Can you run 100m in 17s?

[Binky]

You could have done your bit by naming the person who came second. 😉

Spoiler

Yomif Kejelcha

I could have but couldn't be arsed to Google it
Plus it reinforces my point he's barely mentioned.....

 

[Animo]

Didn't the third place guy break the existing world record too?

 

[DCBassman]

I cannot run at all any more. Shamble a bit.

 

[Pblakeney]

Didn't the third place guy break the existing world record too?

He did, but not the 2 hour mark.

 

[Beebo]

I've had rides of 26 miles when I've averaged less than 13mph 😂.
Admittedly very hilly ones but to run at that pace for slightly less than 2 hours is incredible. Have to though feel for the guy in 2nd place who also went sub 2 hours but barely mentioned.

He’s the only person in the world with an average time below 2 hours, as it was his first ever run.
So maybe he should stop now and keep it below 2 hours.

 

[steverob]

I remember when Eliud Kipchoge first broke the 2 hour marathon barrier (although in specifically controlled conditions with multiple pacers, not in a proper race like Sunday), a few weeks later they set up a treadmill at a running Expo, configured to the average pace he ran the full distance at and asked all-comers to try and see how long they could last on it. Most people barely made it 200-300 metres before falling off the back!

Is it also true that his last-5km-time would have been not-last in the Olympics 5km final?!?

Don't know about the last 5km, but between kms 35 and 40, he was 2 seconds faster than the current Parkrun world record (13:44).

 

[Webbo2]

I remember when Eliud Kipchoge first broke the 2 hour marathon barrier (although in specifically controlled conditions with multiple pacers, not in a proper race like Sunday), a few weeks later they set up a treadmill at a running Expo, configured to the average pace he ran the full distance at and asked all-comers to try and see how long they could last on it. Most people barely made it 200-300 metres before falling off the back!


Don't know about the last 5km, but between kms 35 and 40, he was 2 seconds faster than the current Parkrun world record (13:44).

But the park run is from a standing start, he had a run up to it.😏