Bekele - 12:37.35 WR!!

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  • Jon
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 9233

    Bekele - 12:37.35 WR!!

    Again, in Hengelo!
  • bubba
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 205

    #2
    Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

    BAM BAM BAM Holy smokes!

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    • basehead617
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 795

      #3
      Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

      oh my.. god...

      in the last 6 years the closest to geb's mark was 8 seconds back, now its broken by 2..

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      • kuha
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 9170
        • 3rd row, on the finish line

        #4
        Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

        This guy is just awesome and he's not done with the world records yet...

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        • Cyril
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2005
          • 2291

          #5
          Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

          >This guy is just awesome and he's not done with the world records yet...

          No, he's far from done. So young, scary fast! And, its his first race this outdoor season? What about when he get in shape in a few months?

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          • miles
            Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 31

            #6
            Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

            It looks like from the splits they posted he ran at least the last 2k by himself. Pretty impressive.

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            • Cyril
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2005
              • 2291

              #7
              Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

              And, I just looked at the results. It looks like he ran by himself from the midway mark!

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              • kuha
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2005
                • 9170
                • 3rd row, on the finish line

                #8
                Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                Yeah, apparently the last 2000 was almost exactly 5 minutes flat. Really awesome.

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                • The King
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 676

                  #9
                  Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                  Apparently he ran the last 3k in 7:32!!! Awesome...

                  And the time has been rounded down to 12:37.35...

                  It's already been included into the all-time lists...



                  Full race results:

                  http://www.iaaf.org/gp04/results/eventC ... index.html

                  13:01.xx for second place, that's no slouche...

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                  • tafnut
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 26679
                    • Lost at C (-minus)

                    #10
                    Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                    That's just a sick time. Consider the pace (not splits):

                    4:03 mile
                    7:34 3K
                    8:07 2-mile

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                    • DentyCracker
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 2301
                      • Jamaica

                      #11
                      Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                      !@#@$%^
                      Got-dayum
                      why don't people pronounce vowels anymore

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                      • huh?
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 145

                        #12
                        Re: Bekele - 12:37.35 WR!!

                        Why does every previous post on this thread have the time wrong??

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                        • EPelle
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 21442

                          #13
                          Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                          400m: 60
                          800m: 202
                          1600m: 405
                          3000m: 737
                          3200m: 807
                          11.39 with lap remaining
                          4800m: 12.10
                          27,9 last 200m

                          Forget the rabbits -- he ran solo the entire second half+ of the race... 621 at 2,500m

                          621-616 splits

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                          • ilikeike
                            Member
                            • Oct 2005
                            • 52

                            #14
                            Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                            Strange, 12 replies to this WR and not one of them offered the opinion that maybe he was running too fast too soon. Yet, the response to Webb's great race had to add that question to the performance.

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                            • basehead617
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 795

                              #15
                              Re: Bekele - 12:37.44 WR!!

                              >Strange, 12 replies to this WR and not one of them offered the opinion that
                              >maybe he was running too fast too soon. Yet, the response to Webb's great race
                              >had to add that question to the performance.


                              i noticed that. its very sad, but expected.

                              i guess part of it is that people really want Webb to succeed at a championship or at the olys later on, because apparently that's when it 'matters' or something.

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