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Brendan Berney yeah the second man also ran a fast time because he had the best pace maker in the world until the finish line , he would never do it in a race on his own

@@sympaticoo1 The second man is Noah Ngeny (2000 Sydney Olympics 1500m gold medalist and 1000m world record holder set in 1999). The pacesetters in this mile race were Robert Kibet of Kenya and William Tanui (1992 Barcelona Olympics 800m champion) also of Kenya. Noah Ngeny and Robert Kibet were also the pacesetters for El Guerrouj when he set the 1500m world record in 1998.

@@sympaticoo1 Noah Ngeny was forced to retire from athletics in 2001 at the age of 23 due to back and pelvic injuries sustained in a car accident.

Kiswahili Kitukuzwe 254 I know , he was great too but not a match for el guerrouj . He beat el guerrouj once in Sydney when el guerrouj wasn’t at his best , most runners that ran good times in elgerrouj’s era it was because of elguerrouj because he pulled them to the finish line . Lagat ran the third fastest 1500m because el guerrouj pulled him to the finish line also , baala of France ran his best being pulled by elguerrouj , cacho of Spain ran the Spanish record because he was pulled by elguerrouj , they could have never done that in races on their own

@@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547 Ngeny was also one of the pacemakers in the race where El Guerrouj set the 1500m World Record

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@@edwarddijkstra1185 Dang that's also impressive I guess as a mile/ long distance racer myself I can more easily relate to El Guerrouj's race record, but 107 win race record is also ridiculously impressive.

Saïd Aouita, a Moroccan just like Hicham El Guerrouj that competed in 800-1500-3000 and 5000 meters. A legend before the legend. I will not spoil his results for you and let you check him out yourself and also to check his overall win/loss ratio

Incredibly impressive. The saddest thing though is that two of his only 3 losses were Olympic finals. A real shame. So glad he got the 2004 Olympic Gold though! So deserved.

absolutely amazing

Mukhtar you said it perfectly! I agree with your entire comment.

Technically his power output waned, since the second half was on the fly

I’ve ran a 4:20, first 800 split was around 2:15 and the second 2:05. 400 splits were roughly 70 65 65 60. I was 17

Afir A. He took the lead and ran like he always does because he was well prepared and in his usual amazing shape . he was impossible to beat when in usual great shape . In the beginning of 2004 season he was hit by sickness which disturbed his training but once he was over that around couple months before the Olympics he tackled the training and got in amazing shape . he said in a recent interview with a French tv that in his last training sessions before the Olympics he was sure he was gonna win because of the times he was able to run in training . All the work is done in training , the race is just the confirmation.

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@@applesauce2617 that mean el guerrouj is our prof and we must learn from him

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@@TotalRunningProductions Thanks mate, m putting on the next% atm and heading for a run

@@mohammeddrissi2480 Respect!

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I wish you a good luck in the pursuit of you dreams !

Thank you! I hope both of us can do as much as we can in our short lives! :D

@@HenrythePaleoGuy good luck

Good luck

The Daily Stride Thanks!

I didn't know they were friends. but the fact that Noah was very happy for hicham after he was Athens tells me he is a great sportsmanship

It did!

Thanks!

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Glad you liked it! Yea a few comparisons is a great idea! It's always good to have a perspective on world records and how fast these athletes truly are. I'd love to do a video on Bekele. He's certainly an athlete worthy of a video just like this.

Colin Koenig Thanks! Hicham is a great athlete with amazing training programs. Hoping to do more like this in the future.

I think only Noah Ngeny could have had a chance to do it had he not had the car accident that ended his career.

Kiswahili Kitukuzwe 254 ngeny could never come close to hicham’s times on races on his own . He lacks the speed endurance to do that

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In 2001 Bernard Lagat ran 3:26.34. so he was only .34 been El G's world record.

@@isaaccorgatelli4258 (not counting Kiprop which was positively controlled EPO) El Guerrouj ran 8 of the 9 best world performances in history, only Lagat also ran under the 3.27

Little muscles is helpful for endurance at the middle - long race big muscles is for short race .

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YourBetterOffBlack That’s a great question. I think he could have done some great things over the 3k and 5k distance. The fact that he ran a 7:23 3k is quite telling of his overall fitness. Im quite sure he could have dipped under 8 minutes for the 2 mile as well.

COLHAPO ASSADO Thanks! I definitely value information about the early stages of an athlete’s career. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

vxenon67 I remembre in an interview of him, he said that the spaghetti (pasta) represents 70% of his food and the 30% some fruits and vegetables

What about outdoor xD

Jacob is an overrated white kid. He will be left in the dust by east Africans.

Mohamud Abshir this is it chief

not if he breaks the world record in a few years.. He is like a reincarnation of Jim Ryan and Steve Ovett.

And so are condoms... apparently

He's 18 btw, and he still has to lop off 6 seconds to get the 1500 record and 40 seconds to get the 5000.

Robert May Yomif??

@@samanimations2002 not a chance

Hyrum Johnson Good idea! He might have to be the next one 😎

Hyrum Johnson Expect Haile soon 👌🏼

I say the same thing

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Waiting for the same answer

Mark Jones Here’s to writing better scripts and increasing my apparent dearth of vocabulary :) Thanks for watching!

I apologise mate. It's a fine video. Keep up the good work.@@TotalRunningProductions

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