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20 kms in 57 mins??? goddamn that is like a km every 3 mins and that too on a sustained run.

elevaet 2y ago
Half marathon in 57min is 2:42/km :0 I'm an ok hobby runner and I'm not even sure I can hit that speed momentarily on a downhill.
- riffraff 2y ago
  For an additional reference: the 100m Olympic times are ~10s, so if you'd run at a sprinter pace it'd be 1:40/km. Marathon times are insane.
- userbinator 2y ago
  6.2m/s or 22km/h (20ft/s or 13.8mph). The average human can definitely sprint faster than that, but obviously can't keep up that speed for long.
  - mplewis9z 2y ago
    I’m in fairly good shape from biking pretty much every day and my average _cycling_ speed on my hybrid bike is below that, my goodness. If I’m on a completely flat trail, carrying nothing else with me, and I’m really pushing it I can average about 16 mph for an hour but to know that there’s someone out there running as fast as I bike is absurd.
    - scns 2y ago
      16 > 13.8 no?
  - buybackoff 2y ago
    When I was running marathons and in good shape, I tried to reach Kipchoge's marathon pace on 100m. I did not reach it by a tiny margin. I disliked and never trained for short distanced and that was a single attempt for fun after 5K jogging, which was more a warm-up than a load. My shape was definitely above "the average human" at that time. Their speed is incomprehensible.
  - patrick0d 2y ago
    the average human certainly can not run that fast. treadmills in gyms usually cap at 20km/h and how many people on the street do you think could handle it? (very few of course)
  - naveen99 2y ago
    Adjust for weight : he is 5’9”, 123 lbs. he is 60% the weight of an average man.
kazinator 2y ago
21.1 in under 57.
smm11 2y ago
No, that's something like 4:19 miles, or 64.9 400 meter runs, for nearly an hour.
- canucker2016 2y ago
  for a breakdown of his run, see Total Running Productions' analysis agt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jJu04QcK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jJu04QcK4 His middle 10K (5K-15K) took 26:13, which is 2 seconds off the 10K track world record.
  - wging 2y ago
    That reported 26:13 split is incorrect. It was actually 26:33, which is still crazy fast but more in line with the rest of the race. > his 15km split was initially recorded as 39:47 before it was confirmed after the race as 40:07, improving his own world best. (5km was 13:34) https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/jacob-kiplimo-uganda-world-half-marathon-record-barcelona https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-labe...
bigbacaloa 2y ago
Folks who don't run may not appreciate how ridiculous this is. For most normal people this speed is near an all out sprint ... for 21 km. Most folks you know who run 10ks can't keep up with this guy for more than about half a km, if that much (a typical 50min 10k runner can't run a 1k in 3 minutes).
- vivzkestrel 2y ago
  i sprint regularly like 4 times a week but holy hell i can do a max 1 km not 21 loool and even with that, it wont be halfway close to world record time

Half marathon in 57min is 2:42/km :0 I'm an ok hobby runner and I'm not even sure I can hit that speed momentarily on a downhill.

riffraff 2y ago
For an additional reference: the 100m Olympic times are ~10s, so if you'd run at a sprinter pace it'd be 1:40/km. Marathon times are insane.
userbinator 2y ago
6.2m/s or 22km/h (20ft/s or 13.8mph). The average human can definitely sprint faster than that, but obviously can't keep up that speed for long.
- mplewis9z 2y ago
  I’m in fairly good shape from biking pretty much every day and my average _cycling_ speed on my hybrid bike is below that, my goodness. If I’m on a completely flat trail, carrying nothing else with me, and I’m really pushing it I can average about 16 mph for an hour but to know that there’s someone out there running as fast as I bike is absurd.
  - scns 2y ago
    16 > 13.8 no?
- buybackoff 2y ago
  When I was running marathons and in good shape, I tried to reach Kipchoge's marathon pace on 100m. I did not reach it by a tiny margin. I disliked and never trained for short distanced and that was a single attempt for fun after 5K jogging, which was more a warm-up than a load. My shape was definitely above "the average human" at that time. Their speed is incomprehensible.
- patrick0d 2y ago
  the average human certainly can not run that fast. treadmills in gyms usually cap at 20km/h and how many people on the street do you think could handle it? (very few of course)
- naveen99 2y ago
  Adjust for weight : he is 5’9”, 123 lbs. he is 60% the weight of an average man.

kazinator 2y ago

21.1 in under 57.

smm11 2y ago

No, that's something like 4:19 miles, or 64.9 400 meter runs, for nearly an hour.

canucker2016 2y ago
for a breakdown of his run, see Total Running Productions' analysis agt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jJu04QcK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jJu04QcK4 His middle 10K (5K-15K) took 26:13, which is 2 seconds off the 10K track world record.
- wging 2y ago
  That reported 26:13 split is incorrect. It was actually 26:33, which is still crazy fast but more in line with the rest of the race. > his 15km split was initially recorded as 39:47 before it was confirmed after the race as 40:07, improving his own world best. (5km was 13:34) https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/jacob-kiplimo-uganda-world-half-marathon-record-barcelona https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-labe...

bigbacaloa 2y ago

Folks who don't run may not appreciate how ridiculous this is. For most normal people this speed is near an all out sprint ... for 21 km. Most folks you know who run 10ks can't keep up with this guy for more than about half a km, if that much (a typical 50min 10k runner can't run a 1k in 3 minutes).

vivzkestrel 2y ago
i sprint regularly like 4 times a week but holy hell i can do a max 1 km not 21 loool and even with that, it wont be halfway close to world record time