amazing running like 1.02 each lap. I consider myself in good shape, im allways the fastest in the bike line/sidewalk every day to work and have no problem running 10km in 45 min. Still i cant do better than 1.10min on 400 min.

I got goosebumps watching him sprint like that. I get side pains just by walking too much.😂

Kenenisa Bekele . He is a great athlete of all time. I got a chance to talk to him by phone and he is the most humble guy.

Logan your dumb

@@tinsaes2584 that's awesome! how did you get to talk to him on the phone? were you doing an interview?

+Monkey D He ran almost 24 km/h. That's my top pace at the 500 m :P

+MeuleDomino What do you use to determine the average pace? What algebra equation is it?

Wwr Cca v=s/t!!! v=speed, s=distance and t=time. For example: v=5/0.5. Than v=10 km/h if the distance is 5 kilometers and you ran it in 30 minutes ;-)

+MeuleDomino So for "t" the default unit of time is one hour? Since you wrote 0.5, I assume 1/2 of an hour? Just to be clear for us math noobies 😆

inboundmoose 0,5 is 1/2 hour indeed, so 5K in 30 minutes ;-)

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Got sucked into the youtube wormhole last night and watched this. I was pretty proud of getting my 5K PR down and I was curious what the world record was. This is insane.

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***** Bekele was primarily a 10,000 m runner so my statement is particularly referring to 10,000 m races with Bekele. On your point about the 2004 olympics, the fact that it took the greatest middle distance runner ever (arguably) to beat Bekele over a sprint finish just emphasizes my point. Bekele had the potential to burn out El G with relentless 62 second laps but he just did not gauge his tactics well enough. It was not a matter of him being incapable of beating El G.

+Aaron tewelde Clearly, he's a great runner, but specifically WHICH commentators "would openly admit that there was just no strategy to beat him"? Never heard anyone say that. Also proved untrue by Kipchoge in 2003, who had the perfect strategy to beat him. Also, how is he "the only runner in history" to have endurance, etc. etc?

Gary Williams I have watched so many of Bekele's races it would be so hard for me to remember which race the commentators admitted that there was no strategy to beat Bekele. 2003 is only the year Bekele started rising to prominence so you could account for the fact that he lacked tactical experience then. However, that was the first and last time Kipchoge ever beat Bekele. Kipchoge raced Bekele for the rest of his track career and retired without ever beating him. I could easily prove that Bekele is the greatest in regards to all the tools that a distance runner needs. Can you think of any other distance runner who had Bekele's package? Even the great Haile lacked a little bit of Bekele's speed. Not only that but he also broke Haile's world records with impressive margins. Where Haile failed to succeed in cross country, Bekele became the greatest cross country runner ever seen with an unprecedented 11 titles. Tergat comes in second place with only 5 titles just to give you a perspective of Bekele's greatness.

***** Haile Gebrselassie never had Bekele's ability to switch gears. That is why Gebrselassie never succeeded in cross country while Bekele absolutely dominated it. Bekele's speed was also better than Haile's.

+Aaron tewelde Hey dude, I see you on a lot of running vids and you seem to know what your talking about. Do you think that Bekele was born with this talent or is it just plain hard work? Because there are many athletes that I think train just as hard as Bekele but not nearly as good..

He (mentally) slapped him.

and thats what mo farah ran to win gold in the 2012 olympics

He was only going to break 13.40 if he ran the last lap in 58 .. same as bekele.. 13.40 is 65.6 pace

cwarcarblue11 especially when u consider the gold medalist for 5000m in 2012 ran 13:41

@@peteza7483 when you realize Bekele and Gebrselassie have ran a sub 13 5k in a 10k race..

i can beat it. i gotta lose weight first.

Scatterbrained Trainspotter indeed

He jogs off at your Cooper test's pace.

goTtA GeT rID Of tHe LacTIc ACiD.

@@easyrazzle you can barely beat your meat

When the race between him and kipchoge happens we know it's gonna be epic.

I agree

Cheptegei broke the record in more advanced shoes and with blue light pacers. Bekele dropped the pacer, and then ran mostly on his own with nothing but the clock at the end of each lap to go off. Way different... Plus, I think if it was down to an in person battle between Cheptegei and prime bekele, bekele wins every time

@@greggarey4068 I agree, light hares should be abolished.

