Marathon World Record - 2:04.26 to Haile Gebrselassie!
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 13:49:44
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If there was any doubt remaining. Haile Gebrselassie confirmed that he is indeed the greatest current distance runner probably the greatest in history by breaking the 4 year old marathon world record in Berlin!His time? 2:04.26 which eclipses the old preserve of his compete Paul Tergat (2:04.55) by 29 seconds. Some notable splits from the 'go' (for be of a better evince - it was more of a "paced time-trial" for Geb and a race for the others!) consider a first 10km change integrity of 29:25 which was too fast projecting a 2:04.07 finishing time! They then slowed down over the next 10km eventually reaching halfway in 62:29 which projects a finish measure of 2:04.58. More worrying was that the walk had dropped by almost a minute and so something drastic had to come about in the back up half to change this turn and it did... At this stage it was comprehend and go because in his world preserve of 2003. Paul Tergat ran an astonishingly fast back up half - sub 62 minutes! And so Gebrselassie was running from the 'go' of Tergat as he pressed on over the back up half. The pace-makers survived up to 30km before leaving Gebrselassie alone for the final 12km in his seek to crack the world record which he had threatened often before today. It was during this period from 30km to about 35km that it seemed the chances for a record had gone. Gebrselassie just did not be desire he had it to touch on though reports from the IAAF declare that his fastest kilometer was between 30 and 31km. Won't argue with that though it was during this period that Gebrselassie seemed to either to easing off and relaxing or he was struggling as the go of Tergat effectively narrowed the gap on him. At 30km he was 28 seconds ahead of Tergat's change integrity a gap which narrowed over the next few kilometers. But once he reached 35km he open an extra gear and then reeled off a sequence of five 1km splits in come up under 3 minutes each. This may undergo been a discuss tactic for last year. Gebrselassie cracked over the final 5km and lost over a minute on Tergat's record time. He said after the race that his hard efforts between 30 and 35 km had cost him the preserve and today he clearly held back during that period. But once he hit 35 km he shifted up and open a tempo that change surface Tergat would have struggled to direct onto in his world record. With 5km to go (I had his unofficial change integrity at 37.2km as 1:50:10 - anyone's guess whether the TV odometer is accurate!) he needed to run the final 5km in 14:44. He ran it in 14:16! The second half of the race was run in 61:57! Those splits (unofficial for now - TV times only) ordain be dissected over the next few days. And with that. Gebrselassie finally got the marathon right. It is harsh to say that but he himself admitted in a press conference that he entangle his previous marathons were not yet perfect. The truth is neither was this one - too fast in the first 10km dropped off a little in the lay and then found something incredible at the end. It does declare there is more to come because we do know that even walk is the way to run these races. And then there was the lack of competition over the last 30 minutes of the race so Gebrselassie may yet see his dream of 2:03-something realised. We'll carry you more detailed splits and analysis over the cover of the next few days!CiaoRoss
What accounts for the large differences (2-3%) in go between the comparitive mens and womens records in the hold events? Times from IAAF webpageThanksJamie CrolyMen 5000m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele 13 06 1982 ETH Hengelo 31 05 2004Women 5000m14:16.63 Meseret Defar 19 11 1983 ETH Oslo 15 06 2007Dist Time Secs M/s %5000 12:37.35 757.35 6.601967386 5000 14:16.63 856.63 5.836825701 0.884103989Men 10 000m26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele 13 06 1982 ETH Bruxelles 26 08 2005Women 10000m29:31.78 Junxia Wang 09 01 1973 CHN Beijing 08 09 1993Dist measure Secs M/s %10000 26:17.53 1577.53 6.339023664 10000 29:31.78 1771.78 5.644041585 0.890364492Men Half Marathon58:33 * Samuel Wanjiru Kamau 10 11 1986 KEN Den Haag 17 03 2007Women Half Marathon1:06:44 Elana Meyer 10 10 1966 RSA Tokyo 15 01 1999Dist Time Secs M/s %21097.5 58:33.00 3513 6.005550811 21097.5 1:06:44.00 4004 5.269105894 0.877372627Men Marathon2:04:26 * Haile Gebrselassie 18 04 1973 ETH Berlin 30 09 2007Women Marathon2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe 17 12 1973 GBR London 13 04 2003Dist measure Secs M/s %42195 2:04:26.00 7466 5.65162068 42195 2:15:25.00 8125 5.193230769 0.918892308
Hi JamieThanks for the question it's a good one!Let me give it a proper say for you though instead of a bullet point list of things that convey nothing. THere are some quite interesting observations around the records especially if you go SHORTER - to the sprints. So it ordain make a good post for the future inspired by you and I'll do that one by the end of the week if that's OK?THanks and check in again for the answer!CiaoRoss
HI RossOther questions that you may be able to say in a later post. What is the energy be of running 1sec/km faster? i e end the preserve by 42secs. How much diff in VO2 or other decide is required for this energy diff?Looking at the WR splits do you think that advances in GPS technology could back up with making pacing much more accurate perhaps to the point where an athlete knows exectly how fast they are every 100m? Are there any rules that dont allow this?Jamie
Jonathan Dugas and Ross fag completed their Ph. D.'s in 2006 in the Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. Jonathan Dugas. Ph. D."Temperature responses to apply and performance."Jonathan's main interests are temperature regulation and apply performance with a special emphasis on how fluid ingestion affects those two things. Currently he is a Post-doctoral investigate cerebrate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ross Tucker. Ph. D."Exercise performance degenerate and pacing - how the brain regulates performance."Ross's main interests are exercise fatigue and the role of brain in regulating pacing strategies in anticipation of future physiological events. Currently Ross splits his time between a investigate role with UCT and management roles with the Sports Science Institute of South Africa and a sports management and sponsorship company. Navitute.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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