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The '11 US half marathon championship was run in Houston today. The winner, Mohamed Trafeh, passed Ryan Hall in the last mile and edged him out by 3 seconds, finishing in 1:02:20.
That's a 4:45 pace, ladies and gents. Try running that for a single mile. It's inhuman.
It's nearly 3 min. off the world record, but if you watched in on Universal, there were quite a few hairpin turns, which slowed the pace considerably.
And for the record, everyone ran with shoes. :D
Pedaling Fool
01-30-2011, 09:02
The '11 US half marathon championship was run in Houston today. The winner, Mohamed Trafeh, passed Ryan Hall in the last mile and edged him out by 3 seconds, finishing in 1:02:20.
That's a 4:45 pace, ladies and gents. Try running that for a single mile. It's inhuman.
It's nearly 3 min. off the world record, but if you watched in on Universal, there were quite a few hairpin turns, which slowed the pace considerably.
And for the record, everyone ran with shoes. :D
I had to re-read this a couple times before I noticed the word "half":o. Only 2 sips of my coffee thus far. Without looking it up, isn't the WR for the FULL marathon 2:03:59; pace of ~4:44 by that very well known guy, which I can't remember his name now...
Who is this guy ( Mohamed Trafeh); is he a veteran or an up-and-coming athlete? And Ryan Hall ain't no schlack either.
Pedaling Fool
01-30-2011, 09:13
BTW, I understand the difference between maintaining that pace during a half marathon vs. a full marathon. Although I'm kind of curious about the course layout you mentioned how it compares to other courses. I know from my running I'd rather deal with some modest hills (which are hard enough) than too many hairpin turns, which I loosly define as greater than 90 degrees (but even too many abrupt 90 degree turns suck).
If you truly like running and get awed when this happens...You really need to watch the 5th Avenue mile...That shows you what can be accomplish as well....I had the oppertunity to train with a former olympic distance runner in the late 80's..I huff and puffed on a 5 mile course and he was yammering away...he even ran backwards the last 1/2 mile talking to everyone..That was inhuman.....
BTW, I understand the difference between maintaining that pace during a half marathon vs. a full marathon. Although I'm kind of curious about the course layout you mentioned how it compares to other courses. I know from my running I'd rather deal with some modest hills (which are hard enough) than too many hairpin turns, which I loosly define as greater than 90 degrees (but even too many abrupt 90 degree turns suck).
John houston is a fast course pretty flat actually..But the purse is pretty high..thats the reason he ran it..I blieve they get 3000 to break a record there...Not to include the money for winning another 5000..
John Gault, it's Haile Gebresellasi, first under 2:04 with a 2:03.58 in Berlin, 2008. He ran in NY this year, pulled up injured at mile 20, announced he was retiring, then reconsidered and is supposably back in the mix. You're right about the pace. Beyond incredible to think that any human could sustain that for 13 miles, much less 26.
Ryan Hall's had an off year. Changed coaches and training regime. Kinda blew up at Boston last year. Hopefully better days to come.
If you want to watch a real American phenom, check out Shalane Flannigan. She kicked azz in NY. I think it was her first time competing in a full marathon, previously a half specialist.
watch for galen Rup in the next 2 years... Salazar is coaching him and their training In oregon still and he use's a altitude chamber...that kid will be something soon in the Marathon..He's working on his 10,000 meter currently....
Pedaling Fool
01-30-2011, 15:45
John Gault, it's Haile Gebresellasi, first under 2:04 with a 2:03.58 in Berlin, 2008. He ran in NY this year, pulled up injured at mile 20, announced he was retiring, then reconsidered and is supposably back in the mix. You're right about the pace. Beyond incredible to think that any human could sustain that for 13 miles, much less 26.
Ryan Hall's had an off year. Changed coaches and training regime. Kinda blew up at Boston last year. Hopefully better days to come.
If you want to watch a real American phenom, check out Shalane Flannigan. She kicked azz in NY. I think it was her first time competing in a full marathon, previously a half specialist.
I did watch her on the Universal Sports channel in her first Marathon, she came in second, she is awesome. I also saw Haile G. in that race where he sustained an injury.
Pedaling Fool
11-18-2012, 12:15
This is kind of interesting... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzeKxdE_Po
k2basecamp
11-18-2012, 19:57
Tadese world record is 58:23 so they were quite a bit off that pace.
This is kind of interesting... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpzeKxdE_Po