@@greggarey4068 Cheptegei had a huge advantage with those wave lights. Kipchoges 1:59:40 marathon isn't offcial so why is Cheptegei 5k and 10k official???

8:02 for last two miles lol

M Rodgers sub 2hr Marathon her we come

It already happened by Daniel Komen /watch?v=JOP15TyMSIk

Em Rog not humans, just bekelexD

Roids

It's not superhuman, it's just Ethiopian.

Daidi Fantaye They ran away from cheetahs and hippos thats why they so fast

cDynasty001​ Ahahahahahahaha, wow. Thats really funny. I just cried from laughing 2 minutes straight... I'm Ethiopian (and yes I run too) and I can guarentee you that that has very little influence looool. It's genetics and epigenetics; in other words, nature and nurture that puts us at an advantage over everyone else; for example, we are able to function with less oxygen input to the heart than anyone else because many parts of Ethiopia have very thin air.

Daidi Fantaye Could you outrun Bolt? Lol.

stacyboudreau123 in 100 metres? No way, not even close...in anything over 10 kilometres? I most likely can.

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Whats more astonishing is his 2:01:41 in Berlin marathon 2019 No one saw that coming

I am rooting for him in Tokyo and am kenyan i should be on eliuds team

@@carolineodhiambo77 ❤

@@user-vb2bt9kh1p 💚

now London 2022

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Indeed, you are so right about that. Very very difficult to run by yourself but, do it and break the world record? Wow! Congrats sir Kenenisa B in 2015. Only a competitive runner could fully comprehend how HARD it is to run by yourself regardless of your shape.

So beautiful indeed. True record!❤

@@AncientPharaoh 💚💚

+James Ambrocio Hahaha

哭死在厕所！哈哈

Hun Cluno Hahaha

+Hun Cluno Since when is "being gay" a bad thing? Maybe you should choose another term. And yes, the joke went straight over your head. It's the feeling of watching someone absolutely destroy the sport/hobby you're apart of, and just shaking your head like "wow, I suck. that's just god-like status." A 6 minute mile is actually a feat for some - so trying to comprehending running 3.1 miles at 4:02 per mile is just... tear-inducing. 😂

+James Ambrocio Wow that joke really just flew straight over his head, didn't it?

Yes

first he gotta run 15 mph pace and run sub 12 minute then he will be all over the world

He sure does!

@@hanphilnoffz8827 he's done a lot! Very lot

I'm with ya brotha

June 2021 and still can't believe, Madness

@@scootpoyo9734 the real WR

nah they knew it was a world record attempt

It got broken but with the help of fancy wave lights on the track. Kenenisa still remains the greatest evee

The way he just carries on after, not even a crouch down for breath.. a genius

Selemon Barega ran 12:43 and he’s still a teenager

15 years a go now. I don't know if this record is gonna get break in the next 15 years

I think Cheptegei has a shot next year

well 16 years now

Rob 1n Yh the thing is Mo often raced tactically to slow it down as he knew he could win if it ended as a sprint, so we will never know how he would have matched up

@@ethancoffey3491 well he tried the 3000m Eueopean (i think) récord and barely hold the pace at 2:31 récord, he wasn't made to break WR's

Bullshit

Cheptegei had a huge advantage with those wave lights. Kipchoges 1:59:40 marathon isn't offcial so why is Cheptegei 5k and 10k official???

Cheptegei had a huge advantage with those wave lights. Kipchoges 1:59:40 marathon isn't offcial so why is Cheptegei 5k and 10k official???

@@waterproof4403 Yeah its kinda weird how the IAAF approved the "lights" to be a legal way to pace. But I had read another comment and that changed my perspective a bit. Imagine you were behind the pace lights. That ruins your stride and mentally messes you up. There are equal arguments on both sides of the equation, however I feel the IAAF made this change for the technological advancements of the sport. Its a hard pill to swallow rn, but its for the future!

