New half marathon world record:
58:23!!! An incredible, mostly solo effort by Zersenay Tadese, the Eritrean. A great analysis over on the Science of Sport website.
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58:23!!! An incredible, mostly solo effort by Zersenay Tadese, the Eritrean. A great analysis over on the Science of Sport website.
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58:23 works out to 4:28 per mile for 13.1 miles!
Wowsers!
Here's a video of him running. At about 3:30 he's running with a motorcycle along side him. Gives you a sense of the sick pace he was holding. He finishes in a little over 5' into the video.
He runs THROUGH the 10k at 27:53!
It's funny though, for someone who is touted as one of the most economical athletes of modern times he's not that "smooth". Easy for me to say, Mr. 38 vDot...
I just calculated his vDot: 83!
I been to the country next to Eritrea - gotta count for something!
That is smoking fast . . .
Classic story of rural kid who ran long distances to school barefoot.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE54Q06C20090527
(Like many of Africa's great runners, Zersenay's roots are rural and humble. He tended livestock as a barefoot boy in the village of Adi Bana in southern Eritrea and laid the foundations for his running career getting to and from the 14 kms to school.
"For about two years, I would run from my house to school every morning. Coming home, I would normally walk, though sometimes too I would run the full 14 kms back," the 27-year-old told Reuters at his home in Asmara.)
Incredible. I might be able to keep up with him for maybe 200m, tops.