on the tracks. It has been reversed.
Geb's record is based on a time where the marathon record was 2:06, now it's 2:01.
The shoes have broken the road, add that the super fast road, shady measuring and the straight lines and you have the road faster than the track.
Fact: both Cheptegei and Kipruto have better record on the road than on the track.
Other fun fact, Kipruto record on the 5000m in the track is 13:07
Either he's doped to the gills or adidas have a new vaporfly rivaling shoe out...
600mRunner wrote:
Either he's doped to the gills or adidas have a new vaporfly rivaling shoe out...
Both most likely!
Very even splits:
https://twitter.com/kenyanathlete/status/1216305966444109824/photo/1
But isn't the course certified?
Abeneziel wrote:
Other fun fact, Kipruto record on the 5000m in the track is 13:07
Because he raced 5000m only one time in his life?