@@narenn91 thats the whole point my friend. Whether the lights are in front or behind you, it tells you to not go over or under pace! Keep in mind no one even cheptegei ever came close to the records until the lights showed up. There was no one that came to even 12:40. That shows you how much advantage they have. Also the womens 10,000m and 5000m as well. Records achieved with those lights should be held 'separately' just like kipchoges marathon. Also why don't you see lights at world championships or olympics?

Hes the greatest

@@hafizroslan7600 for sure

He is THE GREATEST.

@@lusandamsuthu6993 ❤

my 400 m record is 56 seconds he was doing almost this pace for 5 km which is insane

Biomechanic is not that much of deal. Some great runners like Haile Gebrselassie had really poor running form. You need the genetics (a good VO2max) and a good training.

Samuel Gauthier Having poor mechanics can cause injury, so it’s still something to think about

@@ADOSMOORINOS 2'26/k --> 12'10 for 5k

@@samuelgauthier7355 Geb's running form was excellent. I think you are talking about the fact that one of his arms would swing more than the other, but 1. That had little influence, and 2. the biomechanics of his legs were near perfect. Form is still very important

LOL

+MegaBrokenstar It's called EPO

***** I was just kidding, people make jokes about that all the time, I'm sorry you couldn't hear how sarcastic that was, don't get so offended, it is a great piece of distance running.

yes epo but either way its amazing

I don't care if its EPO, testosterone, bread or water. It's an amazing piece of distance running

+johnberg181 that shouldn't be a thing. How are you going to lap a person who is running 13s

Isaac Jennings i never thought about it this way. I remember Said Aouita holding the 3000m at 7:29 for many years!

Kenenisa was 5:05 at 2000 metres so 7:32 last 3000m, insanly fast. And yes he's my favourite runner too

@@JudsonMatt88 3k World record 7:20 Unbelievable

tony diaz after a 60 second quarter after a 7:37 3k 😳

@@donkeykong4712 yeaa

Yousef Al-Nassar damn keep training and you’ll get to 17 mins in a year tops I’ve ran sub 17 but took 3 years of training to achieve

420jettt i hear ya man, i signed up with a local coach to train me, he said the same thing, super excited 😀👏🏼

he ran 12:39 but im sure he could have ran 1230

@@random-zb7fp Yeah most likely, if he just had a better day. Crazy how double that time is 25min 5K which is considered being in shape for an average runner. I probably couldnt bike 5k in 12.30 if I was out of energy. I just saw 12.35 is the newest WR, only 2 seconds shed off after 18 years

@@ADOSMOORINOS 25 min for a 5k is a good time for an average runner or generally a healthy/fit person. 12:37 is superhuman. Also the new world record doesn't hold that much significance like this one. It was assisted with certain things. Like wavelight pacing which is 100% accurate and a bouncy track/shoes. 12:35 is insane but for me Bekeles 12:37 is much more impressive. The pacers went out too slow and he ran a few extra meters on the outer lanes. No doubt he could have ran much faster that day haha. Crazy indeed

@@random-zb7fp Decent so I'm generally fit rn, back in highschool my all time record I believe was 18:39 but only during a brief moment where I was addicted and ran twice a day. I knew it was my limit because I know I need a different body type to go faster. I see, I feel like maybe every track event is becoming more assisted, so perhaps the oldest records or the records that are still holding up are the true best records. For the sake of a 12:30 5k, I think the world record will top out evnetually at 12:29, seems like a limit for now

When he ran 12:39.74 that was the world record at the time

Patryk Paczka You just have to drop that time down like a dozen seconds and get rid of your rest. Can’t be that hard, right?

Also helps prevent shin splints

man I think that is an insane improvement. I have a few questions for you though. 1. Did you run that 26min 5k when you were 350lbs? 2. Did you improve from 26min to 16min in a matter of two months? Because that is insane. 3. The only training you did was run on a treadmill at a steep incline 2-3 times a week?

Keep going yo

@@johnwindle4304 I think he ran more than that

i bet your even faster now!

Goodness it is... Running sub-20 is already decent for the average man, but sub-13?!

