10,000 Meter WORLD RECORD HISTORY!! The Road to

[@SuperHans469]

These athletes running 4:59 mile splits for the 10 000m over a hundred years ago is to me amazing. They wouldn’t have been doing the mileage modern athletes do, probably had other jobs and no access to modern training methods, nutrition and equipment.

[@chrish8229]

All while smoking and drinking

[@SuperHans469]

@@chrish8229 yes 😀

[@Stabu]

Even 50 years ago it was fairly typical for athletes to still hold day jobs. Lasse Viren, for example, worked 8h days as a police officer in Finland. He used to go on one run before his job began and on a second run after his job was over. Of course they had stop watches, better shoes, some sort of training program, and good nutrition, but it's still amazing nonetheless.

[@SMC247]

@@fcdphilly If you could bring those guys back and give them a modern track, and shoes, and some of the modern conditioning, no doubt they could be a lot closer to the current records.

[@dave990]

Absolutely true. There's not even a second difference between Usain Bolt and Jesse Owen. Imagine Jesse Owen not being a 40 a day smoker who had access to modern day training facilities and running shoes!! For me Usain Bolt is one of the most overrated athletes ever. Them old school runners remind me of old school boxers. They were supreme athletes that would of easily competed and kicked ass this day and age

[@frankscales7295]

As a man in his mid 70s you have brought back some great memories. TY

[@dillonventola408]

You understand the internet far better than my parents and they're in their 60s

[@DavidGarcia-h5l]

U want to race me

[@InTheLongRun]

The mustache is a key to performance in the 10000m 👨🏻

[@Bustacool]

If you ar white yeh.

[@MarlyTati]

I'm growing mine 💁🏽‍♀️

[@ayrod2924]

Now I have to grow a mustache for the Cresent City Classic🤦‍♂️

[@q12aw50]

@@Bustacool ruined it

[@nom6758]

@@Bustacool someone always gotta bring race into it lol

[@AnthonyMcqueen1987]

I remember doing this race in college and ill tell you 25 laps in competition will break you mentally no matter how in shape you are its all about consistency. Also, TSP your videos have gotten better over time and the research behind these events and athletes really shows the love you have for the sport of distance running. Keep up the quality content got me back into distance running after many years of retirement and injury. - Good work.

[@sanderslongdrive]

Ever tried ultra running? That's where the really tough compete.

[@waterproof4403]

@@sanderslongdrive who cares lol Ultras don't have money in them or aren't nearly as popular as the world championships or road racing. Or else you'd see it infested with Kenyans

[@gummy5862]

@@waterproof4403 True. Anything over marathon length is worthless pretty much. I think it’s picking up traction though and maybe some day someone will give it financial recognition.

[@waterproof4403]

@@gummy5862 I agree!!

[@glywnniswells9480]

@@sanderslongdrive no where near as hard as running 10k at that pace running is all about pace running a mile world record can feel like death or even running a sub 6 min mile for a mere mortal. No the best runners dont do ultra racing

[@jackcooper3193]

Ron Clarke dropping the record by 36 seconds is outrageous!

[@mayembafaizo5944]

It's 16 seconds.

[@mncubing8160]

Nope it was 36.

[@tem3111]

He was suppose to win the 1964 Tokyo Olympics but fell short from a slower race and didn't expect the final kick from Billy Mills.

[@szymon6207]

UNDER 31 MINUTES LET S Start from Long Distance's History !@@tem3111

[@DavidGarcia-h5l]

How did Billy mills bet em

[@tentaclefather2069]

Imagine going back in time and absolutely dominate the records

[@charlesthorndike2702]

Yeah. One could only wonder how the spectators/commentators would react. Sports like extreme sports would also be extremely fun to do the same thing to. In FMX (Freestyle Motorcross) the Backflip was considered as "impossible" back in the year 2000l Nowadays the riders are throwing double even triple (!) backflips. Would love to see a rider travel back in time, to do such ridiculous feats. Or watching Bekele or Cheptegei travel back to the 70s, only to run a sub 26:30 10000m. Would be extremely funny/exciting to see all the people's reactions.

