SUPERHUMAN 5,000m By Graham Blanks And Crew At The BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener

[@bailey_bateman]

Graham Blanks is a monster, now with 2 NCAA XC titles and the second sub-13 5k in NCAA history, not to mention world championship qualifying time in December. And he’s only just getting started.

[@blainejohnson9954]

And is an Olympic finalist. Why does everyone forget his most impressive accomplishment thus far

[@didntwantmyrealnameanymore]

blanks is feeling himself now, you could tell from the way he immediately upped the pace after the pacer stepped off and by him hyping the crowd even though he didn't get the record, wasn't mad about the guy not moving for him, just straight business

[@theartofrunning]

No way. He should have moved

[@chadgermany]

Great commentators for Flo Track and there is really something magic about that BU track

[@joeykowalczewski9710]

Hardworking, crowd-backed and driven is what comes to mind when Graham delivers on the track. Such an incredible run and event.

[@dedgar6161]

wow I didn't think anyone collegiate would get close to Nico Young's time anytime soon! As a Californian I'm happy Nico Young's record wasn't broken but gotta give credit where it's due

[@Alex-pr6zv]

Given the noise level in the arena, I´m not sure the two blockers even realized Blanks was coming up to lap them. The overtake cost maybe 3 yards or around half a second.

[@solochristo65]

This maybe mean but that one guy that did not even move (at least that one guy was in lane two which worked against Blanks this time) should be banned from running here.

[@cartoonpower0]

@@solochristo65 Not their problem that someone is fast. They're running their own race as well and it's going to cost them time if they move out of the way for people. Would it have been nice? Yes, definitely. Do they have any obligation to move for him? Not at all. Banning people for not slowing themselves down to help faster runners would be wild.

[@TheRealBrayoTv]

@@solochristo65its not that serious dude

[@theartofrunning]

@@cartoonpower0he should have moved but banning is absurd

[@bxg5]

"He knows this track" is so funny to me

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

Actually on an Indoor Track, its very true. Every indoor track is banked differently.

[@moiseomri]

Here we go!😮 This meet never fails to deliver!❤

[@ethandeleau740]

12:34 lapping an olympian is nasty work

[@hueyissanta]

he specializes in steeple so not really

[@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni2726]

Gotta love it!

[@scottsnyder2726]

I found it funny towards the beginning when the announcer said something like “Graham Blanks wants to show he can run with anyone in the NCAA.” Graham is a global elite runner. He finished ninth in the Olympics 5000 meter race.

[@nvan78]

Impressive after winning the NCAA XC not too long ago. Interesting geometry of this track with its 18.5 degree banked corners.

[@michael1996731]

#15 from Iowa State didn’t get the lane 2 memo

[@Nsamity]

Why the hell is there so many runners in the race? Shame on the meet director(s) for messing up a possible NCAA record.

[@mikearndt2217]

Awesome, that is incredible

[@squirrels24seven]

Because most people like watching races, not time trials

[@andrewrankin1443]

@squirrels24seven Not a race if you get lapped.

[@Nsamity]

@squirrels24seven I like watching races of people not getting lapped. I also like watching records, which are much tougher to break if you have to pass lapped runners.

[@Jake_Ritter]

The field is appropriately sized. All of these guys are all Americans and on their best day wouldn’t have been lapped.

[@user-vt7fl8zr5n77]

The Best Blanks. Fantastik Run...

[@GordHerrema-rs1rj]

Phenominal, its like he was sprinting...for 3 miles!

[@joshuasmith1215]

What a beast!

[@joanwill3415]

Blanks always looks rhythmic and comfortable.

[@Zombenj]

The goats on the middle left at 3:32

[@user-cf1iw7tf3k]

In case you ever wondered how Bob Kennedy would do in the current era

[@helderalmeida4843]

Parabéns campeão 🎊

[@blainenewton7188]

Blanks is gonna have a monster year in 2025 if he stays healthy. Hopefully they won't burn him out with too many indoor races this coming winter. Could easily see him going sub 12:50 for 5k, possibly even sub 12:45.

[@michaelash2429]

Injury or injuries are claims made only when these so-called yt hope need to boost again, most of the injuries are fake.

[@sealdan88]

If the pacer stepped off sooner and the Iowa State guy got into lane 2, Graham might've had the record.

[@wesleydeng71]

Wow!

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

fire on the track

[@brianwhoreadsobjectiveinfo1122]

Great running! When is rest planned in his schedule so that he achieves his best long-term results? We’ve seen a lot of runners have a great season and then no longer perform up to that level because they overextended themselves over too long a period of time of racing and got injured or exhausted. I’ve coached at the pro level with distance runners.