Not human. God ran his 5k in 13:01. Sub-13 is Bekele. *LOL*

charles k I

Well yeah, no one has beat it lol

@@TheBloggme 12:35 with kangaroo shoes and wavelight technology

so true! he focused on cross country more. No doubt he could have ran 12:30

He could have ran faster

lol that's exactly the same as my best mile, funny coincidence

People used to say the exact same thing about Lance Armstrong when he was a mile ahead of everyone else going uphill in the Tour de France.

uʍop ǝpᴉsdn ǝʇoɹ ǝuop ᴉ zlol oh shut up

Insane

Crazy

Iobus Busolits 18 minutes is definitely achievable with practice. I'm running 10:27.

+Vinícius Guimarães xD

Vinícius Guimarães I'm happy with my 19:27, but that doesn't mean I don't want to be better. I started at 23:00. Hopefully by my senior year on highschool I'll have low 18's

now I'm 20:03 >D

Vinícius Guimarães Nice! I've got my last race which is conference this Saturday. If we win that then varsity will go to sectionals.

Under 20 yet?

You gotta know that you are faster than a big big percent of the world's population with that time. keep running!

18 minutes is superfast!!

high school normal so as 17s 17s are slow for 20s and im at 20:50

Guerrouj 3:26:00 is also on 1500

@@oma23j Daniel komen

Sadly it got broken with robotic wavelight pacing system and kangaroo shoes

He lapped a guy that runs sub14’s that’s fucking superhuman

@@realpadrino 😂😂😂

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I know right. The guy is literally flying around the track just barely below 15mph, comparable to biking, and half the people there have no idea what they're witnessing.

In fact it is the opposite, the crowd are well aware that he is going for the record and constantly encourage him.

@@inboundmoose2349 those are the high jumpers

***** No wonder so many people say hes still running - hes probably met everyone on earth by now!

yes he is running in merathons. his p.b. 2 hours 3 minutes 3 seconds.

@@dipendrasinghshekhawat6415 2:02:41 is his pb now.. 3 sec off the WR

London 2020!

Much respect to the record holder. However, the sky is the limit for the king of 5km and 10km back to back. If things keep on going the way it has been going for him, anything is possible. I'd like to remind you that you have no net over him to hold him down. Do you? No, you don't. I know so. Go Mohamed Farah go!

+Tummun Hehe. Funny. What I understood is you just called Farah the king of the 5k and the 10k. Did you know Bekele holds both records? Farah is the king of RACING, or winning races. That is the only way he runs. When he gets even close to the WR, you can come b back and say I told you so.

+Thisis Bob no chance in hell he will! Don't believe it. Not that i am bad mouthing Mo Farrah, excellent athlete but his objectives are specifically winning the big races and not going out to set records. Kennenisa Bekele was something extremely special. One of a kind. It is unfair imho to compare other athletes to him.

RC 1986 Thank you. Exactly what I wanted to say. And now he is getting old so the chances of that are even slimmer.

@@razcohen5590 agree

insane!!

ばーじゅチャンネル easier with a running start 😂

Ryan Dupuis jv?

bekele is the greatest of all time

+Lord Vic Haile had the advantage of coming first. Haile changed running, but Bekele literally just dominated running. Bekele's form was impeccable, he made running almost like an art with his smoothness and crazy sprint finishes. That's what happens when you come second, though. Not so many world records to his name, but he *beat* all of Haile's. That's what matters more.

+inboundmoose Exactly. Well said

inboundmoose and Chris: all the world view Haile as the greatest of all time. 28 world records. Better than Bekele. Haile changed the world of running and bekele didnt.

Lord Vic 28 world records because he was the first to come. If it were Bekele, he'd have all the records AND the current world record. Current records are much more meaningful than previous records, in terms of determining the better runner. Nobody doubts that Haile was one of the best - he changed running. But if it had been Bekele, we'd all be celebrating Bekele even today, unchallenged. Sorry, but your logic just does not make sense here, lol.

Richard John sure, ok

One month to go

Did you break it yet?

sad to tell you i stopped doing running sessions for the last 2 months i love running tho but i always dont find enough time i will be back for running from tomorrow

btw my record is 19.51 for 5km i know it is a shitty performance because i was in the beginning of the challenge

Dude cheptegei had help from the wave lights on the track 🤡

No longer!!!

Because he made a mistake by going our way too slow. Even in this world record race he went out too slow. He could have ran 12:31