[@shanealder5105]

You just beat the record by like 5 minutes, lol.

[@12yanschump]

I don't think you'd be able to dominate the records as the scientific improvements in both footwear and track technology have helped times improve drastically

[@shemafiacre1039]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpircmxmipVpZqs

[@jackcooper3193]

Wouldn't happen tho because I can't run a 30min 10K

[@billyleecw]

A century later, this is how they will remember the greats of this era. Bolt, Cheptegei, Kipchoge, Van Niekerk, Rudisha.

[@anuragverma5949]

how can you forget BEKELE & EL GUERROUJ

[@stephenbarrett8861]

@@anuragverma5949 you forgot Gebresellasie.

[@anuragverma5949]

@@stephenbarrett8861 oops

[@michaelwatson7293]

You can never forget Keneisa Bekele

[@anuragverma5949]

@@michaelwatson7293 he's the real king 🤴

[@VeridicusMaximus]

I just can't believe that only 1:28.4 sec has been improved since 1965, which was on a dirt track. Ron Clark was a beast! Basically only 3.5 seconds per lap. I think Ron could have competed with any East African today.

[@timiempire2279]

we will never know

[@johnwilson5743]

TRP. Very full, detailed and complete history of the 10,000 m record. Fantastic details and quality of the video. Many thanks. Cheers.

[@Don-Toblerone]

I ran 24:36 last week and I am under-exercised due to covid. I can easily hit 21-22 minutes. There's only one catch though: I run 5K :-D

[@patiencefaith7309]

🤣🤣

[@douglasherron7534]

That's about what I do... as a 52 y.o. ;-)

[@MattNasty]

Your videos get me so hyped. I would know nothing about running history if it wasn't for this channel. Thanks for putting in the work.

[@wyattjoshua05]

No One: TRP: JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI BABY!

[@kkouz45]

Love these track history videos!

[@nuller87]

I would not be able to run a single lap without being out of breath. It's truly impressive how the human body can be pushed to perform. Out of all these runners, the older records stands out to me the most. They didn't have perfect shoes, no training facilities, no special diet, no altitude to run in. They were men that were just good at running. I will never be able to run 10 km myself.

[@42069memes]

These world record history type videos are my favorite of yours, keep it up (:

[@KoiRun50]

A totally captivating production. Well done.

[@patrickokoroit2282]

Thumbs up for reciting history for us. It’s amazing to see those old videos time before all of us where born. Cheptegei BABY 👶 I can’t wait to see what this Ugandan man will do next!

[@waterproof4403]

KENENISA is still the record holder for the 5000m and 10000m. Go look at his records from 2004-2005 and Haile Gebrselassie previous record 12:39 those are infinitely more impressive. Real world records ran by heart and not with the help of light pacing system. Cheptegei has fancy wavelights on the track guiding him. Just like kipchoge had laser pacing system in his INEOS marathon. Its sad when you have to be told what pace you need to run by a computer...For Cheptegei’s 10,000-meter record (26:11.00), except for his final 1,000-meter stretch, every other 1,000-meter split was within a second of 2:37, a metronomic mark that would be difficult to replicate with just a watch. Cheptegei and Gidey will never come close to the legacy of Haile and Kenensia, tirunesh dibaba and meseret defar

[@patrickokoroit2282]

@@waterproof4403 Never use the word never as if you know for sure. Kenenisa , when he run the record was given the tools to aid him at that time to win that record. You need to understand progressively we have moved on and after Cheptegei someone else will come to who will beat the record. You can’t denny Cheptegei is the best runner of this time. He was aided just like Kenenisa at that time.

[@waterproof4403]

@@patrickokoroit2282 go look at kenenisas performance in 2005 and look at Cheptegeis... Kenenisa literally set his own pace for the most part of the race. I guess Kenenisas records stood for too long that Nike(NN) made sure to break them with all the help they can to Cheptegei. Its for business. The sport is losing its spark sadly.

[@limofootball]

He just set an Olympic record and won gold. He has retired at the tender age of 27. Absolute bonkers!!!

