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IvoryTower

thanks opus great video


im sure everyone has seen this video but it deserves to be here, 1972 olympic 800m final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k


For anyone who likes vlogs there's the Athlete Special, a sub 4 miler https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVjyeSlm3sR3N1fx-NI-Kw

and zach levet, dropped out of college to live in a van and just run https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-Jj3DGtBDdQ8GB2oQnGUw

Murph_D

IvoryTower wrote: »

im sure everyone has seen this video but it deserves to be here, 1972 olympic 800m final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k

Thanks for that. I actually still remember seeing this live, while on holidays in Rush, North Co. Dublin. Still can't believe Wottle closed that gap!

Sacksian

IvoryTower wrote: »

thanks opus great video


im sure everyone has seen this video but it deserves to be here, 1972 olympic 800m final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k

It's one of the best races for explaining the optical illusion of the last 200m in an 800m: that the person who looks like they have the best finish is just the guy who's slowing down the least.

There are a few different estimates of his splits (and there's a good discussion of it on lets run) but I think the consensus is that he ran 26s 200s all the way around. I have a vague memory of an interview or article about it where it explains why he ran it that way - I think he was coming back from an injury or nursing a niggle.

And despite everyone agreeing that the best way to run an 800 is with a positive split, Wottle actually broke the world record with a negative split in 1972 - one of only two times it's ever been broken with a negative split - great article here: https://sportsscientists.com/2007/09/iaaf-world-champs-mens-800m/

Lazare

opus wrote: »

Not a race video but I enjoyed this short one about a running up a hill in Spain



https://vimeo.com/291298133

That's a cracker. Thanks for sharing.

denis b

Paul Tierney's record breaking round of the Wainwrights in June 2019 Paul Tierney Wainwrights

A corkman who reached a little more than most!!

BeepBeep67

Watched the unknown runner on prime video on the treadie this evening. Documentary following Geoffrey Kipsang to his debut marathon and 3rd place finish in Berlin 2012. Worth a watch.