[@jakeweston9616]

my guess is now that he has the world standard, he will rest for about a week before entering another training block

[@didntwantmyrealnameanymore]

murphy is the only good runner i've seen with my form lmao

[@caspian915]

He just won XC Nats, why is he dropping a sub 13 two weeks later? On the indoor track?!

[@mckaytuttle3455]

bro had the record if the other runners moved out of the way

[@robertwolf7653]

One was NAU -- protecting Nico's record??

[@darkwater5734]

Idk I think it’s a dumb rule in college, everyone should have to go through it if you lap someone that’s how it is in highschool.

[@solochristo65]

@@darkwater5734 If I get lapped I am stepping off the track

[@J.J.J.J.J.J.J]

@@solochristo65 Never been lapped, but if I was, then I would get out of the way and then quit running.

[@RobHoopRunning]

@@robertwolf7653that was very obviously not the NAU runner’s(Drew Bosley’s) fault. He was out in Lane 2 to let Graham through, and the runner who was currently in lane 1 didnt move

[@Gasperracing]

Just checking off boxes.

[@PRCchannel587]

No way

[@MrBeast-1]

He could go much faster - he could handle a faster earlier pace.

[@seatownfan]

Get out of the way. 😅

[@THendy1411]

What was his last mile?

[@carsongambaro]

4:05 for the final 1600, probably a high 4:06 for the last full mile. Insane

[@THendy1411]

@ dude I was looking for those two answers specifically so thank you!!!

[@damperfect783]

Drew Bosley, respectfully stay in lane one next time

[@chuckiemeister]

❤

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

I'm going on the record right now....Blanks will be American's GOAT distance runner before its all said and done. Eclipsing Grant Fisher, Galen Rupp, everyone else.

[@brianwhoreadsobjectiveinfo1122]

easy to say, much harder to do.

[@thuggoe]

great form

[@jeff09_]

God dam it Bosley 🤦‍♂️

[@RobHoopRunning]

not Bosley’s fault. he gave up lane 1 as lane etiquette and the other guy didnt

[@michaelash2429]

To accept or to believe that the impossible time ⏲ of European looking athletes are of natural abilities then we are doomed.

[@zaksblaze]

☕️☕️😁

[@thatweirdscienceguy9880]

He would have ran faster had there not been lapped runners causing him to go out to lane 3

[@scott1572]

Who were the two idiots who cost him time in the second last lap. Name and shame

[@matthewsullivan9727]

It wasn’t Bosley’s fault. Sure, it was unfortunate that Blanks had to run around him, but he had already moved out into lane two. The Iowa State runner on the other hand should have also moved outside.

[@saljablo2767]

Those guys are also racing for their lives and teams. Indoor track isn’t perfect and Blanks having a day doesn’t negate their effort.

[@scott1572]

@@saljablo2767 yes it does, it always has. You get out of the way when he's going for a record and your coming 3 laps behind in 20th place. No one cares about 20th and never will. Not even the guy running 20th will care in 5 years time. He will only remember Graham Blanks. Wake up

[@saljablo2767]

@@scott1572 in a perfect world, sure. But these guys are also running 13 min 5ks and at their highest peak of endurance at that point in the race. If they don’t hear the warnings from the crowd to move, then it’s ok. They aren’t doing it on purpose. Go run a 13 min 5k and let me know how good you hear and take direction with 1k left.

[@solochristo65]

@@saljablo2767 I would agree with you on most counts but not this one.....EVERY runner knew what was happening, he has no excuse for not stepping even a little out of the way. That guy who did not move was far behind. Booo to him

[@masonbrevig3652]

Dude from Iowa state kinda sucks for not moving over

[@depfife1]

Dumb inconsiderate lapped runners don't move to lane two.

[@jameshegeman5660]

It will never cease to amaze me how distance runners refuse to follow the rules for race starts - you have to be motionless, you can’t be stepping on the line, and if you start in the outer stagger, you can’t be stepping into lane 3. 🤦‍♂️ Edit: I guess Malleck was pacing… still… gotta keep it legal. (In some ways it’s *worse* if the pacer is the one committing the lane violation, because then the whole field is benefitting from an infraction.)

[@danielhegeman5851]

Are you blind the runners have to run along the lines to for the race

[@jameshegeman5660]

Lolol 😆😆👏👏

[@CMiller-n9r]

I hate indoor track. So lame! 200 m and banked turns

[@scottbarker9058]

hate 2say...it shood bee a rule...when the lead runner is lapping others..they NEED-2 move over!!!...what a bunch a crap!!....that mite have cost him a couple a seconds....hillarious...

[@diskoeric2248]

How is running sub 13 “super human”

[@GordHerrema-rs1rj]

You try it...

[@diskoeric2248]

@ why would I have to when 130 HUMANS already have?