[@SirAtticus]

One of the best channels on KZbin

[@SMC247]

Great video. Amazing to get all that history of the 10000m :) The guys back in the day were total legends with the track, shoes, and information available to them, they got those times with sheer will power.

[@sitarnut]

I know this was about world records, but would have liked to have seen Billy Mills at least mentioned...one of the greatest finishing kicks..... 1st and only American to win.

[@charlesthorndike2702]

I ran a 36-minute 10k race in the military at age 19 in my glory days, back in 2013, so I guess YAY? I cannot even fathom how much dedication, hard work, blood sweat & tears these guys go through. Mad respect! Also, I was a bit sad when Bekele's 26:17.53 was broken (that was the first track & field record I ever witnessed). But then again it was okay, because it was done by none other than: JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI, BABYYYY!!!!!!

[@viharsarok]

Why were you sad? Records are meant to be broken.

[@TheFitDragon]

When you train with a world champion you have the opportunity to become one.

[@christophermullins7163]

Not really. Genetics has everything to do with it. If you're 90% of a world champion and you train with a champion you have a chance of becoming one.. still a role of the dice. Many many people can hardly run and I'm not referring just to fatties but real life.. most people cannot possibly train hard enough to be world champion. You start with having the best top 10% genetics.. you realize your body is built for sport or running.. then you start to train and maybe like 1% chance you get anywhere close to world champion. I do understand the sentiment but reality is wayyy off.

[@jonimannamarbati9971]

I know the other way around you will be back to Kenenisa Bekele but hey Bekele is my favorite Athlete of all the Time.. Bekele the G.O.A.T

[@waterproof4403]

IF Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa had the wavelights pacing system back then, they would have put the world records out of sight. The records they set would have been way beyond the cosmic horizon

[@dave990]

This is a great video. Very informative and well edited! Gotta love them old school athletes. BEASTS

[@jpolweny]

Thanks TRP for another great video and for a great historical perspective of the 10,000m. I learned more fabulous distance running trivia from this single video than I did running competitively over a 20 year period.

[@jameshodge960]

Superbly narrated ! 💯👌👍! Truly informative and enjoyable ! 🔝

[@trevormay101]

been waiting for this progression for awhile. Even better than I was expecting great job TRP!!!!!!

[@nc8186]

30:58 is actually so good considering the times

[@MY-jz8mc]

Thanks, now I am very informed on 10k record history. Love your presentation...

[@gugus8081]

Extremely valuable documentary ! I really appreciate all the work you put in for that, thanks a lot

[@Morfeusm]

Emil Zatopek was absolutely incredible!

[@bpetersson5024]

yea, he was apparently the one that started interval training and used to run 10-20 1mile repeats at 80-90% to build his VO2 uptake capacity. He also gave one of his olympic gold medals to Ron Clarke, who never won one, "because he deserved it.."

[@zachfriedman4263]

"For mere mortals this time would be extremely difficult" LMAO

[@Sal_lazaro]

Didn’t know you were in the business of making farm videos with all these GOATS

[@diegomardones6651]

Thanks for the video. Should have mentioned the help by the "light pacers on the track". No other world record had exactly constant pacers during 100% of the race. This is a completely different scenario from before.

[@waterproof4403]

Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa had the wavelights pacing system back then, they would have put the world records out of sight. The records they set would have been way beyond the cosmic horizon

[@Zeus-7778]

Everybody gangsta till Africans come in

[@noname-bt9ky]

EAST=endurance WEST=speed

[@BB-vo6on]

exactly!!!

[@slyfer5321]

@@noname-bt9ky Laughs in Usain Bolt.

[@anthonyscott8556]

Arjun M I noticed that too. Damn, they must didn’t let us run distances till 1972 . But I see why now 😂 besides the other obvious reason.

[@dhnsh1843]

@@slyfer5321 His ancestors are west African

[@heikkisanelma6625]

Flying Finn! It''s a shame the history doesn't seem to repeat itself in here Finland, we only have mediocer talent and its too hard for them to make a living in the harsh reality of endurance running stoic life so they compromise with studies and then go for the academic career, never even touching their true talent... Topi Raitala will become decent olympian, he comes from orienteering and is now Staple Chaser, I believe potential for 8:05 time on 300m SC..

