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    #32
    IvoryTower
    Registered Users Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭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


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    #33
    Murph_D
    Registered Users Posts: 10,427 ✭✭✭✭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!


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    Sacksian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭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/


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    #35
    Lazare
    Registered Users Posts: 4,412 ✭✭✭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.


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    #36
    denis b
    Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭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!!


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    #37
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭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.


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