Elite Athletics Thread

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postieboy
postieboy
Sep 2018
11:08am, 16 Sep 2018
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I think you're right SPR, I'm sure Kipsang and Kimeto ran negative splits as well when they broke the record. Even Paula Radcliffe's women's WR was a negative split if the information I've read is correct.
SPR
SPR
Sep 2018
11:22am, 16 Sep 2018
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SPR
Sifan Hassan just ran 65:15(?) at Copenhagen HM, first HM I think?

Apparently she'll be racing over 10000m on track next year.
whiteflash
whiteflash
Sep 2018
11:41am, 16 Sep 2018
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whiteflash
Gutted I missed it. Truly awesome achievement
jdarun
jdarun
Sep 2018
12:03pm, 16 Sep 2018
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jdarun
One more in the eye then :-)
postieboy
postieboy
Sep 2018
6:11am, 17 Sep 2018
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postieboy
Kevin Mayer has broken the decathlon WR by a massive 81 points with a total of 9126. Another wow!
larkim
larkim
Sep 2018
8:41am, 17 Sep 2018
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larkim
That's a huge WR in decathlon - on a par with Kipchoge's achievement surely? Though it won't get the same press attention.

Not often too "good" WRs go down the same weekend.
runnerbean
runnerbean
Sep 2018
10:53am, 17 Sep 2018
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runnerbean
I liked this

Go to the track and run 400m in 69.2s and then do it another 104.5 times.

That is what Kipchoge did yesterday

Astonishing
Cerrertonia
Cerrertonia
Sep 2018
11:24am, 17 Sep 2018
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Cerrertonia
Yes, interesting to see how long you can sustain Kipchoge's pace for. It's a 200m sprint on the track for me.
FreshStart
FreshStart
Sep 2018
11:39am, 17 Sep 2018
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FreshStart
I've been watching these:

https://youtu.be/Qhsk3lnlkSg?list=PL8szKoHo1BZUeRDQtsHEu-FouGpfxZTuz
The_Saint
The_Saint
Sep 2018
12:26pm, 17 Sep 2018
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The_Saint
It is hard to get past the '80s porn star moustache

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