[@analoguejerry9066]

You can console yourself by comparing your country with Russia or East Germany (now part of Germany). They are in a much worse position.

[@ruirodrigues5433]

14:31 FUN FACT: Both these two Portuguese athletes from the "Sporting Clube de Portugal", Fernando Mamede (nº 3) and Carlos Lopes (nº 2), broke the world record of the 10000 meters in this same race! Fernando Mamede with 27;13.08 and Carlos Lopes with 27;17.48! The old record was 27;22.40. Amazing and unforgettable race!

[@johnstirling6597]

I have always felt a bit sorry for Mamede, fantastically talented and could run brilliant times but mentally very fragile in major championships.

[@seanmacguire2128]

@@johnstirling6597 He deserved more fame!

[@johnstirling6597]

@@seanmacguire2128 One of Mamede's best races (IMO) is his heat of the 1500 from 1976, qualifying in a sprint from 300 out, matching Ovett and Wessinghage. It is a shame he could not get his head right in finals as his talent deserved a lot better.

[@seanmacguire2128]

@@johnstirling6597 It sure is a shame

[@dmitry.greatgrandsonofteheroes]

Thank you very much to tell about all former world record holders and the present. I am glad that my compatriot wrote his name.

[@oliezuka5979]

Love your compilations keep up the good work 👍🏾

[@IAmOfwona]

Those records would have been broken way sooner if Africans (especially Kenyans 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪) had been allowed on the tracks. The 'personal best' of a European on the track is simply the warm up of an African 👑🙌🏾

[@Original-jews-2.0]

Lol exactly

[@mncubing8160]

Yeah wow.

[@Gab8riel]

I am pretty sure they were allowed. Just look at the history of sprinting.

[@AATWT11]

lol they were allowed🤣 Kenya is a country and it’s the Olympics. I remember black men running during the Olympics in WW2 Berlin Olympics.

[@larsjames777]

Thank you so much for these historical sports videos.

[@bryanurizar]

This was awesome! Would love to see one for female runners too!

[@id-crest]

I was searching for 10km video last night and today you upload one. Nice

[@Team.L]

it's fun to see a country like Finland that is covered in snow, ice and has minus degrees up to -35 C some weeks for almost 6 months a year were so dominant in running! it must be an achievement in itself to even be able to go out and run in it!

[@jarmohukkanen4250]

Up to - 45, you mean😊

[@Emil-yd1ge]

Yes that is really amazing to me! This winter I'm really struggling to increase my mileage because of the snow. It's more tiring to run on (also because I have to use heavier trail shoes for grip) and last week I even hurt my knee when descending. I have no Idea how they could get so good in these suboptimal conditions. Maybe they ran on surfaces cleared of the snow or they had spikey shoes?

Thank you so much for making this. Your channel is a gift to humanity.

[@Bokaj97]

Your videos are awesome and great for the sport!! Thank you!

[@redalien75]

The first athlete to run under the current marathon record (im counting INEOS 1:59 as the fastest marathon) pace of 28:22 was pyotr bolotnikov, the first athlete to run under the half marathon world record pace of 27:16 would be Fernando mamede

[@seanmacguire2128]

It’s incredible!

[@Bigern2998]

Loved this documentary and the inspiring people highlighted in it. Thanks for your hard work man

[@GotDamBoi]

I just found this channel and I'm loving the content! Thanks

[@revvvrand]

The best running history videos ever!

[@charlesthorndike2702]

Please do a video on Ryan Crouse's recent indoor world record in the shot put! He broke Randy Barnes' 32-year-old WR (!)

[@TheVinni99]

this is a running channel

[@stevenfast5764]

@@TheVinni99 exactly so he should do it. Track and Field

[@charlesthorndike2702]

@@TheVinni99 He has done videos on long jump, javelin etc. Ir's a channel about athletics

[@antonvolney2]

Amazing content. Keep it coming please.

