Olympians Duel In Crazy Fast 5K Race

[@FloTrack]

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[@lukeanthony6712]

The craziest part about stacked fields like these is that people in the back are still going at blistering speeds.

[@angelortega5665]

Blistering speeds For a human

[@jacksonpope3955]

@Bill Ding the constructor 😂😂😂

[@domruns9472]

@Bill Ding the constructor ive been running for years and still think if you're running under 17 that you're a pretty good runner.

[@marcol6268]

@@domruns9472 under 17 is not even pretty good, thats fucking insane.

[@fnb-ds2ly]

Ben True winning made this race 10x better.

[@calebt4yahweh210]

Yeah hats off to ben, too bad he ended his career with a bust...

[@chrisdidonna7371]

Remember watching Ben tear up Maine HS races

[@Audax56]

When Lopez Lomong was in Highschool he would race against the kid who set like every distance record for my highschool, they both were crazy fast!

[@daveygeorge4861]

What school Lopez Lomong went to a HS close to mine

[@martinirving3824]

That was a very exciting race. Congratulations to winner after being passed down the stretch (on the final bend) to retake on the line. Crazy determination.

[@private464]

I love that after leading the race and then falling to 4th place, he didn't give up and fade away! Instead, he started picking off people one at a time, until he WON the race...in the end. WOW GREAT race for him and great race to watch. Determination and follow through.

[@dean2663]

That was Ben True’s best ever 5k. Fast as heck!

[@liamrunning9623]

At 12:51 you can see Jager urging lomong to keep going, pretty cool

[@triniboy05]

Nah, he was just letting him know that he was passing on the inside.

[@cwbb76]

No, he's saying "im passing on your left hand side, careful pal"

[@martinirving3824]

It's so weird. True looks like one of the bigger runners on the track. In post race interview you can see how slight he is.

[@axelarroyo3286]

Ben True is around 6 feet tall and 165 pounds. Slight for an average american but for a distance runner he is huge. For comparisons sake Rupp is a couple inches shorter and 30 pounds lighter, and Ryan Hall was also 5'10" and raced at 135 or even lighter when he was racing poorly. Most of the Kenyans and ethiopians are around 5'5" to 5'8" and weighing around 120-135 at the most (K.Bekele is 5'5",123 and appears much stronger/heavier than you'd expect). The only other distance guys I can recall off the top of my head with a similar build/times or success were Solinsky and Rod Dixon. Snell was very built as well (5'10", 175!)but he was strictly middle distance where extra power can mitigate the weight somewhat.

[@martinirving3824]

@@axelarroyo3286, I'm a former runner, I'm around 6 ft (185 cms) and 155 lbs (70.5 kilos). True looks slighter than me, I do believe. I'm having trouble believing he's 165? Really? Yeah, he looks huge compared to other runners. There is no doubt about that.

[@johnwilson5743]

Brilliant race. A pleasure to watch. Many thanks FloTrack. Cheers.

[@davidmorrow7539]

These men understood the assignment

[@trevormay101]

Most stacked regular season field I've ever seen...

[@martinirving3824]

Ha ha. I just watched this again. The commentator was funny.. "Meade! Meade! Meade is going to take the lead! Meade is going to win this race! True, True, True! True at the line." Yeah, great race.

[@MsPaperbear]

it would be good if you can put the year in the title!

[@badmintonplus9278]

Its from 2014

[@joedrumer9029]

MEAD---TRUE---MEAD-----TRUE.....TRUE...at the LINE,good race .THANKS-

[@broedybelgarde4772]

I ran a 12:59:69 but the cameras were off

[@ReisNJake]

Missing this sport!!

[@ffirstamendmentharrasers7399]

Ben True has been an animal since his days at NY

[@johnpontes812]

13.02 they ran well in my dreams to even go sub 16 min

[@kjfgn]

La reale potenza della corsa si percepisce da questa inquadratura. Laterale rende sempre poco. 2:41

[@eliaslopez3393]

When they said Phillip Rocha would have a hard time, I got pissed at the commentators

[@nat1883-n9i]

Now that's q u a l i t y

[@TomP-148]

Hassan Mead? Checks discription, ahh 2014. Gotcha

[@amauris9195]

Lol he still runs. Was a member of the 5k squad at worlds

[@RsAirmax]

8:57, why does the leader leave?

[@user-bq6jn3es4q]

RsAirmax that was a pacer to keep them on time every lap! Most pro races have one or two

[@ricardocancio9499]

espetacular 👍👍👍!

[@edwinkarani5593]

beautiful.

[@austin3626]

That looked SO painful....

[@tonygalanti7486]

If you want to see more about this race and the BTC athlete’s buildup for it and in-race thoughts, there’s an awesome video about it on the Bowerman Track Club KZbin Channel

[@MichaelTaphouse]

That was insane

[@aisstunna2999]

they make it look so easy

[@angelantoniogarciaegido7534]

great great auuu great battle

[@hoop1127]

So much for meade is gonna take this ladies and gentlemen! lol

[@ragreenburg]

What an idiot haha. He said that so early with Ben True right there.

[@bigboy8474]

ragreenburg you can’t really blame him when you see that acceleration he made to the front. That was the wind up to a 27 sec last 200

[@jamesao1235]

No Chez?

[@YukiNakaii]

wow

[@MichaelTaphouse]

Holy shit

[@kathylangill6872]

I don't follow track much, but shouldn't these guys be good enough/knowledgeable enough to decide their own pace without rabbits? Does having rabbits take away strategy to a point.? I saw old races from Seb Coe's time, don't remember any rabbits.

[@RebornKaotic]

Kathy Langill wtf us a rabbit

[@TactileCoder]

What the hell is a rabbit 🐇

[@jareddietrich2345]

Not a single one breaks 13 min and the announcer is losing his shit...American middle distance is so weak...

[@kandyslayer]

wth? you know the world record is like 12:50 or something

[@EPTSQUAD]

2014 lol