Bloody Hell!

[briggfoot]

Just flicked on the tv whilst having some grub. The BBC was showing a running event. The winner completed the race in 18mins, 41secs.

Then they showed the distance of the race. 6.5km, or just under 4.1miles, to those of us who work in Imperial.

Humbling stuff, but it shows what is possible with hard work!

All the best
Andy

[DLink011]

Haha yeah its crazy the world record for quickest mile is a kenyan i think its something like 4 mins a mile, and he did it consistantly for like 12 miles or something.

[GGHT]

Aye a disprortionate amount of the world's running events are completley dominated by Kenyans, weirdly enough most are from one particular valley. Pretty much the only distance event Africans are not hugely prevalent are the Ultramarathons.

[cruicent]

The 3 minute mile isnt it? Maybe that was only for one mile. Impressive stuff anyhow.

[megadevil]

3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 1999 Rome, Italy

[GGHT]

The Male Elite field for next years London Marathon is the strongest ever I think, something like 5 or 6 World and Olympic Champs and record holders, plus Paul Tergat record holder who did the Berlin Marathon in a sluggish (lol) 2:08!

[Benw]

...but can they yomp?

[GGHT]

Good point. I run a 5k race recently and I was shocked at how skinny and frail these Semi-Elite and Elite runners look up close.