[@vladoholic8497]

The time the french guy did in 1911 is still impressive today for the vast majority of people in the world. When you compare 26.11 with 30.58 then someone who doesn´t run thinks that barely under 31 minutes seems slow but I bet my ass that 99,99% of the male population (age 18 to 40) in the world can not cope with that "slow pace" for 500 meters which is one twentieth of 10 kilometers.

[@gummy5862]

Comparing any extreme skill to the “average person” is moot point because obviously you should be far better than average or else you’re trash. It’s like when people criticize singers and their stans say “WeLl tHeyRe bEtTeR tHaN yOu.” Maybe, but they’re still shit compared to other singers.

[@kristoferwong2287]

Joshua Cheptigi And Jacob kiplimo will break 26:00

[@seatownfan]

I want to see them race! They should, at least at the Olympics!

[@rajaiespinosa7275]

👌

[@cartersteele]

9:20 that’s eliuds marathon pace

[@jeremygilbert7190]

Great video! Cool to see ALL the record holders, going back to 1912... 3 minor quibbles - it's misleading to say that Bouin "set" the first world record in 1911. More accurately in today's parlance, he set a new world's best in 1911, surpassing Brit Alfred Shrubb's 31:02.4 from 1904. To that point, there was no universally recognized sanctioning body for athletics. Then, the next year, 1912, when the IAAF was formed and ratified world records for the first time, Bouin's 1911 world best became the first world record. Second quibble. Zatopek ran for Czechoslovakia, not the Czech Republic, which was not formed until 1993. He did, however, die as a citizen of the Czech Republic. Third quibble. You lost the opportunity to call Lasse Viren part of the new generation of Flying Finns!

[@C-R-A-C-K-E-R]

Unpopular opinon: Zatopek is the GOAT. He set 18.world records over his carrer ranging from 5k-30k. He won 4.Olympic Golds with 3 of them being in 1.olympics. AND he also was the guy who invented interval training. He had the range, he had the records, he had the medals, and he left a huge note in the way runners train to this day.

[@zacparker5519]

And he made all of those achievements before Africans were given the opportunity to compete. Can we really call him the GOAT?

[@timjacobsen3141]

“This is Joshua Cheptegui BABY!!” Lol

[@trevormay101]

now I know its wasn't a world record time but Solinsky becoming the first non-african to run a sub 27 was pretty crazy and a great moment in 10k history

[@agnidas5816]

So much of the record comes down to how much the athlete weighs , their total height and limb length ratios... you can see the changes bodies of the top runner with the decades. That first record holder would run a couple minutes under his time at least if he was 'skinny' I invite y'all to read any books left by the old school legends as far as training philosophy goes. I find this important in any pursuit you have... they hold gems which go against the common training methods. Common training methods usually go against what is best as a rule :P

[@waterproof4403]

The wavelights are cheating methods

[@thedingothatateyourbaby9811]

This has been my favorite video of yours.

[@pfpchad2747]

Awesome documentary!

[@LK-bz9sk]

What an excellent presentation

[@Stabu]

I love two things in particular about this video. First, the emphasis of moustaches whenever an athlete has one as if it contributed to the world record of each moustache holder :D. Secondly, I love how you (correctly) roll your r when you pronounce Spanish names, yet don't do so for other names that should be pronounced similarly such as the Finnish names of Nurmi and Viren :).

[@benanastasoff8980]

The r is rolled in Finnish?

[@Stabu]

@@benanastasoff8980 Yes it does and consistently so across all Finnish dialects and words. There's no other way to say R in Finnish that's viewed as "correct". Some languages, such as Swedish or Danish that also roll their R's as a rule may have dialect or vocabulary variations on the way R is said and some of them may end up sounding closer to the German or even English R, but Finnish does not. It's always the same rolled R. Here's a video about it that will probably be very boring: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2iaXqCFZ6h_rM0

[@benanastasoff8980]

@@Stabu interesting, I never knew. There’s not really much exposure to a lot of the European languages here, so we mostly just hear the pronunciations of Spanish and French due to Mexico to the South and Canada to the North. I think it’s good to learn at least a little about other languages though

[@Stabu]

@@benanastasoff8980 I lived in the US (New Hampshire) for 15 years so I'm well aware of the situation :). Interestingly, New Hampshire is the only state in the US where the second most spoken language is not Spanish, but French.

