| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:34 - Oct 12 with 1410 views | Ftnfwest |
It’ll be an amazing achievement. I hope it doesn’t take away from when someone finally does it in a race though. |  | |  |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:34 - Oct 12 with 1412 views | StokieBlue |
It's not really a record though. Having all the rolling pacemakers and a perfectly flat circuit just to get that extra 1.5 minutes.
Didn't realise the Ingebridgestons were going to be pacemakers.
It does show how ridiculous Radcliffe's record is though, isn't that supposed to be 1.58 when "adjusted" for men (am sure I read that somewhere).
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:40 - Oct 12 with 1390 views | solemio |
Good thing, but quite right that it will not be a world best performance. That would be totally unfair to all the athletes in proper races on proper courses without umpteen pacemakers.
No such thing as a 'world record' in marathon due to the widely differing courses on which they are run. |  | | |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:43 - Oct 12 with 1377 views | Barneycurley |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:34 - Oct 12 by StokieBlue |
It's not really a record though. Having all the rolling pacemakers and a perfectly flat circuit just to get that extra 1.5 minutes.
Didn't realise the Ingebridgestons were going to be pacemakers.
It does show how ridiculous Radcliffe's record is though, isn't that supposed to be 1.58 when "adjusted" for men (am sure I read that somewhere).
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Agree and I've seen lots of comments around various places but ultimately he will still be the first man to run under 2hrs if he does. Irrespective that's something no one else has done... |  |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:44 - Oct 12 with 1377 views | solemio |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:34 - Oct 12 by StokieBlue |
It's not really a record though. Having all the rolling pacemakers and a perfectly flat circuit just to get that extra 1.5 minutes.
Didn't realise the Ingebridgestons were going to be pacemakers.
It does show how ridiculous Radcliffe's record is though, isn't that supposed to be 1.58 when "adjusted" for men (am sure I read that somewhere).
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Paula was a marvellous runner, although I am slightly biased as I used to live next door to her long time coach Alex Stanton. | | | |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:52 - Oct 12 with 1354 views | bluelagos |
Wonder a sub 2 hour marathon be considered a bigger milestone than the sub 4 minute mile?
Interested in people's thoughts... |  |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:59 - Oct 12 with 1340 views | Barneycurley |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:52 - Oct 12 by bluelagos |
Wonder a sub 2 hour marathon be considered a bigger milestone than the sub 4 minute mile?
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No i think for the time it was set 4 minute mile was an amazing achievement. I think this is too but when it's done in normal conditions theb it stakes a claim. To look at the utter exhaustion on RB at the end shows how far he pushed the h human body in those coneditions with the track and footwear and lack of understanding of nutrition also. | |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:04 - Oct 12 with 1324 views | StokieBlue |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:52 - Oct 12 by bluelagos |
Wonder a sub 2 hour marathon be considered a bigger milestone than the sub 4 minute mile?
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It's also interesting how many of the old records still stand from 20-30 years ago.
Two GB ones I can think of are Edwards triple jump and Radcliffe's marathon. Edwards world record is 24 years old now!
Obviously the woman's records in the 400m and 800m set by the drug fuelled Eastern European athletes of the 1980's won't be beaten anytime soon - even Castor couldn't get near them with the natural advantages she has. Same for the Flo-Jo 100m record.
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:11 - Oct 12 with 1297 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 08:44 - Oct 12 by solemio |
Paula was a marvellous runner, although I am slightly biased as I used to live next door to her long time coach Alex Stanton. |
Suspicious blood values Paula? |  |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:17 - Oct 12 with 1274 views | bluelagos |
I predict 1.50.40.2 | |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:17 - Oct 12 with 1279 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
No one could do it and then about 12 people do it.....the bread and circuses continue. Spectacular times! |  |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:21 - Oct 12 with 1264 views | bluelagos |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:17 - Oct 12 by bluelagos |
I predict 1.50.40.2 |
And could he do it dressed as a bear? :-) | |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:23 - Oct 12 with 1262 views | StokieBlue |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:17 - Oct 12 by BanksterDebtSlave |
No one could do it and then about 12 people do it.....the bread and circuses continue. Spectacular times! |
What do you mean? Those people kept taking a rest then coming back to help him along.
Another reason why it's not official.
Still - a very impressive time regardless.
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:29 - Oct 12 with 1234 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:23 - Oct 12 by StokieBlue |
What do you mean? Those people kept taking a rest then coming back to help him along.
Another reason why it's not official.
Still - a very impressive time regardless.
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Did they ..... fair enough!
Thought it seemed a bit odd. [Post edited 12 Oct 2019 9:30]
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:30 - Oct 12 with 1232 views | Guthrum |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:17 - Oct 12 by BanksterDebtSlave |
No one could do it and then about 12 people do it.....the bread and circuses continue. Spectacular times! |
Part of the reason for that is psychological, partly technical (improved preparation, conditioning, technique, equipment, etc.).
A bit like breaking the sound barrier. Theoretically possible some time before it was achieved, but there was a psychological block, the fear that the 'plane would break up or go out of control*. Moreover, once it was actually done, it became possible to test in practice the theoretical methods and technologies which made it easier thereafter.
* Not unfounded. At transonic speeds, the centre of lift moves, potentially causing instability. Not to mention problems with localised compressibility, etc. |  |
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| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:32 - Oct 12 with 1221 views | Guthrum |
| Hope if you are interested you are watching history potentially in the making on 09:30 - Oct 12 by Guthrum |
Part of the reason for that is psychological, partly technical (improved preparation, conditioning, technique, equipment, etc.).
A bit like breaking the sound barrier. Theoretically possible some time before it was achieved, but there was a psychological block, the fear that the 'plane would break up or go out of control*. Moreover, once it was actually done, it became possible to test in practice the theoretical methods and technologies which made it easier thereafter.
* Not unfounded. At transonic speeds, the centre of lift moves, potentially causing instability. Not to mention problems with localised compressibility, etc. |
Ah, I thought you meant the people who went sub-4-minutes on the mile after Bannister achieved it.
Didn't realise you were talking about pacemakers. | |
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