[@richmuscle8316]

Haile is still one of my favorite runners of all time

[@waterproof4403]

He is the greatest Cheptegei will never come close to his legacy

[@bretstevens262]

Love your videos! Could you do a history of the running shoe?

[@lifedouble2461]

The new world record breaker of under 26:00 will be VINCENT Wong from Singapore. Haha. Liked your video and presentation. Kept me going for the record.

[@Kmunz7]

It's a shame Bekele didn't have more competition. He took down the records of the former GOAT and a hero in his country early in his career. He should've had several more years of improvement before peaking. I believe he could've been capable of going sub 26 10k and sub 12:30 5k. It's more apparent when he transitioned to the road that the fire wasn't there until recently when he set his sights on taking down Kipchoge.

[@waterproof4403]

IF Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa had the wavelights pacing system back then, they would have put the world records out of sight. The records they set would have been way beyond the cosmic horizon

[@waterproof4403]

Kenenisa could have done so much more even without the wavelights but he got injured

[@conor_cork]

One of the pictures of Bekele is actually his brother Tariku.

[@kylelowry1521]

I am East African and yes I am fast and good at marathons (Uganda/Rwanda/but of Kenyan)

[@aladjidiallo6486]

Thanks for the videos! I just loved it

[@dicosoliman3275]

I really want to see Jacob Kiplimo’s potential in the 10 k, he could probably be the first to break 26 minutes.

[@waterproof4403]

If Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa had the wavelights pacing system back then, they would have put the world records out of sight. The records they set would have been way beyond the cosmic horizon

[@aidanbacon6264]

I love your videos!!!!!

[@nro337]

Awesome video, thanks so much!

[@oldschoolfug]

You contents are amazing. Thank you

[@runnershighproductions]

I feel like Jacob Kiplimo is due for some solid track performances.

[@andrew9042]

its really cool to see the footage from the races in the early 1900s

[@MrTrigger6]

Black n White film of Paavo on the third close-up shot, his eyes of blue can be seen, were they tinted?

[@GUnit12315]

17:00. Best quality I've ever seen.

[@mayembafaizo5944]

True dat Joshua..go write more history.🇺🇬

[@GUnit12315]

@@mayembafaizo5944 Yep! Next goal is 26:09

[@jjlee424]

Amazing video bro!! It is too awesome too great!

[@DrDan-ew3gi]

12:14 when Veren Fin fell the guy in front of him looks knocked out 😂is he?

[@ExtinctDinooo]

BRUH I THOUGHT THAT TOO

[@joonaskosonen95]

its Viren not Veren, veren means ''to blood'' as blood owns it, in finnish

[@izzardclips9350]

The other guy who fell (and did not recover quick enough to chase down the pack like Viren) is Mohammed Gammoudi, the 1968 olympic gold medalist who won the silver in the 5000m a few days later.

[@deanrobinson7751]

Ronny clarke baby. Uppa the Aussies

[@aroundandround]

12:08 What are the rules regarding falling inside of the first lane boundary? His performance and win were well deserved of course, but wouldn’t a runner normally get disqualified for stepping to the left of the first lane boundary? Or is there a fall allowance?

[@gustaaf1892]

Ron Clarke is the classic example of a distance running athlete consistently running very fast times, but never winning Olympic gold because he didn't have a kick. Admittedly high altitude probably cost him what would have been his best chance in 1968. As it turns out his greatest Olympic moment was therefore probably lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 1956 Games.

[@anandnamdev9545]

Loved u r content man

[@charlesthorndike2702]

It's JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI, BABY!! Is one the best memes of 2020

[@johnstirling6597]

I remember reading in Brendan Fosters autobiography that he made a claim to have broken the 10k world record prior to Samson Kimombwa but was denied the time, but his personal bio states his best time as 27,30.3.

[@SILKAP02]

at that point he said, ladies and gentlemen welcome to the world of east african dominance, i felt at home KENYA

[@alvarosanabria216]

Emil Zátopek's marathon gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics was won in 2:23:03!!!

[@rahnlipp2912]

What is the biggest factor for lowering the WR: PEDs, Track surface improvements, shoe improvements, training dedication, financially reward?

[@waterproof4403]

WAVELIGHTS ON THE TRACK ARE CHEATING

[@waterproof4403]

KENENISA is still the record holder for the 5000m and 10000m. Go look at his records from 2004-2005 and Haile Gebrselassie previous record 12:39 those are infinitely more impressive. Real world records ran by heart and not with the help of light pacing system. Cheptegei has fancy wavelights on the track guiding him. Just like kipchoge had laser pacing system in his INEOS marathon. Its sad when you have to be told what pace you need to run by a computer...For Cheptegei’s 10,000-meter record (26:11.00), except for his final 1,000-meter stretch, every other 1,000-meter split was within a second of 2:37, a metronomic mark that would be difficult to replicate with just a watch. Cheptegei and Gidey will never come close to the legacy of Haile and Kenensia, tirunesh dibaba and meseret defar

[@Wasted1249]

Human evolution shows 🙏

[@MeuleDomino]

And then realise that my personal best is 38:42... 😱

[@evandonahue5456]

That’s pretty good

[@marinvarivoda9646]

That is still really fast compared to a "normal" person!

[@MeuleDomino]

@@marinvarivoda9646 and still I see myself as a normal runner. Last saturday I ran a 45:47, just for intermediate training.

[@marinvarivoda9646]

@@MeuleDomino My pb is 52:04, I would be over the moon if I simply broke 50 😀 I dont expect to be breaking a WR any time soon so success is relative

[@nkosistrainbullies5806]

I cant even run a 5k in less than 33 min.

[@Thelegends21415]

You should make a video about the 5000 meter in Munich that would be awesome

[@adilsondasilva514]

Don´t forget the Portugese runner´s: Carlos Lopes 10.000 m 27.17,48 2 juli 1984 Stockholm Fernando Mamede 10.000 m 27.13,81 2 juli 1984 Stockholm

[@enduraman1]

great video!

[@zkennedy5671]

I never really run in a track, but my current time is 38 minutes, running in a park, but thinking back at 1911 these "humans" were running at 30 minutes

[@Stone_Rock]

I try jogging for 10000 meters myself before, and as a person who don't exercise a lot, it takes me about 180-210 minutes to jog for 10000 meters. (And after that I feel like dying.) And these insane guys can run under 30 minutes.

[@waterproof4403]

Women too

[@seatownfan]

Never thought I would see a sub 2 hour marathon, granted it was ran in a very controlled enviroment. Now a sub 26 minute 10k seems very plausible! Probably by the current record holder!

[@waterproof4403]

Bekele is still the record holder for the 5000m and 10000m. The Ugandans record should not be official. He was literally handed the WR on a silver platter. Please Watch this video. ( KZbin keeps removing the link. Search for WR comparison Showdown Bekeles vs Cheptegei by The Lapras Man) It's a side by side comparison of Bekeles real WR and the NN time trial by Cheptegei. The Ugandans splits were metronomic (2:37 per KM for the whole time trial!) Why is that? Because a machine was pacing him. Those robotic wavelight technology on the track. That whole thing was staged for him precisely. Like the INEOS challenge in Vienna. Planned by NN to the millimeter. Watch the 5000m comparison too. Bekeles splits were Uneven. He had variations in his tempo. He had more in tank for sure. The thing is he ran by his heart and didn't have a whole team orchestrate and engineer a record for him. . .

[@lemat8558]

amazing! but, also, quite amazed by the early runners - the track was sometimes quite muddy and their shoes were far from what we use today. Next record will probably be a combo of equipment and talent. or, what do I know, I'm just fascinated by it all - and not a runner!

[@kaismithley6173]

Damn I'm really early, gonna be a fire video I love these history of events edit: it was a fire video

[@Lio5rgwr]

Congradulations on 163k Subs!